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About apprenticecoder

My blog is about me learning to program, and trying to narrate it in interesting ways. I love to learn and to learn through creativity. For example I like computers, but even more I like to see what computers can do for people. That's why I find web programming and scripting especially exciting. I was born in Split, Croatia, went to college in Bologna, Italy and now live in Milan. I like reading, especially non-fiction (lately). I'd like to read more poetry. I find architecture inspiring. Museums as well. Some more then others. Interfaces. Lifestyle magazines with interesting points of view. Semantic web. Strolls in nature. The sea.

Better communication through introversion and solitude

Posted on July 15, 2012 by apprenticecoder

I’m back. Sort of. I’ve been busy rediscovering introversion, silence and solitude. Some activities require them, like learning, coding, learning to code. I’m not going to discuss the paradox of coding as both a solitary and team/community activity, or get … Continue reading →

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Behind the questionmark in a diamond – what I learned today about character encodings

Posted on March 12, 2012 by apprenticecoder

I used to dread the days when I ran into a question mark, in a black diamond shape or not, in a middle of some text on a website or elsewhere, but now I find it fun. I feel like … Continue reading →

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Model Thinking – models as the new Lingua Franca – notes from new online course by Scott E. Page

Posted on March 4, 2012 by apprenticecoder

I’ve brought up the concept of models before. From the MIT online courses, I learned that programming is about mapping the world into something computational. I’ve had to do with models as part of the model-view-controller pattern in programming, and … Continue reading →

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Living inside Moodle e-learning platform, source code and db structure

Posted on February 19, 2012 by apprenticecoder

I’ve spent the last months of workdays inside the source code and db structure of Moodle, an interesting e-learning platform. My first impression was confusion. Some of the code is procedural, some is object-oriented, some global variables are used, and … Continue reading →

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The Code is your Tutor, RTFSC

Posted on February 14, 2012 by apprenticecoder

In a perfect world every apprentice would have a perfect tutor.  All the time. An apprentice would always be able to learn from great masters and journeymen under favorable conditions, they would have time and communicate well and learn from … Continue reading →

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[LINUX NOTES] Take your shell with you everywhere – we all SCREEN for I SCREEN

Posted on January 19, 2012 by apprenticecoder

This week I’ll improve my usage of screen and look up byobu too. Here are some reasons why. TABS IN THE COMMAND LINE Modern browsers have used us to the concept of tabs. Interactive web sites are full of tabs. … Continue reading →

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Happy Mondays, or why we need to reboot regularly

Posted on January 3, 2012 by apprenticecoder

I’ve had some long weekends and holidays lately and had to start over on Monday, or Tuesday which is not all that different, like today. I was surprised to find out that it is not as bad as I thought. … Continue reading →

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2011 in review, happy 2012 to all!

Posted on January 2, 2012 by apprenticecoder

What a year! I’ve returned to programming, learned so much and found a new job! I entered the world of e-learning platforms both as student and as coder, I’ve meet Drupal and deepened my knowledge of Code Igniter,  I extended … Continue reading →

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Beyond good enough, the more you study for the easy parts the better you’ll be at what’s difficult

Posted on November 13, 2011 by apprenticecoder

Ok, I’m back. It’s been a busy few months, and I’ll likely explain why in another post. I’m a busy PHP Junior Developer now, and I’m also taking 3 online courses (offered in partnership with the Stanford University), as you’ve … Continue reading →

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First steps in Machine Learning

Posted on October 9, 2011 by apprenticecoder

My e-learning has started, a week before the official start of the Stanford online classes. They have already made available some videos and quizzes, and us students have started strong. The Machine Learning class Twitter account announces some interesting numbers, … Continue reading →

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