Articles by Nick Kolakowski
-
How Open Source Projects Grow Huge
One of the core benefits of open-source projects is how anyone can contribute to the code or documentation. And as demonstrated by a series of visualizations produced by GitHub, when a project is… -
The BlackBerry Classic Meets Its End
Even as Apple’s iPhone and a galaxy of Google Android smartphones swallowed up the mobile market over the past decade, a group of diehard users continued to cling to the iconic BlackBerry device.… -
Assembly Language Keeps Rising
Assembly language is a very low-level programming language for niche platforms such as bootloaders, device drivers, and embedded devices. In the minds of many, it’s the sort of language that comp… -
Will Tesla Crash Slow Autonomous Driving Tech?
In a blog posting on the Tesla website, the electric-car company revealed that a Model S owner was recently killed in a traffic accident while the vehicle’s autopilot was active. “This is the fir… -
Amazon's Elastic File System Out of AWS Beta
Take note, cloud-infrastructure professionals: Amazon’s Elastic File System (EFS) is now out of beta. EFS is a file system designed to complement Amazon’s SAN-style block storage, also known as t… -
Is 3-D Printing Dying?
Is 3-D printing dead? John Brandon, a contributing editor to Inc., certainly thinks the format is dying. In a new article, he breaks down the reasons why 3-D printing (in his opinion) is on life… -
Dice Report: Employers' Most-Desired Hires
Over the past several years, businesses have embraced any number of technological trends designed to make employees’ workflows more efficient. There was the cloud, and Big Data; now CIOs and othe… -
More Support for R Programming Language
Earlier this month, IBM made a very public point of investing in the R programming language. The R Consortium, the open-source foundation built to shepherd the language’s interaction with the bro… -
What to Expect from Apple's iPhone 7
By the end of the year, Apple will have launched its next-generation iPhone, which it will almost certainly dub “iPhone 7.” While some iPhone generations feature radical design changes, the curre… -
How Americans Use Social Media at Work
If you’re a tech pro who works with social media—whether as a developer, a manager, or a marketing expert of some sort—it’s worth reading through the latest data from the Pew Research Center, whi…