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Tag Archives: Experience
A Second Experiment In Video Screen Capture
Yesterday I learned a few things about capturing video using Roxio Creator NXT Pro 3, and made a list of things to do that would simplify the process. The first item on that list was to set the capture area … Continue reading
A First Experiment In Video Screen Capture
Capturing video of older, running software can be a bear. A link to the full-size YouTube video and a smaller in-situ version are included directly below. I kept things simple for this first evening just to see what issues I’d … Continue reading
You Can’t Always Get Kismet, But You Can Avoid Terrible
Sometimes things just come together. You end up with magic. Kismet. And maybe a nice trophy. And sometimes you don’t. My fraternity at Carnegie Mellon was rarely any good at Buggy (also called Sweepstakes) but we were always competitive in … Continue reading
A Recommended Course on Udemy.com
Upon completion of Rob Percival’s course, The Complete Web Developer Course – Build 14 Websites on Udemy.com, I’d like to give the course a positive recommendation. The course guides you through setting up all the behind-the-scenes parts of a website … Continue reading
Engineering as a Starting Point for Other Careers
Over the years I’ve met and worked with a number of people who started off as engineers and went on to do other things. One friend started as an electrical engineer and went on to become a corporate lawyer, though … Continue reading
Working for Big Companies vs. Small Ones
I’ve worked mostly in smaller companies during my career, which has been a mixed blessing. I worked for two larger companies at the beginning of my technical career (and I guess you’d have to classify the Army as a large … Continue reading
Project Management Environments I’ve Worked In – Part 2
Yesterday’s post described the project management environments I encountered earlier in my career. The unifying themes of each environment are that the formality and intensity of project management techniques are proportional to the scope and scale of each project. The … Continue reading
How and Why I Got My Certifications
For years I never worried about getting certified in anything. I was steadily developing skills and picking up new things. I already had the jobs I wanted. I was able to learn what I needed from books or the occasional … Continue reading
Posted in Tools and methods
Tagged certifications, Experience, personal development, Software
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End-of-Life for Old Computers
Many of the Level 2 systems I wrote were for new mills but a few were replacements for older systems. Replacements were sometime sought simply because the newer versions were more efficient and saved more fuel, but sometimes there was … Continue reading
Posted in Hardware, Software
Tagged changing technology, customers, Experience, history
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Three Plates of Spaghetti
Spaghetti is great for a meal but not so much for code. I’ve had to deal with three major plates of spaghetti code in my career. Here’s how they went and what I learned. I got to write all my … Continue reading