Thursday, March 12, 2015
What is your top 1 agile tip AgileVancouver
@lucisferre - "Working towards continuous delivery"
@dbelcham - "Be agile w/ agile practices. Adopt what works"
@mikeeedwards - "One step at a time. Find small wins"
unknown - "Adopt pair programming"
Angel from Spain - "Make the change come from them - get them to see the problem and come up with the improvement"
@Ang3lFir3 - "Cant do it without the right people. One bad egg spoils the whole bunch. Get the right people on the bus"
@dwhelan - "Find the bottlneck in your value flow and cut it in half"
@srogalsky - "Uncover better ways. Never stop learning. You are never finished being agile"
@mfeathers - "Dont forget about the code or it will bury you. It will $%#ing bury you"
@robertreppel - "Recognize your knowledge gaps and bring in help if you need it"
@jediwhale - "Pull the caps lock key off your keyboard"
Next time Im in a panel, the question will be: "I love agile because..." Feel free to comment with your answers.
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
What Happened to E learning and Why
Link to article (PDF) (by The Weatherstation Project)
Link to Learning Alliance (For Higher Education)
"To the dismay of many, e-learnings reality never matched its promise by a long shot. There has been no pedagogical revolution or financial windfall . Fathom and NYOnline are gone; Cardean U and UNext are continuing to undergo makeovers. There has been no real burgeoning of distance educations emerging successes have been limited and owe more to their past market triumphs than to the new technologies. What happened to e-learnings potential? While all innovations make exaggerated claims, why was the forecast for e-learning so far off the mark? This issue of The Landscape sets out to address this question, using research conducted by The Weatherstation Project, a collaborative effort to provide a practical way of estimating e-learnings current and future trajectory."
You have to read this article, as it will look into some of the old predictions and analyze what really happened . There is no doubt e-learning is here to stay, but if it will play more of a supporting role, or a leading role in the process of learning that is a big question. However, at the moment blended or hybrid learning seems to be the best approach, and that is why we practice that at UNITAR. Here is a link to the full report for those that really want to know the details: Link to full report (1.78 MB, PDF).
Saturday, February 14, 2015
What Is Hacking
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What is Hacking?
In the cyber security world, the person who is able to discover a weakness in the system and manages to exploit it to accomplish his goal(Good or Bad) is referred as a Hacker , and the process is referred to as Hacking.Nowadays, People think that hacking is only hijacking Facebook accounts or defacing websites. Yes, it is also part of hacking field but it doesnt mean that it is all there is. This is not even the tip of the iceberg.
So what is exactly hacking and what should you do to become a hacker?! That is exactly what this website is for. The only thing you need to become a hacker is interest and dedication. You should always be ready to learn something new and learn to create something newer.
Hacking is the practice of modifying the features of a system or finding a loophole, in order to accomplish a goal outside of the creators original purpose.
Due to the mass attention given to the so called "Black hats" or "Crackers" from the media, the reputation of all hackers, even the good ones is damaged. This is what this website is for - To turn this image around. Hacking is always viewed as something illegal and shrewd. This is almost never the case. A few bad guys doing a few bad things has put a bad name for an entire community. This doesnt have to be so, which is why Ive made this website.
The goal of this website is to introduce to people the true philosophy and ethics of the elusive world of Hacking, hopefully clearing their name and giving them the social status they deserve. I will show you everything there is to show in hacking. Every single hacking technique that exists, how it works and how to actually carry them out yourself. You will get to know how to protect yourself from these same hacks and eventually I hope to clear the bad name that has been given to Hackers around the globe.
Your journey begins - Right here, Right now.