Blackbox Thinking started as a technology consultancy when I got fed up of working freelance through an agency. I wanted to take more control of how and what direction my work took me.
Now that I've enjoyed learning and working in the tech sector for over two decades I have something I can give back. I wish to give people who want to learn tech skills a simple and exciting path to benefiting their own businesses, careers and hobbies. I needed a place that would reach a large audience. I needed to find people who genuinely wanted to learn mastery of technology.
That place is here. That person is you.
I was working with a customer a while ago when a system upgrade to patch a security vulnerability did not go as planned. While restoring the users profiles and workspaces we realised that the backup had become corrupted and it dawned upon us that most user accounts had been lost.
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One thing that stood out to me after reading the “Python Developers Survey 2018” by JetBrains was that almost 70% of survey responders said they used Linux as their development environment operating system. This puts a huge dent in the myth that Windows or MacOS are top development platforms. So if you’ve not sure why or how to give Linux a try we’ll take you through the basics.
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The IT industry has made some massive bounds in 2018 in various areas. We review a number of the industries most influencial and renowned technology reports and give our view on how we see technology impacting those who are involved in it.
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