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November PragPub »

• Getting the Most out of the GitHub API
• Using Programming to Teach Mathematics
• Résumé Dos and Don’ts
• Ted Nelson on the Road to Xanadu
• Remembering David Bunnell

Plus: On Tap, Swaine’s World, New Manager’s Playbook, Johanna on Managing Product Development, But I’m Not an Expert, Antonio on Books, The BoB Pages

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November PragPub Magazine

Derrick Schneider is an old friend of the Pub. He modestly calls himself “a programmer, writer, and enthusiastic geek.” As a programmer, he’s comfortable with Erlang, R, Python, Ruby, Objective-C, and a number of cloud technologies. As a writer, he discussed wine with erudition and wit for years in the San Francisco Examiner. And his lead article for us this month shows his geeky side. You probably use GitHub, but you may not know about all the power GitHub offers through its extensive REST API. Derrick has explored it thoroughly, and shares some ideas for turning that API into a potent tool for your automation utility belt.

Antonio Cangiano has three (!) contributions to this issue. In addition to his monthly roundup of new tech books, we have his article on using programming to teach (or visualize) mathematical concepts. And he’s also offered up a short essay on blogging. Antonio wrote (and your editor edited) the excellent Technical Blogging so he knows all about why and when and whatabout you should be blogging.

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Regular columnists Johanna Rothman and Marcus Blankenship offer up more career advice, and your editor weighs in with a few contributions, including an appreciation of personal computer publishing pioneer David Bunnell and another installment in his series on Ted Nelson and Xanadu. Plus tech news and a puzzle. We hope you enjoy it!

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