Everyone has ideas, and everyone is convinced their ideas are good. But what are ideas? Why do we believe ideas are special? How do ideas

So you’ve had an idea, developed it into a prototype, completed market research then figured out how to manufacture it. Can you afford it? If

Business is problem solving. You’ve done this already, first to invent something and then to invent the manufacturing method for it. Once you manufacture it,

At this point, you have a prototype and have completed market research. Now you face manufacturing. When manufacturing you have multiple options. The first big

So you’ve had an idea and turned it into a prototype. Can it be sold? Do people want to buy it? Investigating the market is

All invention begins with ideas. Sometimes we see something and can imagine a better way of doing it. Sometimes we’re faced with a problem and

A common problem in any software project is failure and handling it properly. The term Failure is ambiguous, so to make things clear failure is

Over a century ago, the US government was interested in powered flight. Before powered flight existed, they found the most popular and renown scientist in

When faced with a new tech project, the choice of programming language always comes into question. What is the best language and why? All computers

Designing is problem solving. You either begin with a problem and find a solution for it or take an existing solution and make it better.

The computer images series has covered pixels, lines, polygons, splines, text and anti-alias. Once you’ve made images, it’s time to store them. To do this,

The computer images series has covered pixels, lines, polygons, splines and text. When images have hard transitions between colors, it’s called an aliased image. Images

The computer images series has covered pixels, lines, polygons and splines. You need to understand these before diving into text. Text is something most people

The computer images series has covered pixels, lines and polygons. Some drawing functions are very simple. Circles and ellipses can be drawn with some basic

This continues from the previous images blog. After creating a simple set and line function, the next step is a polygon. A polygon is an

Computers use numbers, not letters or images. So how are images stored as numbers? Start with a pixel. A pixel is a single dot on

Scope creep happens when a project’s requirements change. This can be done when original project requirements aren’t possible but most of the time it’s indecision

Software for home computers didn’t use threads until the beginning of this century. Home computers had a single processor and core, so there was no

Optimization in programming is a complex field. Low-level optimization involves rearranging instructions to reduce their count. Mid-level optimization focuses on optimizing based on the number

When meeting someone highly educated or someone with great skill, the typical reaction is to see them as intelligent. Both education and skill are considered

Problem solving is the process of creating a solution for a problem. This skill is required for many careers in modern life, but it’s rarely

Recently, AI has come into the spotlight. AI stands for Artificial Intelligence, but in this context, it is not actual intelligence. It’s the term used

Quality assurance is like cleaning a bathroom; you may not want to do it but it needs to happen. QA is about ensuring something works

Nobody likes making time and cost estimates, but they are an important part of business. This is especially difficult for programming because many programming projects

Technical debt is the distance a program is from its ideal form. When code is not ideal, it takes longer to make changes and fix

Developing skill in any field requires dedicated learning and a lot of time. Some subjects, like programming, require more time due to their diversity. You

A good program does what it needs to do and does not fail. This seems simple but is very rare. There are too many programmers

Programming libraries abound but very few are good. A good library works, is easy to use and is easy to learn. For a library to

Anyone who’s been in school can complete a project.  So why do so many people have trouble completing personal projects?  What can be done to

A blockchain is a file that contains data and hash codes. The hash codes ensure data hasn’t been corrupted. A hash is an interesting thing.

Securing servers is a tricky and continuously evolving process. To secure servers, sometimes you need to think like hackers and sometimes like a mathematician. Each

When dealing with security, software QA deserves its own mention. QA, or Quality Assurance, can be considered its own field of study. Most people believe

A conditional expression uses simple Boolean-type logic. They enable programming branches and non-infinite loops. They use three basic operators, typically && (for And), || (for

A tech project succeeds when it finishes on time, within budget and it works.  These are the typical success metrics but there are more.  There