Text vs. Binary Files

In Computer Science, every file is just a pile of 1s and 0s, but (I want to distinguish between) there are really 2…

Tools

We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us. — Marshall McLuhan

Intro to Data Structures

Excel, csv, xml, json, databases

The most familiar data structure in the world is the spreadsheet 🤓 🤘

Information

Everything in a computer is made up of 1s and 0s. A picture of your beautiful baby is just bunch of 1s and 0s. Your child is just a number! The same is trus of any picture, video or text. How can that be?

Abstraction

“I don’t care how you do it, just do it”

Retrieval

We are this world’s memory. Without us, men would be little better than dogs. Don’t remember…

Communication

Communication — “a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior”

Algorithms

If you want to solve a puzzle and you dump the pieces out on a table, where do you start? You probably break it down into steps— look for…