Love your competitors? You might think I’ve got a screw loose, as this doesn’t sound like the mantra ambitious startups need to become market leaders. But hear me out, it’s not as absurd as it sounds. Instead of spending your time obsessing overcompeting businesses doing better than your company, take the time to analyzewhatexactly they’re doing right. Once you’ve identified that, you’ll find the space and the methods for your own business to grow and prosper....

How I passed the TensorFlow Developer Certification Exam Hold on, what even is TensorFlow? TensorFlow is an open-source numerical computing framework that allows you preprocess data, model data (find patterns in it, typically with deep learning) and deploy your solutions to the world. It’s what Google uses to power all of its machine learning services. Chances are, the device you’re reading this on has run some kind of TensorFlow before....

When I got home last Friday night, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on myBoxee. In case you haven’t heard of Boxee, it’s the easiest way to bring movies, TV shows, photos and music from the web to your TV. I had been using Boxee’s Web TV software for quite some time on my laptop but my MacBook’s circle of death was starting to get annoying. I needed new hardware....

From 1997 until 1999 I single-handedly managed the help desk forV3.com, the company I co-founded which grew to more than two million members before we sold it. I received between 500 and a thousand messages a day and replied to 95% of them within 2 hours. Unless I was sleeping, which wasn’t a lot. The system I used to handle such a large number of emails was simple and effective but I didn’t really regard it as high-tech or professional....

How I went from teacher to developer in just 10 months Changing your career requires more than learning new skills. Here’s the journey that set me up to succeed in a move from teaching to programming, and what a strange late-night noise had to do with it. Smells like teen advice As I approached my late thirties I started to evaluate my life and my choices. The thing about your thirties is that almost all the decisions that lead to your current life were made when you were in your teens – or at most, a very inexperienced individual....