Archive for the Category: Education

Video Game that Teaches Kids How to Program in Java

April 12, 2013 Roger Lacroix

Computer scientists at UC San Diego have developed a first-person video game designed to teach young students Java programming. In CodeSpells, a wizard must help a land of gnomes by writing spells in Java: http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_releases/release.sfe?id=1347 What a great idea!! Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Security and the Development Process

April 11, 2013 Roger Lacroix

From the article: Developers aren’t security experts, and most security experts aren’t developers. That’s so true. John Jacott has posted an arcticle at Venture Beat that every developer and security expert should read: http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/06/developer-first-security/ Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Ten Web Sites that teach Coding

April 11, 2013 Roger Lacroix

Cale Guthrie Weissman at PandoDaily has put together a list of web sites that teach coding: http://pandodaily.com/2013/04/05/ten-websites-that-teach-coding-and-a-bunch-of-other-things/ Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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MQTC v2.0.1.3 Gold Sponsor: Cressida Technology

April 9, 2013 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware would like to announce that Cressida Technology is a Gold Sponsor of MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.3 (MQTC). Cressida Technology will also host a session for an MQSeries.net Get Together at MQTC For more information, please go to: http://www.mqtechconference.com Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Capitalware’s MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.3

April 8, 2013 Roger Lacroix

Capitalware would like to announce a new 3-day MQ Technical Conference v2.0.1.3 (MQTC). MQTC is an event that will educate attendees on current practices, methodologies, administration, problem determination, security best practices and technology trends for IBM’s WebSphere MQ. MQTC will offer over 40 sessions that are designed to enhance the skills of IT professionals who […]

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Big news coming Monday!!

April 5, 2013 Roger Lacroix

On Monday, a BIG message will flow to everyone’s queue. 🙂 Make my day and guess. 🙂 No, its not a new product. No, its not a new open source product either. Its not a customer announcement either. Go ahead – take a guess! Hint: I have a big month, so I’m going to put […]

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Free ebook: Applying Open Source Principles to Government

March 5, 2013 Roger Lacroix

opensource.com is giving away electronic copies of the ‘Applying open source principles to government’ ebook: http://opensource.com/resources/ebook/opengov This collection features stories about government initiatives around the world, from the first two years of opensource.com. They illustrate the impact of open source on government and vice versa. There is a long journey left and we hope you’ll […]

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Schools are Obsolete

March 4, 2013 Roger Lacroix

If you live in Ontario Canada, you can’t help but think that the title is correct. If you want to learn about the dysfunction in Ontario’s school system, then just Google (search) it, as I have no interest in writing about the sorry state of affairs. My wife started home-schooling our 5 kids long before […]

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Ooka Island Adventure – Very Interesting!

February 11, 2013 Roger Lacroix

I was watching an episode of Dragons’ Den and Lowell MacPhee & Joelle MacPhee were on pitching Ooka Island Adventure. Ooka Island Adventure is an online educational web site designed to increase literacy skills for children. 99% of the “educational” web sites out there use the standard “do section 1 and when you pass, move […]

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O’Reilly Giving Away Open Government Book

January 21, 2013 Roger Lacroix

O’Reilly is giving away electronic copies of the ‘Open Government’ book as a tribute to Aaron Swartz: http://radar.oreilly.com/2013/01/open-government-files-released.html In a world where web services can make real-time data accessible to anyone, how can the government leverage this openness to improve its operations and increase citizen participation and awareness? Through a collection of essays and case […]

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