Great Marching Band Halftime Show? There’s an App for ThatAt Ohio State University, where Buckeye fans stay glued to their seats at halftime, the OSU Marching Band stepped it up big time this year thanks to two students who suggested using iPads to reduce the massive amount of paper used each week to diagram Saturday’s on-field performance.
The Affordable Care Act Rollout Highlights IT ProblemsTo say information technology (IT) is taking a beating as a result of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) rollout is an understatement. Not only has it been a disaster for those seeking insurance under it, but it also has highlighted the fact that IT, while cool, is far from perfect.
Be a Lifelong Technology Student or Fall BehindLifelong learning is a necessity of those in technical professions. As technologists, we have two full-time jobs: perform the tasks required by our employer and enhance our technical knowledge. Eric Bloom highlights the six general areas on which technologists need to focus.
The Future of Touch Technology: Feel Textures on a Flat ScreenWhile swiping and tapping icons and displays on screens is remarkable, there is no physical feeling the way there is with buttons and keys. But now that's changing: New developments in the field of tactile, or “haptic,” devices soon will let users feel textures on a flat touchscreen.
The Cost of Continuous Integration Is Well Worth the TimeIf you don’t start putting software together a little bit at a time, it gets harder the farther along you go. The cost of continuous integration sometimes can seem high, but it is often well worth the time, even on a large program. Here are some steps to help you move to more continuous integration.
White House Wants Beta Testers for “We the People” Petition WebsiteThe White House is looking for a few good beta testers for We the People, an online platform that lets people generate and sign petitions requesting the government take action on an issue. Anyone interested in participating in the beta period for the We the People API are invited to apply online.
How Bug Bounty Programs Deliver Savings and SecurityBug bounty programs abound these days and have been leveraged by many organizations hoping to reduce their security vulnerabilities. Looking more closely at these bug bounty programs, several questions emerge in helping shape an organization’s quality assurance strategy.
How to Create a Reliable Baseline for Measuring Your App’s PerformanceA baseline test measures an application’s performance and tells you whether it meets requirements before it goes live to customers. One of the most challenging exercises in creating a baseline is making the test dependable. What can you do to make sure you develop a reliable performance baseline?
