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What I Read in 2011

Tim Kadlec

” and “The Death and Life of the Great American School System” are at the top for non-fiction (excluding the web-related ones). 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. The Death and Life of the Great American School System by Diane Ravitch. The Elements of Content Strategy by Erin Kissane.

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Web Quality Assurance: From User Requirements To Web Risk Management

Smashing Magazine

When delving into the concept of website quality assurance back in 2001, we started with a simple question: “What does quality mean for the users?”. VPTCS model © Élie Sloïm — Éric Gateau — 2001 — www.opquast.com. On design systems, CSS/JS and UX. By the way, now I like wine, from everywhere. Large preview ).

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Data Mining Problems in Retail

Highly Scalable

Most of this article represents an overview of the results published by retailers and researchers who built practical decision making and optimization systems combining abstract economic models with data mining methods. The most typical use cases for this problem are recommender systems, personalized search results ranking, and targeted ads.

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Jamstack CMS: The Past, The Present and The Future

Smashing Magazine

During the 90s, we saw two content management systems for static sites — Microsoft FrontPage in 1996 and Macromedia Dreamweaver in 1997. These desktop applications incremented the tooling an inch closer to the modern Jamstack content management systems of today. Online, and live. Aug 31 & Sep 1, 2021. Jump to the workshop ?.

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Investing in Strategic Capability versus Buying Tactical Capacity

The Agile Manager

The commodity model also ignores how advanced IT systems are delivered. Instead, business and IT collaborate in a succession of decisions as they navigate emerging business need whilst constantly integrating back to the tapestry of existing IT components and business systems. This requires a high degree of skill from those executing.