Learning - Nick Fogle

Learning

A collection of 14 posts

Learn to Code. Build a Business.

Learn to Code. Build a Business.

In this video, I demonstrate the most efficient way for learning to code. Motivation can be challenging, so I'll give you some tips on staying motivated and give some advice around what might be a good first project.

Learning how to Learn

Learning how to Learn

If new to code, avoid biting off more than you can chew when picking a project. Persistence is key so choose something you're naturally excited to build.

Financial Freedom Fast

Financial Freedom Fast

The conventional advice around careers and education is outdated and completely wrong. After years of following along, I was tired of feeling like I had no control over my ability to earn a livelihood.

How long should it take to learn to code?

How long should it take to learn to code?

I'm someone like you. Not a guru. Not an influencer. (the last thing i posted on Instagram was a hamburger like 6 years ago). In 2012, I was under a mountain of debt and making minimum wage as a shuttle driver.

Satellites and Sovereignty

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Satellites and Sovereignty

Since founding Casa [https://keys.casa], we’ve been on a mission to protect personal sovereignty. We try to think through all potential threat vectors to design systems that are as resilient as possible. A few months ago, I was thinking about the situation where a catastrophic event takes down

Startup: End of Year 2

Startup: End of Year 2

Here’s my long-overdue quarterly update to close out our second year building Wavve. December 16′ * Continued fruitlessly to find product-market fit for the mobile app. * Reached the conclusion that radio is a dying industry and not the way forward for our business model. * Invested more time and energy into

Breaking Pokemon Go with a Raspberry Pi

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Breaking Pokemon Go with a Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi Cryptocurrency Node A few weeks ago I bought a Raspberry Pi starter kit on Amazon. I wanted one for a few months and finally found the perfect use case – running a cryptocurrency node. After flashing an SD card with Raspbian, I hooked it up to my network and

The MVP Has Landed

The MVP Has Landed

> If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late - Reid Hoffman Our MVP is now public. Embarrassed? ✅ In mid July we released the alpha version to our advisors and a few other private beta testers. I'm still amazed everytime the application actually

When ISIS Hacks your Website

When ISIS Hacks your Website

The voice on the other end of the line was panicked. He didn’t know how it happened… only that his organization’s website had been hacked by ISIS. A mix of shock and anger, he urgently pointed me to the URL. I entered the web address and was greeted

100 Days of Github: Don't Break the Chain

100 Days of Github: Don't Break the Chain

A while back I stumbled across John Resig’s blog post [http://ejohn.org/blog/write-code-every-day/] about writing code everyday. He made several points that resonated with me. I thought I would follow John’s lead and try a more balanced approach to programming. I set a goal to commit

GitHub in C Major

This is an awesome little app that turns your year of GitHub contributions into song. Since I didn’t become active on GitHub until recently, you’ll need to wait a few moments for the player to reach my contributions. I’ve noticed that the graph isn’t 100% correct,

Too Old to Code?

I was recently asked the following on Quora [http://www.quora.com/Im-25-and-wish-to-learn-programming-Am-I-to-old-to-become-successful-The-media-portrays-successful-programmers-who-are-worth-millions-to-have-started-coding-from-a-very-young-age] : > I’m 25 and wish to learn programming. Am I to old to become successful? The media portrays successful programmers who are worth millions to have started coding from a very young age. Here’s my answer:

Internet of Things

Learning for 2014

Favorite Tech in 2014: – Elementary OS [http://elementaryos.org/] – a beautifully minimalist Ubuntu-based Linux Distro – Reporter App [http://www.reporter-app.com/] – flexible self tracking with a phenomenal UI – Unix Command Line – crucial as I’ve started learning node.js [http://nodejs.org/] – Atom.io [https://atom.io/] – recently moved over

Editor Wars: Picking the Right Tool for the Job

As the development application space has undergone a Cambrian explosion of sorts, it’s easy to feel like we are drowning in tools [http://www.sitepoint.com/drowning-in-tools-web-development-industry/]. Since this time last year, I’ve worked within a dizzying number of editing applications. I’ve tried newcomers like Atom.io