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Build It And They Will Play
The evening on January 25, 2019, found a small group of young people gathered and initiating somewhat embarrassing activities in order to “break the ice”, ease the tension and form friendships. It was the kick-off event for Global Game Jam 2019, and the CARIMAC Annex 2 Building played host to the would-be jammers.
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Using Twilio to Send SMS Texts via Python, Flask, and Ngrok
Python is great for many things. One thing, in particular, is hacking together code to develop and deploy simple web apps for particular…
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Angular Directive Selectors Can Do More Than You Think!
If you have ever created an Angular directive before, you probably used the brackets ([]) notation as a selector.
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The user experience of choosing the simplest possible words
Are you creating a “cross-channel conversational engine powered by machine-learning technology”, or simply “a chatbot that learns with the…
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Virtualization - Importing and Exporting VirtualBox VM Virtual Machines ( .ova and .ovf)
One of the biggest strengths in working with virtual machines is their portability. It’s great to be able to create VMs on one machine and move them to another, or you can create and clone an entire deployment of VMs. At the same time, you can find pre-configured virtual machines online that you can import in a snap and get working right away.
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Designing your life, animation handoff, CSS for forms — and more UX this week
We use logical thinking when designing the app we are working on, when deciding what to include (or not include) on the homepage, when discussing product priorities with our coworkers, when defending our design decisions. Still, sometimes we forget to apply those same principles to our own life.
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Want to add managers and other users to your YouTube channel? Well, There is a couple things you should know.
First, you cannot add a manager or other users to your YouTube channel without having a branded account. Branded account? Yes, there are actually two types of account, i.e. personal and branded. In these videos, you will see how to change your personal account to a branded account and add managers and other users to your branded account
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2019 Calico Challenge - Summer Internship for Jamaican Students / Developers
3 pm on Thursday, January 31st @ U.W.I Mona Department of Computing in the Computer Lecture Room (CLR), The Palisadoes Foundation will present the Calico Challenge, their annual student internship program to UWI students that have an interest in coding.
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Atomic Design | Atomic Design by Brad Frost
Learn how to create and maintain digital design systems, allowing your team to roll out higher quality, more consistent UIs faster than ever before.
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Kingston Spring Meetup Video and Photos
Students and developers were in high numbers. We got great feedback and had an insight training session as well as delicious pizzas that were sponsored by Particular Presence Technologies. We are looking to keep our next event sometime in February of this year.
Read MoreStudents and developers were in high numbers. We got great feedback and had an insight training session as well as delicious pizzas that were sponsored by Particular Presence Technologies. We are looking to keep our next event sometime in February of this year.
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What Are Service Workers and How They Help Improve Performance
What Are Service Workers and How They Help Improve Performance - KeyCDN - Service workers run in the background of a user's browser and help improve the user experience with things like offline support, push notifications, etc.
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2019 Calico Challenge
3 pm on Thursday, January 24th @ UTech, room 1B-3 in the Faculty of Engineering building, The Palisadoes Foundation will present the Calico Challenge, their annual student internship program to UTech students that has an interest in coding.
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When is the best time to send newsletters and emails?
Best Time to Send Email Backed By 14 Data-Driven Studies - Unsure what the best time to send email marketing newsletters might be? Dig into findings from 14 studies and improve your email open rates right now.
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Register for Webcraft Conf
for developers, by developers, dedicated to building better web software by improving our understanding, processes, practices and tools.
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