Practice ASL Skills with 29 Hours of Self-Paced Training, now Only $20

Adding American Sign Language (ASL) to your resume might allow you to communicate with more colleagues and clients, or open up new career opportunities. Continue reading Practice ASL Skills with 29 Hours of Self-Paced Training, now Only $20

Death of the Serial Squid: When do you Give Up?

While searching for a connector recently, I revisited an old project of mine called the Serial Squid. This was to have been my first open-source hardware design. After completing the entire design, PCB, BOM, and preparing for a crowd-funded campaign, I eventually gave up for reasons discussed below, I’ve always …read more

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5 Lessons Learnt from BJJ that Are Applicable to Cybersecurity

Over the last decade, I have focused quite heavily on technology and the cybersecurity space. I’ve been motivated to create a world that is more inclusive and safer. In 2019, I began a bit of a different journey. Whilst still motivated in a security po… Continue reading 5 Lessons Learnt from BJJ that Are Applicable to Cybersecurity

Lessons From Teaching Cybersecurity: Week 1

As I had mentioned previously, this year, I’m going back to school. Not to take classes but to teach a course at my alma mater, Fanshawe College. I did this about a decade ago and thought it was interesting, so I was excited to give it another go. Addi… Continue reading Lessons From Teaching Cybersecurity: Week 1

Science, Ben Franklin, & Lessons – Business Security Weekly #135

    In the Leadership and Communications segment, Life Lessons of Ben Franklin, A Lesson in Leadership, How to Start a Speech: The Best (and Worst) Speech Openers, and more! Leadership Articles Science + Ben Franklin = Life Lessons – Benjamin Fra… Continue reading Science, Ben Franklin, & Lessons – Business Security Weekly #135

Hackaday Prize Entry: E.R.N.I.E. Teaches Robotics and Programming

[Sebastian Goscik]’s entry in the 2017 Hackaday Prize is a line following robot. Well, not really; the end result is a line following robot, but the actual project is about a simple, cheap robot chassis to be used in schools, clubs, and other educational, STEAM education events. Along with the chassis design comes a lesson plan allowing teachers to have a head start when presenting the kit to their students.

The lesson plan is for a line-following robot, but in design is a second lesson – traffic lights which connect to a main base through a bus and work in …read more

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