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Feb 10, 2021

Lost in the swarm: Why I love (and fear) youth sports

Some of my favorite memories growing up in the Chicago suburbs revolve around soccer. Every weekend in the fall and spring I’d climb into the front seat of my dad’s Acura and we’d drive to some far-flung suburb I never knew existed.

Sports

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Engulfed by the swarm: Why I love (and fear) youth sports
Engulfed by the swarm: Why I love (and fear) youth sports
Sports

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Call for Code Digest

·Jul 16, 2020

Former Journalist Joins Prometeo in Barcelona’s Burning Forest

A photo essay from Kevin Allen’s time with 2019 Call for Code winner, Prometeo — When I joined IBM in 2013, I expected that the job would present this former journalist with some unique stories to tell. While chasing firefighters into a burning forest in rural Spain never crossed my mind as a possibility, it served as a welcome distraction from my jet lag. My…

Forest Fires

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Former Journalist Joins Prometeo in Barcelona’s Burning Forest
Former Journalist Joins Prometeo in Barcelona’s Burning Forest
Forest Fires

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Mar 22, 2018

#CloudMinds Huddle Recap: The Dawn of DataOps?

At the core of every tech innovation today, you’ll find data — tons of it. We’re to the point where each step of the data lifecycle — its management, its care and feeding, its use and application — is critical. Our latest #CloudMinds huddle, during Think 2018 in Las Vegas…

Data Science

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#CloudMinds Huddle Recap: The Dawn of DataOps?
#CloudMinds Huddle Recap: The Dawn of DataOps?
Data Science

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Feb 21, 2018

What developers want: A #CloudMinds huddle recap

If a romantic comedy were produced solely for the developer community’s entertainment, a fitting title might be, “What Developers Want.” Simply put … it’s complicated. …

Software Development

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What developers want: A #CloudMinds huddle recap
What developers want: A #CloudMinds huddle recap
Software Development

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Dec 7, 2017

#CloudMinds: Containers + Programming Languages

We titled the #CloudMinds KubeCon huddle, “Containers + Programming Languages: Together at Last.” In hindsight, we probably should have added a caveat: “Together at Last …sort of.” We learned at last night’s event, which brought together 15 experts from across the tech landscape, that there’s work to be done when…

Cloud Computing

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#CloudMinds: Containers + Programming Languages
#CloudMinds: Containers + Programming Languages
Cloud Computing

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Oct 6, 2017

#NodeMinds: Care and Feeding of the Node.js Ecosystem

Open source governance is hard. This theme kept rearing its head throughout Thursday’s #NodeMinds huddle, which capped off an inspiring Node Interactive conference in Vancouver. When it comes to the care and feeding of the Node.js ecosystem, there are simply no easy answers. No quick fixes. No superpower that can…

JavaScript

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#NodeMinds: Care and Feeding of the Node.js Ecosystem
#NodeMinds: Care and Feeding of the Node.js Ecosystem
JavaScript

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Oct 2, 2017

#CloudMinds: The Future of Java in the Enterprise

A new group of #CloudMinds — all experts in Java — convened in San Francisco Sunday for a huddle discussion around the future of Java for the enterprise. On Sept. 12, Oracle announced that it would move Java EE to the Eclipse Foundation. It marked a fundamental shift for the…

Cloud Computing

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#CloudMinds: The Future of Java in the Enterprise
#CloudMinds: The Future of Java in the Enterprise
Cloud Computing

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HackerNoon.com

·Oct 1, 2017

How can we get more enterprise end users engaged in Node.js?

An open technology community is only as strong as the community that contributes to it, and Node.js is no exception. While the Node.js community is strong and getting stronger, there are always opportunities to bring in more end users to the fold when it comes to feedback and contributions. With…

Nodejs

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How can we get more enterprise end users engaged in Node.js?
How can we get more enterprise end users engaged in Node.js?
Nodejs

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Sep 29, 2017

What’s your prediction for the future of Node.js?

Among tech communities, there is none quite like Node.js. Its core contributors: brilliant. Its user base: passionate. Its future: bright … and blindingly so. So, as we prep for Node Interactive in Vancouver, we thought it would be a great opportunity to take some of the topics discussed at our…

Nodejs

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What’s your prediction for the future of Node.js?
What’s your prediction for the future of Node.js?
Nodejs

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Aug 11, 2017

Perspective obscures Batavia football memories

As a child growing up in suburban Batavia, Ill., we only knew our beloved Bulldogs football team to be lousy. It’s hard to imagine the program, now a perennial state powerhouse, as anything less than competitive. In the late 1980s, my sister was a member of the school’s pom squad…

Sports

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Perspective obscures Batavia football memories
Perspective obscures Batavia football memories
Sports

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Kevin J. Allen

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