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Turning Off Github Issues

My friend Michael Jackson turned off github issues on one of his smaller projects. It got me thinking...

Maintainers getting burned out is a problem. Not just for the users of a project but the mental health of the maintainer. It's a big deal for both parties. Consumers want great tools, maintainers want to create them, but maintainers don't want to be L1 tech support, that's why they

#Understanding closures, callbacks and promises

For a code newbie like myself, callbacks, closures and promises are scary JavaScript concepts.

10 months into my full-time dev career, and I would struggle to explain these words to a peer.

So I decided it was time to face my fears, and try to get my head around each concept.

Here are the notes from my initial reading. I'll continue to refine them as my understanding improves.

Geocoding with Mapzen Search and using geographic prioritization

The Mapzen Search API is built from open-source data and technology and allows up to 30,000 geocoding requests per day. This gist shows how to use the Prioritize within a circular region feature to get more accurate results.

Here's the results of geocoding the Starbucks locations in New York City, using the priorization feature:

The data files in this gist:

The presentation in PDF format.
Publishing Landsat on AWS, the use of cloud infrastructure for public data distribution and processing.
On the size of Google Maps, now larger than most national mapping agencies.
OpenTripPlanner and OpenStreetMap, how open data and open source leverage each other and are in turn re-consumed by governmnet and civil society.
Michael H Goldhaber on the attention economy, a prescient take on content and the internet from 1997.
Google aquires Skybox Imaging.
Bibiana McHugh on Portland Trimet's [triple open strategy](https://prezi.com/vmydw-uwqalm/copy-of-you-complete

WordPress database clean up queries

Orphan rows
Other
- wp_postmeta dupes

Studying for a Tech Interview Sucks, so Here's a Cheat Sheet to Help

This list is meant to be a both a quick guide and reference for further research into these topics. It's basically a summary of that comp sci course you never took or forgot about, so there's no way it can cover everything in depth. It also will be available as a gist on Github for everyone to edit and add to.

Data Structure Basics

###Array ####Definition:

Stores data elements based on an sequential, most commonly 0 based, index.
Based on tuples from set theory.

Typing vagrant from the command line will display a list of all available commands.

Be sure that you are in the same directory as the Vagrantfile when running these commands!

Creating a VM

vagrant init -- Initialize Vagrant with a Vagrantfile and ./.vagrant directory, using no specified base image. Before you can do vagrant up, you'll need to specify a base image in the Vagrantfile.
vagrant init <boxpath> -- Initialize Vagrant with a specific box. To find a box, go to the public Vagrant box catalog. When you find one you like, just replace it's name with boxpath. For example, vagrant init ubuntu/trusty64.

Starting a VM

vagrant up -- starts vagrant environment (also provisions only on the FIRST vagrant up)

	Team: Sean Breyer (ESRI), Sarah Cordiviano (Azavea), Leo Dillon (State Dept), Martin Gamache (NatGeo), Andrew Hill (CartoDB)

	Question 1: "Candidates" - Skills and characteristics, value of hard v soft skills, importance of previous work, process of evaluation - demonstration necessary?
	Sean - high value of hard skills, proven work is almost necessary. soft skills still necessary, and used. portfolio is initial window to hiree - even basic coding skills have value as you can converse fluently with teams.
	Sarah - some academic background in related fields, but higher value on desire to improve and grow. want you to feel empowered. provide assignment to hiree and watch your design sense and workflow
	Leo - design heavily, strong favoring of willingness to take on leadership roles and learn new skills. previous work ex not as crucial. specific examples of how skills are applied the most valued answers
	Martin - strong portfolio necessary, source of material varies upon experience. soft skills absolute requ

	//Logs current map center and zoom level for use in map init options
	//Use it to find that perfect intial view without having to use trial and error
	map.on('dragend',getInit).on('zoomend',getInit);

	function getInit() {
	var c = map.getCenter();
	console.log('center: [' + c.lat + ',' + c.lng + '],\nzoom: ' + map.getZoom());
	}