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amcrawford / array-prototype-methods.markdown
Last active February 3, 2016 19:00 — forked from rrgayhart/array-prototype-methods.markdown

Array Prototype Methods

I understand that functions in JavaScript can take any number of arguments.

Yes

I can describe the similarity between blocks in Ruby and anonymous functions in JavaScript.

Yes

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amcrawford / Lightning Talk Mod 4 - Watson and Big Data.md
Last active February 2, 2016 22:31

I Love Data: How IBM's Watson is Making your Community a Better Place

Background

  • IBM Watson is a technology platform that uses natural language processing and machine learning to reveal insights from large amounts of unstructured data.
  • Offers value-adds to businesses through really cool API's: "list several details here"

Work in Communities

Public Safety

  • Case Study showing Memphis police department's use of structured data it had but was never able to compile until now...
  • List additional Statistics
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amcrawford / gist:e3e03be612fc27249d4a
Last active February 7, 2016 17:53
Exercism Comparisons

##Bob My code: here

  • Responder #1 (here) - This person refactored by pulling the conditional input types out into variables which makes his code look a lot cleaner. He also uses 'switch' and 'case' instead of 'if' statements.
  • Responder #2 (here) - This person did pull some of the logic out into variables, but specifically for regular experessions. She also used regular expressions to seach for a question mark instead of comparing the last character like I did.
  • Responder #3 (here) - This person followed the similar pattern of pulling the logic out into variables but also saved the core 'if-statement' into a variable and then returned that variable, which was interesting.
  • Responder #4 ([here](http://exercism.io/submissions/46f939d0412e489b
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amcrawford / Coding for a Cause - Outline
Last active December 1, 2015 23:19
## Coding for a Cause
### Coding for a Cause - Outline
#### Non-Profits and the Web
* Depends on their size and area of focus (animal versus political versus education) but...
* Many small-medium non-profits do not necessarily hire in-house (or at least large in-house) teams
* Many cannot afford to have a big focus on web development
* But, web presence still essential: Who would you rather give your money to?
* [show two websites (small non-profit that is out of date and new wither retail or large non-profit]
* Good site helps donors trust the org.