Fluent Conference: Kathy Sierra on Developers and Cognitive Resources

Kathy Sierra

Kathy Sierra, author, game programmer, interaction designer, and original creator of one of the largest software developer communities, returned to the stage yesterday at the O’Reilly Fluent Conference.

I caught her Making Badass Developers keynote, a talk about cognitive resources and how developers can build their skill sets, on livestream.

Here are my notes from her talk. Continue reading Fluent Conference: Kathy Sierra on Developers and Cognitive Resources

One in Ten Americans Own a Smartphone, But Don’t Have Any Other High-Speed Internet Connection

Texting on a smartphone

texting on a smartphone

For one in ten Americans, a smartphone is their only access to the Internet. No broadband service is available at home other than their smartphone data plan, according to the U.S. Smartphone Use in 2015 report. Continue reading One in Ten Americans Own a Smartphone, But Don’t Have Any Other High-Speed Internet Connection