https://www.technologyreview.com/s/607891/he-built-the-xbox-can-he-make-a-microsoft-product-out-of-quantum-computing

Interesting article on a company in Pennsylvania: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/from-coal-to-code-out-of-work-miners-being-retrained-as-computer-programmers-1.4097615

I just got a computer in the mail. It can run windows, linux, etc. You can use it to play minecraft, listen to music, take pictures, attach to a drone to take video, etc, etc. Oh, did I mention it cost $5 and it’s smaller than a credit card? We live in the future.

This is a little more technical than I usually send out, but if you have programming experience, it’s fascinating. http://www.ybrikman.com/writing/2014/04/09/six-programming-paradigms-that-will/

http://www.wsj.com/video/how-secure-is-the-swift-network/B332302D-6E05-4B46-BC50-E670BCCF391C.html

Interesting article on why we should have more Cybersecurity classes in school (I’d settle for any kind of CS classes 🙂http://exclusive.multibriefs.com/content/why-schools-need-to-increase-cybersecurity-education/education

Checkio is a great way to learn Python or JavaScript. Fun little challenges of all types and lots of help in the forums. If you are a student (or parent of a student) of mine, you can join my classroom for extra help.