You watched Terminator, right? At least one of the movies? If you havn't, go watch it.
What is Machine Learning?
To answer that, let's start with how we, the human beings, the mighty race, learn anything. If I teach you about how to make additions of any two numbers, you would know how to do after so many practices. So showing you "1 + 1 = 2", and "2 + 2 = 4", etc. You get the idea of how to do additions.
Then when I give you a random 2 numbers, I expect you to give me a sum of these two numbers in return. Let's say "144" and "956". You would give me "1100" as the correct answer. If you get anything else than 1100, please retake your addition tests here.
The above scenario is what we are trying to do with machines. Teach them how to make perfect additions or perfect subtractions or just help us create a formula that gives us the desired outcome.
Throughout the several sessions of Game Development and Design, we have covered how to use the whole Unity3D platform, interface and to build a really simple game out of it.
And just as was mentioned during the sessions, as indie game developers, we also need to switch our hats to become a music or sound composer for the game. Different tunes, different melodies, different sound effects, etc are all important to delivering a quality gameplay. Just imagine playing a flappy bird but with out the sound. It would be less annoying to play isn't it?
The other part is that to find quality sound effects, you would need to check whether its downloadable, royalty free and safe. And there's plenty out there that are not of the three or at least one of them.
Today, I just want to introduce SONICS, a free email subscription service to receive free packs of UI sounds and sound effects, every month. Downloading this free pack, allows you to add into your own library for later use in a game development. Simple sounds that you can use on most games really.
Fasting is coming in really close now. How time flies. Are you prepared for it? How about we add a little bit of IT in it. Let us introduce to you, Ramadan Legacy.
There are plenty of ways to stick your new years resolution. Whether it be to lose weight, take up a new good habit or get rid of an old bad habit, it takes commitment. Like A LOT! What if there is a way to get what you need to develop that habit all the way?
By making a pledge (for free) on Beeminder, it will help check on you if you are on track or not. If you stray too far, you lost your pledge. If you actually put a pledge (and this time, I mean actually pay for it like $10), that means you are invested in yourself to make sure that you achieve your goal. If you don't achieve it, you lose your $10. Check out the video below.
Now how do you make sure you achieve that new years resolution or that goal or that new good habit or getting rid of an old bad habit? Here are several web apps for you:
Wanna play a game? No seriously, if you wanna build a habit, play at it with this nifty web app and game in RPG! And not only that, you can have more fun if you do it with a friend or more. Basically forming a party of other likeminded individuals who checks on each other to make sure that the goal is achieved.
For those coders and programmers (and maybe designers) out there, you may have heard about Github. Well, if you wanna practice your coding skills or get better at what you do or even finish that IT project you promised your lecturer at your Uni, Github is the place to publish and get your work on track. Beeminder + Github is a powerful duo to keep track on whether you are actually progressing with your coding and designing of your project all the way to finishing an actual IT product. Get your hands on those keyboard and start coding away! Can't do it alone? Get a team and do it together with HabitRPG.
Ever wanted to learn Spanish but never got around to it? Learn it over on Duolingo. The app has a very intuitive interface and learning style to get you to understand and enjoy the language as you learn new words to use. I have learnt a few words and it was fun! Not only that, linking it with Beeminder will help keep in track of how far have I progress and how close I am to reaching my goal at the end. Duolingo has the following languages available:
Spanish
French
German
Italian
Dutch
Portuguese
Irish
Danish and
Swedish
Unfortunately, no Brunei Malay, Malaysian Malay, Indonesian Malay, and all of that Malay language and dialects. Check out the video below.
Remember, you don't have to do your new years resolution. Do it with a friend or your sibling or family. Get together, exercise, code, design, build a new good habit, get rid of a bad one. It's a lot more fun that way.
There are a lot of online resources out there that teaches
you to code or program. Here at Anak IT, we strive to make this learning
experience fun and unique to everyone striving to be next best programmer or
coder. So instead of struggling with textbooks, here are some online resources
that teaches you to learn how to code while at the same time, play some games!
Ever feel like swinging a sword or blocking with a shield with
coding? You could if you played CodeCombat. This game teaches you Javascript,
Coffeescript, Python, and a few other languages (currently at time of writing,
still experimental). Your goal is predetermined by each dungeon. It’s free to
play and learn!
Bonus: If you’re an expert already, you can create custom
levels and design if you join their github project here. It
uses CoffeeScript by the way.
This one is new and upcoming on indiegogo. It is an MMO
Strategy game but with less mouse-clicking and keyboard shortcuts, and more
scripting with Javascript. Check out the video below
The simulation game was awesome. You may need some level of understanding
with Object Orient Programming and Arrays before attempting to play this game
but fun nonetheless! Feeling strategic? Support the project by contributing
some funds for their game project and let’s play!
Lastly, there’s a game that plays quite similar to the
Legend of Zelda world. But instead in this world, you can change… things. Like
the behavior of each game element and object, the attributes, the stats, the
modes, and much more! It doesn’t really teach you to code but you might be able
to grasp the understanding of game elements through this game of what each
asset can do if you change its state.
It is December, the perfect month to enjoy, take a vacation, kick-back and relax from our ever so busy lives. But guess what? Anak IT has been brewin' up an event that you might be interested in. In our efforts to introduce technology, programming and scripting to everyone, especially in Brunei, we are hosting Hour Of Code event, at iCentre. Check out our poster below:
Interested? Come and join us! Too busy? Ask your friends and family to take over for ya! Did I mention that you'll get some prizes to win if you attend? I think I didn't. Yes, there's prizes. Come down this weekend and expand your coding skills with creative games and apps and exploration in the world of programming, coding and audio mixmastering.
The event starts at 9am, this Saturday (13/12/2014) until 6pm. Help us spread the word!
We have all been there. Reading too many legal things online before creating an account that we just skipped it and checked the checkbox "I agree to the terms and agreement stated in the Terms of Service" and whatever. But what if, not long after you make an account, they decide to abuse the information you put there of? You can't sue them, because they've mentioned it in the Terms of Service.
As part of +Anak IT Brunei 's initiative for using IT safely, you first need to learn what is the purpose of these Terms of Service.
What is Terms of Service?
According to Wikipedia,
Terms of service (also known as terms of use and terms and conditions, commonly abbreviated as ToS or TOS[1] and TOU) are rules which one must agree to abide by in order to use a service. Terms of service can also be merely a disclaimer, especially regarding the use of websites.
So therefore, if we sign up on Facebook/Twitter/Google+/LinkedIn, or any other site that plans on us, the people with their private information, to have an account with them, we need to understand what are these "rules" they set out for us.
Sure, that would mean that we have to waste 15-30 minutes of our time reading the Terms of Service. Whoever has time to read through, go ahead and its highly advisable. But for those who doesn't, here's an alternative solution. Let me introduce to you, Terms of Service Didn't Read.ORG
Using this service you'll be able to quickly read through a few lines of terms and you'll understand what you are getting yourself into. Ranging from not deleting your account, leveraging the information you put into the site for advertising purposes, using your profile picture for social marketing use, using your hobby information for research and then allow them to sell something to you, etc.
If you go into the website and scroll downwards, you'll find a list of websites with their ratings. Go on, have a look through. Use the search to find the website you signed up on and find out what they're doing to your account and information. Stay safe peeps!
Once upon a time, for busy individuals, orang yang bekerja ani terlalai. Ada tia orang berwhatsapp arah mobile tapi nda bejawab. Alasannya: Sorry bro... Aku berfocus arah kaja ku dapan2 laptop membuat repot.
Miana kan dapat tahu ada notification ani? Orang besibuk!
There are 2 ways to do this:
PushBullet
AirDroid
PushBullet
PushBullet is available on Android where you can download and install on your phone/tablet and PC.
So as soon as you receive notifications on your phone you will receive the same notifications on your PC (as illustrated above). Also available at the iTunes App Store.
AirDroid
AirDroid is available for Android only. Similar to PushBullet, however it does more than just notify you on your computer. You can also transfer files/urls/messages/medias. Normally, we would transfer via USB cable. But with this, you can now transfer using WiFi. Pretty neat.
Isyrah Fahmi Osman, is a final year undergraduate at Universiti Brunei Darussalam(UBD) majoring in Computer Science. The year 2010, was a good year for him. Having won the local and regional competition, he represented the whole Asia Pacific region in Present Around The World(PATW) held in London with his second year computer programming project, a 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube Solver Robot. The same robot also won the Brunei ICT Awards the same year, subsequently giving him the opportunity to represent Brunei at the Asia Pacific ICT Awards 2010 in Kuala Lumpur.
Having passion and interest in robotics, he has also participated in local and international robotic competitions namely: Robot Blast Competition(Techxpo 2010); ABU Robocon 2010 in Egypt; and ABU Robocon 2011 in Thailand. Although having won on so many occasions, Isyrah is still hungry for more. A laid-back person, he owes his success to his parents and family members, quoting that support, advice and blessings are important in one's life and success.
