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Gotta build on of these for a complex and content rich elearning site. So did some research. Here are some of my findings. Here is a good start : How to Build a Recommender Systemby Martin KihnThe Components of a Recommender Systemon a site with quite some articles on the topic – like this one on Impression DiscountingOr this one : Beginners Guide to learn about Content Based Recommender Engineswhich is from 2015 but still cover the general basis....

The web is evolving. Here are some element to catch up on VueJs and NodeJS  Building a RESTful API with Node.jsNodeJS Shopping CartVue.js 2 – Getting StartedBuild a Chat Room from scratch (vuejs, nodejs, socket.io)Full Stack Web App using Vue.js & Express.jsHotel system in Vue.jsVue.js 2 & Vuex (Basics)

IA – information architecture “Structural design of shared information environments” example: Site map “A site map is a list of pages of a web site.”Source for images

> Todo : Add summary of the illustration Source link : http://www.poetpainter.com/thoughts/article/ia-summit-2009-the-fundamentals-of-experience-design-

Writing your own OS – nobody does that. That’s why it is interesting 🙂  Reference post for later.  OS general intro – pretty good.<div class=‘avia-video avia-video-16-9 av-lazyload-immediate av-lazyload-video-embed ' itemprop=“video” itemtype=“https://schema.org/VideoObject" data-original_url=‘https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GDX-IyZ_C8’ >  Tutorial – Step by step  References:  From the guy who did the 1h tutorial. http://wyoos.org/ Full list : http://wyoos.org/Videos/index.php A pretty interesting book on lecture from Birmingham university on the topic here....

I look at design as a univeral tool for problem solving. However most people and client I meet seem to see design only as the visual aspect of the solution. The “How it looks” versus being the “how it works“. So I decided to make a visual represention of it. Design is everywhere Design sit really at the crossroad of three fields – Art, Business and tech Art, most often is the one it is associated with – in a world view where designers are just artists-for-hire to prettify the stuff the developpers/engineers do....

Just watch the following talk… Trends sell. Sometime they sell bulshit. Startup culture and entrepreneurship is trendy now. But now always for good reasons…

Very good talk about how company founders should think about equity and capital shares.“Founders, don’t fuck up your cap tables!” by Oussama, Founder @The Family

Strategy is everything. But it is not always understood this way – and can be a tough sell sometime.  Here is an interesting discussion around the topic: Part 1: Part 2: Enjoy!

Kids dont break your computer. Just broke mine. It’s a pain. If you break stuff however, I found an awesome channel to learn about computer repair. Louis RossmannCheck it out.

Pet project – literally – as the kids want a cat – and we are ok – just we need a solution for when we travel and are not home for a few days up to 10 days max. So we need to get the cat to be able to eat and to take care of its basic needs without destroying the flat. Here is what I found: Input Food Simple version 1:Simple version 2:Simple version 3:Advanced v1:Advanced v2:Water Output More complex to handle...

Introduction – where we tie everything together in a sales pitch Every conversation is an opportunity – where we understand how exchange & communication is a requirement for mankind Internet – starting the global conversation – where conversation happens – and censorship – and fakes news – all core element of human nature – but also where learning, innovation and connecting the world is taking place Bitcoin – Money & markets...

Just a list of plugin I am considering using as a base for further developments: Kindred PostsKindred Posts uses artificial intelligence to learn how your website visitors use your site and recommends content based on their interests.(not maintained anymore but developper actively asked for people to join and keep maintaining the project… might do that… we’ll see) WordLift – AI powered SEOWordLift helps you organize posts and pages adding facts, links and media to build websites....

I have been working on an idea for a LMS project I am involved with.  The general problem we are trying to solve is to provide a customise learning path for users  Here are some of the videos I found relevant and quick research notes.  #Machine Learning with WordPress(not as much about wordpress as I thought it would be but a nice intro)  #Building a Machine Learning Platform at QuoraVery good consideration – must relisten to it again....

Technical debt is the cost of your management shortcuts compounded with interest. It is a fancy term to try to explain to the management that bad long term technical decisions were made and that now they need to bank for it. Often management is responsible for the technical debt, sometime it is a shared responsibility with the technical staff sometime it is a mix of both – in any case – whatever this is – it will always have a cost to fix it – and a cost to not fix it – which is greater is really the main question....

Bunch of resources for side project on gaming. (got 2 boys at home who have their eyes locked on mario – so I just want to use that to open their eyes on it works and make some mods and some cool evolution of the game with them…) here is what I have found that look like the more promising for quick development of 2D arcade games: Enchant JS Seems like a basic library for simple games....

Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather. We have no elected government, nor are we likely to have one, so I address you with no greater authority than that with which liberty itself always speaks....

TL;DR:  AMP is Google tech for loading pages quickly on mobile. Basically AMP is the Google version of Facebook Instant Articles. Google is pushing this tech as a mean to increase the overall volume of mobile Ad inventory – essentially more page views means more revenues for publishers and Google via DoubleClick. Solving page load issues can be done without AMP and should be probably done without it.  Google tech selling page for AMPIn short: “AMP provides a great user experience across many platforms” – all the rest is just how to implement it....

Making Experts Makers and Makers Experts Gamified Control? China’s Social Credit Systems https://media.ccc.de/v/34c3-8874-gamified_control  Demystifying Network Cards Things you always wanted to know about NIC drivers https://media.ccc.de/v/34c3-9159-demystifying_network_cards  Everything you want to know about x86 microcode, but might have been afraid to ask An introduction into reverse-engineering x86 microcode and writing it yourself https://media.ccc.de/v/34c3-9058-everything_you_want_to_know_about_x86_microcode_but_might_have_been_afraid_to_ask  Protecting Your Privacy at the Border Traveling with Digital Devices in the Golden Age of Surveillance...

Watch this video:  <div class=‘avia-video avia-video-16-9 av-lazyload-immediate av-lazyload-video-embed ' itemprop=“video” itemtype=“https://schema.org/VideoObject" data-original_url=‘https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HipTO_7mUOw’ >  None of the technologies involved in this video are too far away from what is available today.  When you think about all the data available from face recognition, and geo-localisation – available from all major corporation – from Google to Apple including Facebook or Amazon – just to name the big ones – it does make you think....