Music City Tech, One of the premier technical training conferences in Nashville, is May 31 through June 2, 2018. If you are unfamiliar with the event, there are three mini conference is within the broader event. Music City Code focuses on topics for software developers like Building a Blockchain, Test-Driven Development, and Entity Framework Core…
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For years, Music City Code has been recognized as one of the premier events in Nashville’s technology scene. It has consistently drawn attendees and speakers from around country. Primarily focused on software and website development, the event has been attracting a growing number of data professionals who work closely with software developers. This year,…
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Machine Learning. Artificial Intelligence. Data Science. Deep Learning. Big Data Analytics. These terms, and many like them, have been in the news a lot recently. And with good reason. Many organizations are taking their first tentative steps toward sifting through the vast amounts of data collected in disparate systems in search of hidden nuggets of insight to…
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You’ve probably heard about the most recent security vulnerability that affects not only Windows Servers but other Operating Systems like Mac OS, Linux, and even Chrome. It’s called “speculative execution side-channel attacks” and affects processors made by Intel, AMD, and ARM. Here’s the Microsoft Advisory about the vulnerability. Microsoft has also released some guidance specific for…
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If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?” Abraham Lincoln was reported to have said once when accused of playing both sides of an issue. It’s good to see a politician with a self-deprecating sense of humor. Scott Adams of Dilbert fame and the writers of The Office have some hysterical views on…
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“This is crazy,” I said glancing over my shoulder toward my two hiking companions. One was only six horizontal feet behind me, yet his head was well below my ankles. The same was true for the man behind him. We were scaling the south side of Albert Mountain, climbing from one four-foot rock to the…
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A man and his wife were taking a lazy Sunday afternoon drive through the country enjoying the sights, sounds, and smells of the rural community. As they slowly navigated the narrow two-lane road, large hardwood trees reached for the sky and offered shade from the hot sun above, broad pastures and farmland extended as…
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“I truly believe that if you take care of your employees, they will take care of your business.” – Sir Richard Branson If Branson is to be believed, and his track record at The Virgin Group suggests that he knows what he’s doing, we’re left with the question: how do you take care of your…
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I scaled the four-foot dirt bank and followed the trail as it turned sharply left and paralleled the meandering stream that I had just crossed. It was almost noon and I was hungry. I considered every small clearing as a potential spot for lunch, hoping to find a site near the water. The sound of water…
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A work environment like The Office where an obtuse boss unknowingly stifles productivity and routinely kills morale makes for a funny sit-com. That series is one of my all-time favorite television shows. However, when fiction becomes reality, it’s not so funny. I’ve seen work environments every bit as dysfunctional as the Scranton branch of…
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