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  • #learned 6LoWPAN

    Just learned. There is a protocol by the name of 6LoWPAN, which is short for IPv6 over Low power Wireless Personal Area Networks. It is a current IETF working group and aims to provide capabilities to devices participating in the Internet of Things.

  • Planning for 2016

    David Cummings has a few words on startup planning for 2016. Not only for startups, but also for established mid- and large companies planning ahead is an important activity, in particular planning the next year at the end of past year.

    My primary customer has been a company that builds and markets tools for “Business Intelligence”. These tools basically collect data from all kind of sources, process them and generate metrics and calculate trends.

    However, it is up to the department to interpret these metrics and make a decision on what shall be done. The business intelligence will help to make a more profound decision, but the strategy has to be crafted manually.

    A strategy shall also be the scale against which metrics are measured. And each year or quarter is a good moment to review metrics and strategy, in order to assessing the validity of a strategy. Think of it as a feedback loop.

    via: David Cummings: Planning for 2016

  • Raspberry Pi Zero at the price of Starbucks coffee

    Just ahead the announcement of NextThing Inc’s 9$ board. The Raspberry Zero will hit the stores at a price much north of 5$ though, given all the required cabling, shipping and, well, merchant margins. Still a nice step forward for those playing in the Internet of Things.

    The Raspberry Pi Zero is a tiny computer that costs $5.

    via: qz.com

     

  • Sysyphonian, Infinite Ikea Instruction.

    Gregor Weichbrodt built a infinite IKEA instruction manual.

    The website of his BÆBEL Project is here.

  • Presentation Training

    Presentations have been an integral part of my career so far. Having started into professional life as a product trainer, I was thrown right into cold water. Coming from university, I felt not at all ready to speak in front of 6 to 10 people, for the length of as much as a 3 day certification course. After 4 years I probably ended up having done more than 100 courses. Later, I gave speeches on behalf of the company I work for or for the Industry Association I am volunteering for. In some occasions in front of hundreds of people in the audience.

    Yet have I only received formal training in the past few years, but always found it extremely useful to receive direct feedback, as opposed to indirect feedback from the audience. And so did I choose to subscribe to Presenting 201, which happened the past two days.

    One may argue nothing beats experience, some people may believe presenting is a talent. Which I disagree. Presenting is a skill that can be learned, and therefore trained. Receiving feedback is essential to the process. And the course was a wonderful opportunity to repeat the obvious, and even more importantly, practice and get rid of all the bad habits.

    Best practices from presentation guides are, but not limited to: Make your presentation remembered to the audience. Pay attention to details: How you act, where to stand, what to say and how to structure your slides. To pay attention to content. To work out the key message. To make eye contact with the audience. To talk to the audience and not the slide deck.

    And practicing helps adhere to these simple rules. And a presentation course is an excellent opportunity to practice and receive feedback.

  • The cloud runs on power, too.

    However, power failed in a data center in Gutersloh, Germany, this afternoon, bringing down several popular German websites.

  • Here's What Real 3D Touch Looks Like | WIRED

    With all the advertisements from Apple about their 3D touch technology, virtually everybody that actually got their hands on the devices was somewhat disappointed with the advancement. There must be options beyond peek and pop, and startup Qeexos develops this real 3D touch technology. Wired has an article on the possibilities.

    You may soon be able to do a lot more than swipe, tap, peek, and pop—FingerAngle promises to turn your gadget’s screens into 3D environments.

    via: WIRED

  • Meanwhile at Anonymous

    Anonymous

    It’s dinnertime over at Anonymous!

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  • Wireshark 2.0 Released, UI Rewritten In Qt5

    After 2 years of development, Wireshark 2.0 Released, UI Rewritten In Qt5 – writes Phoronix

  • Visual Studio now open source

    Microsoft announced it will be open sourcing Visual Studio Code at it’s connect(); developer conference. Code is available over at github. Alongside, MSFT released a preview extension that will allow debugging Linux applications using GDB, too.

    Microsoft doubles down on cross-platform software development.

    A huge move forward.

    Quelle: Ars Technica