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November 2, 2018October 25, 2018 Free and Low Cost Tools

MS Office Alternatives – Free and Low Cost

In this episode, we will look at Microsoft Office alternatives. The suite of applications can run up to over one thousand dollars which are not in the budget of many of us. However, there is almost no need to ever pay that amount for your office suite needs and here are some excellent alternatives. Office Online https://www.office.com/ The full products can be purchased via a monthly subscription instead of that upfront cost. This approach is not only less drain on your budget; it includes so many features that this is by far the best approach to using the MS suite. This subscription contains online versions of the applications. However, I do not recommend using those other than for reading documents. The... Read more

October 31, 2018October 23, 2018 Google Cloud Tour

Google Cloud Counsel: Using the interface and platform to deploy containers

Welcome to the second part of the video on the Introduction to Google Cloud. In this part of the video, we are going to pick up our discussion of Google Cloud, with a walkthrough on how to use the Google Cloud Counsel platform to deploy containers using the Kubernetes engine. Using Google Cloud Counsel and Platform to Deploy Containers Google Cloud Counsel Kubernetes Engine Google web CLI interface Deploying containers Other videos in Introduction to Google Cloud series: Understanding and using the Google Cloud Platform Google Cloud Counsel: Using the interface and platform to deploy containers Using the Google Cloud SDK to Deploy Your Containers Additional Resources you will need: Google Cloud Account Google Cloud SDK This series comes from our mentoring/mastermind classes. These... Read more

October 31, 2018October 21, 2018 Patterns of Software Design

Software Design – The Composite Pattern

The Composite Pattern is one that is not taken advantage of as often as it might outside of frameworks. This is an approach to design that allows you to treat a family of objects the same. It is a quintessential reason for and use of an interface. The flexibility is critical to being able to handle groups of different objects the same way any individual one would be treated. The Composite Pattern Defined As always, we will start with the “Gang of Four” intent to set the stage for our discussion. “Compose objects into tree structures to represent part-whole hierarchies. Composite lets clients treat individual objects and compositions of objects uniformly.” I think it may be most comfortable to focus on... Read more

October 29, 2018 Become a Better Developer

Keeping Your IT Career on Track

One of the challenges faced by everyone that embraces a career is keeping those fires burning. It is in our nature to want to experience new things and meet different challenges. Oh sure, there are those that are perfectly happy with a job that is the same day in and day out. However, we have already established that our nature does not allow that contentment (or resignation). Starting Your IT Career The first decade or so of an IT career is jam-packed with new. This newness includes languages, tools, problems, and more. There is just an overwhelming amount of things to learn and master. That often leads to a feeling of drinking from the firehose every day we go to... Read more

October 29, 2018October 21, 2018 A Summary Of Amazon Services

AWS Security Services (Part 1)

The compliance, identity, and security services of AWS covers a large number of offerings. Therefore, we will review these in a multi-part series of episodes. The power and infrastructure provided by choosing AWS for your cloud provider become apparent with these tools. We have a lot to cover in this first part. Access and Identity Management This should be the first step in your use of the AWS services. AIM is a framework or set of features to help you define users, permissions, roles, and manage them. Nearly every function points back to AIM as the way to set up and configure access as well as security for that service. If you do not have at least a fundamental understanding of... Read more

October 26, 2018October 19, 2018 Free and Low Cost Tools

Social Site Management Tools – Free and Low-Cost

Social networking is all the rage. Unfortunately, all of those platforms that allow us to share our story can be hard to keep up with. When you want to reach out to customers on more than one platform then it is time to look at these social site management tools. Social Site Management Most of the tools we discuss start with the ability to post content to multiple platforms. While that is highly useful (and time-saving), it is just the beginning. The more advanced tools offer the ability to track responses, view analytics reports, and even manage all your social networking from one location. The List There is a broad range of solutions that fall into this family of applications. Thus,... Read more