🛸 How I became a YouTube Certified™ quadcopter pilot
· 4 min read
An introduction to first-person-view (FPV) quadcopter flying, my learning approach, architecture diagram, and youtube videos...
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View All TagsCelebrating 30 years as a Linux user
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In this post, I'll share my 30 year journey with Linux and explore how it shaped my future as a developer. Along the way, we'll take a nostalgic stroll down computer hardware memory lane. We'll touch on challenges with legacy MS Windows systems today, in the public sector. In a followup post we'll look at various useful Linux/macOS commands for GIS and geodata wrangling...
Servant leadership in a data engineering role
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This post explores the concept of servant leadership in the context of government consulting as a tech worker, and reflects about Large Language Models (LLMs) as a productivity tool...
Like mapstodon.space
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If you have interest in alternative and decentralized social media, be sure to check out our Mastodon community! My profile: https://mapstodon.space/@guidorice
Mapstodon.space is an online community dedicated to cartography & geospatial enthusiasts. https://mapstodon.space/about
The Power of Where
· 2 min read
I recommend the new book The Power of Where, by Jack Dangermond and Esri (2024). Here's my short review of this new book...
What it's like to work for a growth stage startup
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In August, Regrow Agriculture Inc had a big round of layoffs affecting 20% of the company and, startlingly, 40% of the technical team. The geospatial engineering team was effected at a level of 3/5, including my job. Writing down some parting thoughts...