Articles by Nate Swanner

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  How to Choose Between a Job and Freelancing

  [caption id="attachment_140731" align="aligncenter" width="6832"] Take a job or work as a freelancer? Decisions, decisions.[/caption] Get a full-time job at a company, or go it alone as a freelan…
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  Google Launches 'Howard West' in Diversity Move

  [caption id="attachment_140297" align="aligncenter" width="4881"] Google campus[/caption] This summer, Google is initiating a program in coordination with Howard University to encourage more dive…
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  H-1B Reform Bill Hits as Trump Inactive on Visas

  [caption id="attachment_138030" align="aligncenter" width="4913"] H-1B Visa[/caption] H-1B is a hot-button topic for politicians and the American workforce alike. Although Trump has promised big…
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  JavaScript Still King; Everyone Hates Visual Basic

  [caption id="attachment_137915" align="aligncenter" width="993"] JavaScript still king.[/caption] Developers tend to have their favorite languages and tools, but some things will also scare them…
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  Most Devs Have Less Than 6 Years' Experience

  [caption id="attachment_137877" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Most devs have five years or less experience.[/caption] While we tend to think of developers as a seasoned, curmudgeonly bunch (a…
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  GitHub BEIPA Lets Employees Keep Side-Project IP

  [caption id="attachment_140549" align="aligncenter" width="4003"] GitHub Offices in San Francsico.[/caption] Chances are good that, if you work on your side project at your day job, your employer…
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  Android O Arrives as Developer Preview

  [caption id="attachment_140304" align="aligncenter" width="5445"] Android statues on Google campus[/caption] Android O is now in developer preview. While the actual consumer release date is still…
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  Google's New JPEG Tool Shrinks Images 35%

  [caption id="attachment_140505" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Google Guetzli image, right, is higher quality.[/caption] The ability to shrink JPEG images is important to developers of all disc…
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  The iMessage App Store is in Serious Trouble

  [caption id="attachment_137241" align="aligncenter" width="1592"] iMessage Apps[/caption] For all the attention we pay to iOS as a platform friendly to developers, it seems some are losing intere…
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  Twitter May Open Live Video API: Will It Matter?

  [caption id="attachment_130717" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Twitter[/caption] According to a report from The Information, Twitter is about to open its live-streaming API up to media compani…