Are QR codes making a comeback?

QR codes are making a quick comeback into mainstream culture. Years ago it seemed like a forgone conclusion that had died out as something that was only on the food packaging. Now you see them on some billboards in big cities, business cards, and fitness applications use them to help their users keep track of food intake. One could possibly deduce that it is because of the advent of the smart-phone that this is even possible now. Before with more limited phones taking pictures of QR codes and analyzing their data would have been a death sentence for any old flip-phone of the early 2000's. As more people being to use smart-phones and tablets the draw to once again use QR codes is becoming the “hip” thing to do. People love Facebook, Instagram, and other photo applications and QR codes also fill this desire for fast and easy. What's easier to Google it or to quickly snap a picture and link to a website? Of course taking the instant picture is always going to be more efficient. As the third world also grows in their phone craze and consumption QR codes may be here to stay for a good long time. Marketing industry has taken note of QR codes therefore so should you.

Internet Security and the NSA

When Snowden leak vital information of the NSA program and the clear violation of privacy it brought home the old conspiracy of "big-brother". Having one's privacy invaded by anyone is not a pleasant feeling and makes one wonder who is exactly is our very own government policing? NSA opened the peopls mind when it comes to data security around the world and proved to many people the long standing fear they all had. That when it comes to digital images, text, video, and other forms of data the "users" don't truly own them but the corporations do and if they are want to they can hand over the information to governments, companies,etc. Whoever they wished to share the information with they can. This is the world we live in and one that it becoming a very volatile. Where data security is becoming the paranoia in the society but at the same time people wish to share information via blogs, Facebook, and Google. How do we as a society achieve the balance of a technological society that shares and has security or is that even possible?

Just remember who don't really own your digital footprint and remember who is watching you.

Pixar style NSA

Why in 5 years every college graduate will need to know version control.

Github has arguably changed how developers change how they share their code online with other developers, and other laymen. It is becoming a tool for people to hold their online portfolio's and projects ready to be whipped out during an interview meeting. It has been a place for where open source projects begin to be build and it's not just open source but many companies are looking to incorporate them in their development process it just makes developing on big team projects where code needs to be shared and worked on at remote locations perhaps even all around the world. It helps keep these projects organized and efficient. Therefore it I think since this skill set is just going to grow and become a bigger factor in the industry. This leads me to believe that many students who don't know version control(note:there are other system's for this such as Mercurial it's just not Github) will have to one point or another as this grows student's entering college today or plan to enter in the next few years who are serious about becoming a software developer will need to look into learning the various methods of version control. Along with their underlying development philosophies and thus will become a strong industry standard down the road. Any young high school students give it a go and try you are only going to be getting a huge head start.