The Beginner's Mind
Last week, Apple announced the latest version of their language for writing apps for iOS: Swift 2. They also announced that they’ll be making Swift open source and that, in the future, app developers will be able to create iOS
Last week was the launch of our first book, Coding with JavaScript for Dummies. We put out a call to action, and boy, did you answer! We were tweeted about, tagged in Facebook posts and sent a slew of congratulatory
It cannot be helped. If you’re a teacher, there will always be more to learn and there will almost always be at least one person in the room who knows more than you do about a particular subject. If you
This is a big week in the history of WatzThis?. Our company has just turned 6 months old, and we’re officially releasing our first book into the world. This book was challenging and fun to write. We’ve packed it with
The web has its roots in revolutionary ideas. Many of the core programs that run the web and built its foundation, were created as part of the Free Software Movement. The Free Software Movement advocates that software should be free
Free speech isn’t only about people having the right to speak freely. As important as it is to be able to speak our minds freely, it is equally important that people are able to have free access to information and
Mozilla, the non-profit foundation behind the Firefox web browser, announced last week that Firefox will stop supporting web pages that use non-secure web connections at some point in the future. What this means for people who use the web is
Ed Ricketts was a marine biologist, philosopher, music lover, and writer during the first half of the 20th century.He was also a close friend of John Steinbeck, who cast him as characters in several novels, most famously as Doc in
The 1956 western, The Searchers, tells the story of Ethan Edwards (played by John Wayne) who returns home from the Civil War and shortly thereafter is forced to embark upon an epic journey to find the surviving member of his brother’s abducted family. Most critics
Inspiration is commonly understood as something that makes someone want to do something, or that gives someone an idea for what to do. Some people see inspiration as a magical force. Others are inspired by events and people in their