There have been three basic industrial revolutions. The first was the steam engine, the second was the assembly line driving mass production, and the third was the speed of computers. Today there is a fourth revolution taking place called Industry 4.0. Industry 4.0 uses IoT (internet of things) and IoS (Internet of Systems) to improve […]
One of the biggest stories of 2020 wasn’t about the pandemic, politics or protests, says Marc Price, CTO of Matrixx Software. It was about private networks or, more specifically, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s opening up of wireless spectrum that would enable private 5G networks to be deployed by almost any company that had a mind to do […]
When 4G launched, it offered some significant performance improvements over 3G. But with 5G, says Guy Matthews, editor of NetReporter, something far more profound is going on. The doors of possibility have been blown off their hinges. So what lies beyond? With all the buzz that surrounds 5G right now, it is an interesting contrast to look […]
(A Week in IoT) – When the news came on Friday that Loon’s journey is coming to an end it was a disappointment if, like me, you’re an admirer of flights of scientific and engineering ambition that combine business opportunity and social benefit. To be fair though, the news did not come as a shock, says […]
If you’re looking to build a flexible website these days, there’s a good chance you’re going to use a content management system (CMS). And WordPress is, by far, the most popular one. At last count, WordPress powered about 40% of all websites on the internet. So that means if you’re
Sometimes it can be somehow comforting to reflect on how much worse everything is now than it was in the good old days. “Kids have no respect.” “Everything costs way too much.” “Public officials don’t inspire trust.” “And what about the weather? We never used to get so many devastating
I wanted to set up a fun project for myself to learn some new technologies. And this time I decided I wanted to learn a bit about Static Site Generators (SSGs). My goal was to build a blog using an SSG and have it deploy any time the code repository
Podcasts are a great way to learn about tech on the go. They can expose you to a broad array of tools and concepts. Since I started learning to code back in 2012, I have listened to thousands of hours of technology podcasts – usually while exercising or commuting. Many of
One of the first things we learn about computers is that they only understand 0s and 1s, or bits. We humans, on the other hand, communicate numbers via the decimal system. This system uses digits from 0 to 9 along with plus and minus signs (+ and -) to denote positive
Branches are one of the core concepts in Git. And there’s an endless amount of things you can do with them. You can create and delete them, rename and publish them, switch and compare them… and so much more. My intention with this post is to create a comprehensive overview