Node Tuts – a video podcast tutorial on learning Node.js

In my continued interest to learn more about Node.js, I was recently pointed to an enjoyable set of video podcasts called “Node Tuts” and available at:

http://nodetuts.com

In each episode, host Pedro Teixeira walks you through how to perform some task using Node.js. He uses a combination …

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Git Immersion – A New Tutorial Site About Git

Git Immersion - Brought to you by EdgeCase.jpgWant to learn more about the Git version control system? I recently was pointed to a new site called Git Immersion that provides some great, simple, step-by-step tutorials to get you started with using git. I love …

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Setting Up a PyPI Account – And Uploading the Tropo WebAPI Library

Python logoIt’s funny… I’ve been writing small python programs for 10 or 15 years now (makefaq being perhaps the one most widely used), but in all that time, I had never set myself up with a PyPI account. PyPI, for those not in the python …

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The Snowstorm of Dec 27, 2010 – Keene NH

The Snowstorm of Dec 27, 2010 – Keene NH

The Snowstorm of Dec 27, 2010 – Keene NH

Dan York provides a brief view of his Keene, NH, neighborhood on the morning of Dec 27, 2010, in the midst if the large snowstorm. Shot and edited using an i…
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Learning Node.js – a video from Ryan Dahl

I have admittedly become a bit fascinated with Node.js lately. In part because it uses that most mundane of web programming languages, JavaScript… the language looked down upon by so many, but actually quite powerful with the right tools. In part because I’m intrigued by a event-driven I/O. And in part because it’s so …

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Amazon adds BookScan data – I can see where the last purchases were made :-)

Amazon.com recently started making book sales data from Nielsen BookScan available through their "Author Central" portal – and it yields some interesting data for those of us writing books. Now, it’s not complete data as BookScan only covers about 75% of the online and offline booksellers, and it does NOT…

Video Book Review: Pragmatic Guide to Git

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Last night I recorded a new episode of my Emerging Tech Talk video podcast (as part of my One Day of Content Creation) where I reviewed the Pragmatic …

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Read the book? How about posting a review on Amazon?

Have you read "Seven Deadliest Unified Communications Attacks"? If so, would you please consider posting a review on Amazon.com? There are already a couple of great reviews on Amazon.com, but the fact is that reviews do influence people to buy books and, well, it never hurts to have more reviews!…

Python heading up O’Reilly’s recent book promotion?

oreillybooks.jpgTwo days ago, Tim O’Reilly published an interesting post around the books people chose as part of O’Reilly’s Cyber-Monday deal. What I found interesting was the number of books all about…

python!

Given that I’ve been programming now and then in python for over …

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