Reading by the Menorah Light: 11 Best Chanukah Picture Books
Chanukah, Hanukah, Hanukkah. However you chose to spell it, that shiny, shimmery Festival of Lights is almost here (December 2nd this year! So early!). It’s definitely...
3 on a YA Theme: Must-Read Graphic Memoirs
A growing genre/medium mash-up I’m excited about is the YA graphic memoir! It’s not a surprising development considering how popular graphic novels and YA nonfiction have...
Bookish Gift Exchange Ideas
Shopping for something to put into a gift exchange can be fun, but it can also be challenging. What you buy for the work gift exchange...
Giveaway: STRONGER, FASTER, AND MORE BEAUTIFUL by Arwen Elys Dayton
This giveaway is sponsored by Penguin Random House. For fans of Black Mirror and Westworld, this compelling, mind-bending novel is a twisted look into the future,...
35 Books Librarians Have Recently Loved: Critical Linking, November 28
Sponsored by Libby, the one-tap reading app from your library and OverDrive Back in September, BuzzFeed Books sent out an unscientific survey to librarians, asking them...
AWS re:Invent 2018: Java developers can now take advantage of Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics
The announcements during AWS re:Invent are plentiful. We had Firecracker – a new virtualization technology that enables customers to deploy lightweight micro Virtual Machines or microVMs and now...
We Need to Destroy the Blurbing Industrial Complex
In 1856, an obscure-ish writer, frustrated by the non-recognition of his newest self-published oeuvre, took matters into his own hands. He sent copies of his book...
The need for advanced systems engineers
Recently, we have been thinking about the changes that have taken place in the technology industry from the very start of our careers, up until today....
Beyond Cloud: Public Cloud, yes or no?
Costs & cost transparency Cloud providers list their prices transparently. And the best thing is: you only pay for the resources you actually use and then...
“For blockchain to be really successful, we have to understand where and why to deploy it”
JAXenter: What are the technical challenges that lie ahead for blockchain? What are the opportunities? Dan Middleton: Hyperledger is focused on enterprise blockchain use. In that...
