Reposted from the CIS NOVA Blog

The economic benefits of ensuring access to high quality education are difficult to exaggerate. Many societal problems could be solved if people had access to the educational resources they need.

My own educational opportunities have provided me with the freedom to pursue an exciting career, explore interesting hobbies, understand finances, and even cook delicious food....

Today for hour of code, I will demo a simple Alexa app (skill) using the Amazon Echo. While the app seems really simple from the user's point of view, it is really cool to think about everything that is going on behind the scenes.

As a user, you simply ask the service for something and it responds back to...

Over the past few years, there have been an increasing number of initiatives to provide kids with the opportunity to learn how to code. I have heard a number of reasons for these efforts, some more compelling than others. The least compelling of all: there will be loads of high-paying coding jobs in the future. Like most sure-fire ways to...

The SI measurement system (metric) makes physical sense, and yet, the United State continues to persist in using confusing units of measurement. But that doesn't mean you have to participate.

A couple of months back I switched my GPS running tracker to kilometers and it's great. My pace looks faster (km/min), I can easily benchmark myself against popular races like 5K...

There is a lot of random chance that factors into where a person ends up in life. Genetics, place of birth, family life, personal grit, gender, race, sexual orientation, and the list could go on forever. We are all products of these undeserved circumstances, our experiences, and how we interpret and act on these. While we cannot influence the random...

Listening to NPR on my way to work, I've been hearing a lot lately about economic indicators that seem to indicate an impoverishment of the “middle” class and a widening of the wealth gap. I recall one interviewee saying something like “there is no law that guarantees the presence of a middle class.” And when you look at human history,...