In 2015 a World Economic Forum report stated, “Technology is transforming the world.” At the time, there were many news stories on its negative influences. After reading that report, our team was all in, vowing to use technology as a force for good. Technology advances rapidly and continues to transform the world. It was over …
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Lessons & insights from our journey for positive impact.
Your Website: A Digital Home Worth Protecting
It was the summer of 2001 when I took my first leap into the digital landscape. Swept up in a whirlwind of HTML and CSS coding, I painstakingly crafted my first website – a humble digital abode where I shared my thoughts and expressed my passions. This personal endeavor was my initiation into the realities …
Advanced REST API Design
In our previous post, we covered the basics of designing a REST API: defining endpoints, using HTTP verbs and performing common read-write operations on data. In this chapter, we’re going to introduce some advanced use and edge cases you may want to consider in order to give your REST API a sound and long-lasting design.
What you need to know about REST.
If you are a developer and you’ve worked in any modern web application, I’m sure this term rings a bell for you. REST stands for Representational State Transfer. If you’re already familiar with the basics, hop over to our look at Advanced REST API design. If you’re in need of an intro, lets dive in and you’ll see why this architectural style has become a de-facto industry standard for back-end APIs.
5 Considerations for Designing a Learning Management System
If you’re the leader of an organization that offers a curriculum-based program to build young minds, you may be looking to take your impact further by leveraging some type of learning management system. As you may have already discovered, it’s no easy feat.
Analogous Learning and the Path to Staying Curious
When I was 6 years old, I started taking swim lessons. It was at the swimming complex at the University of Tennessee, where I remember watching the diving team practice from the 10 meter platform in complete, terrified awe. Lucky for me, I started with blowing bubbles in the shallow end. Slowly, we progressed to a swimming stroke: the doggy paddle. Did you hear that right? The doggy paddle. The instructor was teaching us how to swim like a dog.
