30Dec 2016 by lewisbenf_l4g8es

Movies for Programmers

Blog, General
When I started the Web Development Immersive program at General Assembly on of the first things that was mentioned was the Growth Mindset, and with that Searching for Bobby Fischer. I watched the movie almost immediately and there were so many hidden lessons I was totally blown away. Throughout the program a couple of other movies were mentioned, The Imitation Game was an excellent one, and I've been thinking about what movies would be relevant to programmers. Here's my current list, I'll update it as I find more movies to add: Searching for Bobby Fischer Great examples of Growth Mindset The Imitation Game Encryption, computers, logic, oh my! We Live in Public A bit of a dot com documentary, some very interesting lessons on user interaction. Good Will Hunting No company…
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14Dec 2016 by lewisbenf_l4g8es

A Beginners Guide to Blogging

General
I've blogged on and off for years, but it's mostly been off. For others that end up in the same position that I've been in here is some advice that I've received to help you start: Write - find any platform where you can quickly and easily capture your thoughts. This may be a notebook, twitter, a document, all that's important is that you start writing. Share - don't keep your thoughts to yourself! Put your content in a place that is unrestricted and can be found. This doesn't mean that you need to tell the world every time you make a post or an edit, just make your work available. Don't be Afraid! - do you want to improve? Cool! That means that you'll have faults, make mistakes and…
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