The TIM Review is an open access journal with an upcoming Open Source Strategy issue they want you to contribute to. Mekki MacAulay is the guest editor for the issue, and in…
The holiday season is upon us and that means family, friends, fond memories, and food. I thought I would reminisce and revisit of some classic computer adventure games that I…
The ever rising cost of academic journals is a major burden for researchers. Academic libraries cannot always keep up with increases in subscription fees causing libraries to…
Women are an underrepresented group in the open source world. According to data from the FLOSS 2013 survey, a little more than 10% of open source developers are women…
In recent years, there has been a proliferation of JavaScript presentation frameworks. These frameworks use HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript to create presentation slides that can…
Online learning is becoming more prevalent, which means educators need easy to use tools for creating online learning materials. There are several closed source, commercial…
<a href="http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/">What Color is Your Parachute</a> by Richard Bolles should be required reading for any job seeker, especially in this economy.
The great thing about open source is that you <strong>can</strong> build a name for yourself and develop your skills by working on a real project, assuming you have enough economic stability to have some computer equpiment and internet access (many of the tools needed to work on open source aren't included in the locked down workstations available at a public library, e.g. git.) Trying to build a portfolio of work for academia, where the 'product' is scholarly research, is, by comparison, a complete pain. I can't even do a proper literature review without having to beg friends with jobs in higher education to retrieve journal articles for me!
Wonderful article. Really nice to hear about supportive bosses and employees being able to learn new things on the jobs.
I highly recommend <a href="http://linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php">The Linux Command Line</a> by William Shotts to anyone looking to get started with Linux.
<a href="http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/">What Color is Your Parachute</a> by Richard Bolles should be required reading for any job seeker, especially in this economy.
The great thing about open source is that you <strong>can</strong> build a name for yourself and develop your skills by working on a real project, assuming you have enough economic stability to have some computer equpiment and internet access (many of the tools needed to work on open source aren't included in the locked down workstations available at a public library, e.g. git.) Trying to build a portfolio of work for academia, where the 'product' is scholarly research, is, by comparison, a complete pain. I can't even do a proper literature review without having to beg friends with jobs in higher education to retrieve journal articles for me!