PiHole is a service that prevents advertisements to be served to any device on your network. When a web browser or App tries to download an ad, Pi Hole checks to see if domain in the URL is an advertiser, and if so return that the domain is not found. Basically any ads get sucked […]
In Part 2 we shared files using a Samba server. Now a more advanced way to share media (video, music, pictures) is to use a media server. A Raspberry Pi can make for a great Media Centre experience. Most modern smart TVs can automatically detect a media server on your network. The go to media […]
Introduction A Samba Server is a simple way to share files on your local network. In this article we are going to create a Samba share on the Raspberry Pi to make it easy to read and write files for everyone on your network to use. [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Steps Connect to your Pi over terminal […]
Introduction The Raspberry Pi is an awesome device with lots of potential. This is the first part in a series of articles to get the most out of the device. I’m currently using my Raspberry Pi to serve a slew a functionality. From being a network drive to store media to eliminating ads on the […]
Overview What is a Hybrid Mobile Application? Hybrid mobile apps are applications the combine the flexibility and speed of web development and allow you to run those web sites inside a native device such as an iPhone or Android phone. They install like a regular native app, however behind the scenes are running a Single […]
Overview Git is a modern Source Control Management tool. It’s wildly popular since it provides a mechanisms to broadly share and merge code bases. This article lists the most common commands and by no means replaces the extensive documentation found here: git-scm.com/doc Commands Configure Git git config –global user.name “wassamz” git config –global user.email “wassam@email.com” […]
Design Tools for your Toolbox Attention to design continues to become more prevalent as organizations look for new ways to bring meaningful products to customers. Although these techniques are not new, they are becoming hot topics as teams look for new ways to innovate. In this article we will briefly go through design techniques, how […]
A year ago, your organization adopted the Scrum framework. Scrum helped you break down functional silos, improve communication with stakeholders, increase collaboration on your team and across teams, and facilitate cross-disciplinary skill development among staff members. It was exciting at first. Everyone was engaged and everyone was enthusiastic. Stable teams were established, and work was […]
Top-down management doesn’t work with Scrum Scrum Alliance released its 2016 ‘State of Scrum‘ report and the results indicate that businesses are having difficulty adapting to Agility based project management. Scrum is an Agile framework for completing complex projects. The basic idea behind the platform is for workers to share information and remain flexible to client-based design […]
I blogged recently on the question of whether a Scrum team can ever get so good that they no longer need a Scrum Master. In this post, I’ll address a closely related topic: Assuming that the role of Scrum Master does not go away, what is the career path for a Scrum Master? In my […]