[ad_1] Lately I’ve been knocking off a few books that have accumulated on my must-read list. One of my favorites is actually a recommendation from my technical sales professor at SAIT (my local polytechnical college): Predictably Irrational, by Dan Ariely. My professor recommended it because of its insights around behavioral science, specifically the factors that…

[ad_1] Being small and low-powered, the Raspberry Pi is as popular with electronic hobbyists as it is with educators. As such, it gets associated with the “maker” scene, and sometimes the line between the Arduino (and Arduino-style embedded microcontrollers) and the Pi gets blurred. Fact is, Raspberry Pi and Arduino are very different devices, even…

[ad_1] I listen to a lot of podcasts. A lot. On my phone’s podcatcher, I am subscribed to around 60 podcasts… and I think that only eight of those have podfaded (died). Unsurprisingly, a fairly sizeable proportion of those remaining alive-and-well subscriptions are shows with a specific interest or relevance to open source software. As I seek…

[ad_1] Sleep is an essential part of human life, and parents quickly learn that lack of quality sleep (for themselves and their children) can lead to a whole host of other issues (behavioral, emotional, physical, etc.). But what does this have to do with Pi Day, or with open source? As a concerned parent of two…

[ad_1] Interested in keeping track of what is happening in the open source cloud? Opensource.com is your source for news in OpenStack, the open source cloud infrastructure project. read more [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Hello, open gaming fans! In this week’s edition, we take a look at MAME going open source after 19 years, SteamOS update 2.64 released, Rocket League due on SteamOS and Linux, and new games out for Linux. Open gaming roundup for March 5 – 11, 2016 MAME goes open source after 19 years MAME aka Multiple…

[ad_1] In this week’s edition of our open source news roundup, we highlight The Opportunity launched by The White House, a call for public comment on a draft of Federal Source Code policy, the new Open Data Button, and more. Open source news roundup for March 5 – 11, 2016 The White House launches The Opportunity Project…

[ad_1] In this week’s Top 5, we highlight open source alternatives to Google’s Picasa for organizing your photos, a cutting-edge math tool for the classroom called SageMath, ownCloud’s collaboration with CERN and AARNET to reach it’s next milestone, and a two-part series that examines SourceForge Media’s recent past and future plans and the considerations ownCloud…

[ad_1] We get a lot of rain in the Pacific Northwest, especially in the winter. But temperatures are also pretty mild, which gives us plenty of opportunity to get outside. Once we’re outside—provided that we’re paying attention—we can see and hear much of nature’s subtle beauty that is too easy to miss while running errands…

[ad_1] Web APIs have become ubiquitous in the industry, but many organizations are struggling to create platforms that are attractive and engaging to developers. Creating an API that developers want to use is not a simple task—it requires mindful planning and implementation, as well as some careful thinking about communication with the client developers. Additionally,…