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Mathematics of Juggling

Fun-N-Games

Many years ago I received a t-shirt as a gift with the formula for juggling printed on it. The formula was from Claude Shannon, the builder of the first juggling robot, who developed a juggling theorem. There is a movie about Claud, The Bit Player that is worth watching. Having juggled for many years prior to learning […]

AI Prompts for EdTech

AI, Education and Technology

In the ever-evolving landscape of education technology, artificial intelligence (AI) continues to push boundaries and change how we work. One of the latest concepts that is getting a lot of attention is the concept of AI prompts. Being called a game-changer, AI prompts deserve a closer look. What is an AI Prompt? An AI prompt […]

Using the Power of Regular Expressions for Software Development

Software Development

Introduction In the realm of software development, efficiency is key. With mountains of data to process and patterns to find, it’s essential to have the right tools at your disposal. This is where Regular Expressions (regex, RE) step in. Regex is a powerful and flexible way to search, match, and manipulate text strings. Let’s explore […]

Diagrams are Important

Software Development

Creating diagrams as an engineer can be time-consuming and learning new tools can be daunting, especially as the tools change over time. Engineers need to create diagrams to illustrate complex concepts, system architectures, workflows, and use cases. Fortunately, there are powerful diagramming tools available that can streamline this process and enhance communication. Here is a […]

Setting Up A New Mac for Development

Software Development bash, Java, JavaScript, mac, python

I hope this post will be helpful to any developer setting up a Macintosh. I plan to revise this post to keep it current. Mac Compilers and required tools Xcode Install Xcode Install Xcode using the Mac Store first and once it is complete, add the command line tools. Xcode and the command line tools […]

Gamifying Planning Part 2

Gamified Learning

Part 2: Gamifying Planning Poker with Thunderdome In part 1 we introduced the gamification elements of Thunderdome. The Goals The main portion of the site that I’m interested in is the planning poker site (there are other areas of the site.) My goals for applying gamification to the Thunderdome app would be to: Increase Loyalty […]

Gamifying Planning Poker

Gamified Learning

Gamifying Thunderdome I thought it would be a great exercise to attempt to gamify planning poker. Originally I thought about starting fresh and building an app from the ground up but decided that it would be much more efficient, to begin with, a working planning poker application and add in the gamified elements. After doing […]

Gamification for Educational Software Development

Education and Technology, Gamified Learning gamification

What is Gamification? Gamification is the use of game design elements in non-game contexts, such as education. This can include elements like points, badges, leaderboards, and rewards, as well as game-like challenges and interactions. The goal of gamification is to make learning more engaging and interactive and to motivate learners to continue learning. Gamification in […]

Using Wand to extract images from PDFs in python

Software Development imagemagick, python

ImageMagick is a tool commonly used by developers to convert images between formats. It is a great tool that supports many image formats and is pretty easy to work with, once you get the command line arguments down. (It is a command line tool.) I needed to extract images from PDFs, and although I could do it […]

Moving a git repository

Software Development git

Moving between repositories On occasion, you may need to move from one repository to another. Depending on your needs, you may only care about one branch and not care about the history, in that case, you can just check out the code locally, and then add a remote and push to move. However, if you […]