Do advanced math with Mathematica on the Raspberry Pi
In the mid-’90s, I started college as a math major, and, even though I graduated with a computer science degree, I had taken enough classes to graduate with a minor—and only two classes short of a double-major—in math. At the time, I was introduced to an application called Mathematica by Wolfram, where we would take many of our algebraic and differential equations from the blackboard into the computer. read...
When the web grew up: A browser story
Recently, I shared how upon leaving university in 1994 with a degree in English literature and theology, I somehow managed to land a job running a web server in a world where people didn’t really know what a web server was yet. And by “in a world,” I don’t just mean within the organisation in which I worked, but the world in general. The web was new—really new—and people were still trying to get...
The power of being vulnerable in the workplace
In open organizations, psychological safety is critical to high-performing teams. “Psychological safety” refers to a state in which team members feel comfortable taking risks and appearing vulnerable in front of each other—necessary ingredients for creativity, curiosity, and diversity of ideas. read...
