Progression of a Maker
There’s a natural path for the education of a maker that takes place within the techshops and makerspaces. It begins in the world of...
Making for the Greater Good
Occupational Therapists work with individuals to achieve increased participation in their desired occupations--be it in work, self-care, or leisure activities. The cross collaboration between...
A Maker’s Journey into 3D printing
If you’ve visited any social media outlets, you’ve probably come across a never-ending list of new words and terms—the Internet of Things, technological dissonance,...
The War on Data Science: Python versus R
Data science
The relatively new field of data science has taken the world of big data by storm. Data science gives valuable meaning to large...
The Rise of Data Science
The rise of big data and business intelligence has been one of the hottest topics to hit the tech world. Everybody who’s anybody has...
Aspiring Data Analyst, Meet Your New Best Friend: Excel
In general, people want to associate themselves with cool job titles and one that indirectly says both that you’re clever and you get paid...
Notes from a JavaScript Learner
When I started at Packt, I was an English grad with a passion for working with authors, editorial rule, and really wanted to get...
Frontend Frameworks: Bootstrapping for Beginners
I was on the WebKit.org site the other day, and it struck me that it was a fairly ugly site for the home page...
Soldering: Tips and Tricks for Makers
Although solderless breadboards provide makers with an easy way to build functioning circuits and software, the builds are only really reliable if they aren't...
Pixar for All: RenderMan Made Free to Everyone
Render me excited. Following the announcement that Pixar will be making available a non-commercial version of its 3D visual effects and rendering software, there’s...