Articles by Nick Kolakowski
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Can Facebook at Work Win Business?
Over the past few years, developers have taken a different approach to business software. No longer are all office-centric apps as boring and functional as a pipe wrench; new platforms such as Sl… -
Learning the Wolfram Programming Language
Stephen Wolfram is famous for designing the Mathematica software platform, in addition to the Wolfram Alpha “computation knowledge engine.” A few years ago, he jumped on the cloud-and-mobile band… -
Outsourcing Apps: The Next Big Opportunity?
VC firm Andreessen Horowitz recently invested $10 million in Gigster, which outsources app development. Rather than hire an in-house team (or cobble together a group of freelancers) to build soft… -
Apple Makes Swift Open-Source
As widely expected, Apple has made Swift open-source. Those interested in playing around with the language can visit Swift.org, which features source code and documentation (as well as slow loadi… -
Developers: Adobe Transitioning from Flash
If you’re a Web developer, you have an opinion on Adobe Flash. Maybe you view it as an essential tool for building your games and applications; maybe you wish the Web would evolve past it as quic… -
Is 'Work-Life Balance' in Tech a Myth?
There’s a cliché of tech professionals as hard-charging individuals, more than willing to give up food and sleep in order to more quickly build the latest bit of revolutionary software. The indus… -
White House Launches TechHire for Tech Pros
Back in March, the White House announced its “TechHire initiative,” designed to fill a wide variety of tech-industry jobs. Plans included a $100 million H-1B grant competition, private-public par… -
More Tech Pros Working Longer Hours
How many hours a week does the average tech pro work? According to new survey data from Spiceworks, a network for the tech industry, full-time tech pros are putting in an average of 52 hours per… -
IT Certifications With the Biggest Pay Bumps
Which IT certifications pay the most? According to new data from Foote Partners, the following saw median pay premiums increase significantly over the past year: Cybersecurity Forensic Analyst (1… -
Python's on the Rise... While PHP Falls
While this month’s lists of the top programming languages uniformly list Java in the top spot, that’s not the only detail of interest to developers. Which language has gained the most users over…