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This blog post is loosely based on a talk, “A Time Traveling Tale of Immutability and the Many Powers of Redux”, that I gave at That Conference this year.Redux is a predictable state container for JavaScript applications. “Predictable” being the key word here as Redux also lays the groundwork for...

Desktop website navigation comes in a variety of flavors, but you typically see it as a list of labels positioned horizontally across the top of the screen with sub labels that drop down on hover or click.  This type of navigation is what people are familiar and comfortable with. You can’t argue...

Welcome to the Google Home! Google released the Home late in 2016 to choruses of "Isn't that the same as the Echo?" and "Wait, is that an air freshener?" Yet, when people finally got their hands on it, they quickly realized how many features it has and what they could do with it. You can get...

I attended Ignite 2017 this year. The conference was so huge that even with just focusing on SharePoint-related items (of which there were over 70 sessions) I was still only able to attend a fraction of what was available. The ones I did attend where so packed with information and announcements...

The on-premises data gateway is the key component for access to on-premises data sources for Power BI (as well as PowerApps, Flow, and more). It is best practice to update the on-premises data gateway to ensure you are always on the latest version. If you are not doing regular updates, there is...

Data is abundant everywhere in our lives whether we’re at work, school, or at home. However, data “in the wild” is often raw and insights can be lost without visualization. When faced with many different data points, it can be difficult for our minds to effectively process and intuitively...

That Conference 2017 has come and gone, another rousing success, That Robotics / IoT Lab gave attendees another chance to experiment with Vex IQ, Raspberry Pi and Arduino compatible boards. How did things go, and what would we do differently next time?This year I was blessed with the opportunity...

Analytics is among the hottest initiatives for organizations in any industry, but the challenge is prioritization. Often, prioritization is based on feasibility of data availability, political influence of the requestor, or simply first-come, first-served. The benefits of data analytics are...