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In the beginning, life in the cloud was simple. Type in your credit card number and—voilà—you had root on a machine you didn’t have to unpack, plug in, or bolt into a rack.

That has changed drastically. The cloud has grown so complex and multifunctional that it’s hard to jam all the activity into one word, even a word as protean and unstructured as “cloud.” There are still root logins on machines to rent, but there are also services for slicing, dicing, and storing your data. Programmers don’t need to write and install as much as subscribe and configure.

Here, Amazon has led the way. That’s not to say there isn’t competition. Microsoft, Google, IBM, Rackspace, and Joyent are all churning out brilliant solutions and clever software packages for the cloud, but no company has done more to create feature-rich bundles of services for the cloud than Amazon. Now Amazon Web Services is zooming ahead with a collection of new products that blow apart the idea of the cloud as a blank slate. With the latest round of tools for AWS, the cloud is that much closer to becoming a concierge waiting for you to wave your hand and give it simple instructions.

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Anyone who has done much data science knows it’s often more challenging to collect data than it is to perform analysis. Gathering data and putting it into a standard data format is often more than 90 percent of the job.

Glue is a new collection of Python scripts that automatically crawls your data sources to collect data, apply any necessary transforms, and stick it in Amazon’s cloud. It reaches into your data sources, snagging data using all the standard acronyms, like JSON, CSV, and JDBC. Once it grabs the data, it can analyze the schema and make suggestions.

The Python layer is interesting because you can use it without writing or understanding Python—although it certainly helps if you want to customize what’s going on. Glue will run these jobs as needed to keep all the data flowing. It won’t think for you, but it will juggle many of the details, leaving you to think about the big picture.

Field Programmable Gate Arrays have long been a secret weapon of hardware designers. Anyone who needs a special chip can build one out of software. There’s no need to build custom masks or fret over fitting all the transistors into the smallest amount of silicon. An FPGA takes your software description of how the transistors should work and rewires itself to act like a real chip.

Amazon’s new AWS EC2 F1 brings the power of FGPA to the cloud. If you have highly structured and repetitive computing to do, an EC2 F1 instance is for you. With EC2 F1, you can create a software description of a hypothetical chip and compile it down to a tiny number of gates that will compute the answer in the shortest amount of time. The only thing faster is etching the transistors in real silicon.

Who might need this? Bitcoin miners compute the same cryptographically secure hash function a bazillion times each day, which is why many bitcoin miners use FPGAs to speed up the search. Anyone with a similar compact, repetitive algorithm you can write into silicon, the FPGA instance lets you rent machines to do it now. The biggest winners are those who need to run calculations that don’t map easily onto standard instruction sets—for example, when you’re dealing with bit-level functions and other nonstandard, nonarithmetic calculations. If you’re simply adding a column of numbers, the standard instances are better for you. But for some, EC2 with FGPA might be a big win.

As Docker eats its way into the stack, Amazon is trying to make it easier for anyone to run Docker instances anywhere, anytime. Blox is designed to juggle the clusters of instances so that the optimum number are running—no more, no less.

Blox is event driven, so it’s a bit simpler to write the logic. You don’t need to constantly poll the machines to see what they’re running. They all report back, so the right number can run. Blox is also open source, which makes it easier to reuse Blox outside of the Amazon cloud, if you should need to do so.

Monitoring the efficiency and load of your instances used to be simply another job. If you wanted your cluster to work smoothly, you had to write the code to track everything. Many people brought in third parties with impressive suites of tools. Now Amazon’s X-Ray is offering to do much of the work for you. It’s competing with many third-party tools for watching your stack.

When a website gets a request for data, X-Ray traces as it as flows your network of machines and services. Then X-Ray will aggregate the data from multiple instances, regions, and zones so that you can stop in one place to flag a recalcitrant server or a wedged database. You can watch your vast empire with only one page.

Rekognition is a new AWS tool aimed at image work. If you want your app to do more than store images, Rekognition will chew through images searching for objects and faces using some of the best-known and tested machine vision and neural-network algorithms. There’s no need to spend years learning the science; you simply point the algorithm at an image stored in Amazon’s cloud, and voilà, you get a list of objects and a confidence score that ranks how likely the answer is correct. You pay per image.

The algorithms are heavily tuned for facial recognition. The algorithms will flag faces, then compare them to each other and references images to help you identify them. Your application can store the meta information about the faces for later processing. Once you put a name to the metadata, your app will find people wherever they appear. Identification is only the beginning. Is someone smiling? Are their eyes closed? The service will deliver the answer, so you don’t need to get your fingers dirty with pixels. If you want to use impressive machine vision, Amazon will charge you not by the click but by the glance at each image.

Working with Amazon’s S3 has always been simple. If you want a data structure, you request it and S3 looks for the part you want. Amazon’s Athena now makes it much simpler. It will run the queries on S3, so you don’t need to write the looping code yourself. Yes, we’ve become too lazy to write loops.

Athena uses SQL syntax, which should make database admins happy. Amazon will charge you for every byte that Athena churns through while looking for your answer. But don’t get too worried about the meter running out of control because the price is only $5 per terabyte. That’s about 50 billionths of a cent per byte. It makes the penny candy stores look expensive.

The original idea of a content delivery network was to speed up the delivery of simple files like JPG images and CSS files by pushing out copies to a vast array of content servers parked near the edges of the Internet. Amazon is taking this a step further by letting us push Node.js code out to these edges where they will run and respond. Your code won’t sit on one central server waiting for the requests to poke along the backbone from people around the world. It will clone itself, so it can respond in microseconds without being impeded by all that network latency.

Amazon will bill your code only when it’s running. You won’t need to set up separate instances or rent out full machines to keep the service up. It is currently in a closed test, and you must apply to get your code in their stack.

Snowball Edge

If you want some kind of physical control of your data, the cloud isn’t for you. The power and reassurance that comes from touching the hard drive, DVD-ROM, or thumb drive holding your data isn’t available to you in the cloud. Where is my data exactly? How can I get it? How can I make a backup copy? The cloud makes anyone who cares about these things break out in cold sweats.

The Snowball Edge is a box filled with data that can be delivered anywhere you want. It even has a shipping label that’s really an E-Ink display exactly like Amazon puts on a Kindle. When you want a copy of massive amounts of data that you’ve stored in Amazon’s cloud, Amazon will copy it to the box and ship the box to wherever you are. (The documentation doesn’t say whether Prime members get free shipping.)

Snowball Edge serves a practical purpose. Many developers have collected large blocks of data through cloud applications and downloading these blocks across the open internet is far too slow. If Amazon wants to attract large data-processing jobs, it needs to make it easier to get large volumes of data out of the system.

If you’ve accumulated an exabyte of data that you need somewhere else for processing, Amazon has a bigger version called Snowmobile that’s built into an 18-wheel truck complete with GPS tracking.

Oh, it’s worth noting that the boxes aren’t dumb storage boxes. They can run arbitrary Node.js code too so you can search, filter, or analyze ... just in case.

Once you’ve amassed a list of customers, members, or subscribers, there will be times when you want to push a message out to them. Perhaps you’ve updated your app or want to convey a special offer. You could blast an email to everyone on your list, but that’s a step above spam. A better solution is to target your message, and Amazon’s new Pinpoint tool offers the infrastructure to make that simpler.

You’ll need to integrate some code with your app. Once you’ve done that, Pinpoint helps you send out the messages when your users seem ready to receive them. Once you’re done with a so-called targeted campaign, Pinpoint will collect and report data about the level of engagement with your campaign, so you can tune your targeting efforts in the future.

Who gets the last word? Your app can, if you use Polly, the latest generation of speech synthesis. In goes text and out comes sound—sound waves that form words that our ears can hear, all the better to make audio interfaces for the internet of things.

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Networking for Candidates at Technical Societies

I’ve received at least a half-dozen requests for help finding people in the last week. So it’s certainly time to think about ways to find candidates. (I have a whole chapter on sourcing strategy and examples in Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds).

In the meantime, if you just want to consider technical societies, consider these:

  • For developers, try local chapters of the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) or IEEE. Here in the Boston area, the GBCACM (Greater Boston Chapter of the ACM) holds 3 days of training in the spring and another 3 days in the fall, along with a variety of meetings. The Boston section of IEEE has a bazillion SIGs (Special Interest Groups), and monthly meetings on almost anything you can think about that’s a technical field.
  • For process, QA, test, and metrics people, try your local (or relatively local) Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN). The SEI has some resources for getting SPINs started. But once the SPINs start up, they take on the local flavor of the community, and especially the program chair. (I was program chair for Boston SPIN for a few years, and I definitely tilted the program towards more pragmatic approaches to process improvement.) I’ve spoken at a number of SPINs across the country. Some have more orientation towards process, some have more for testing, some are much more interested in metrics.
  • For project managers, try the local chapter of the PMI (Project Management Institute). I’ve spoken at a number of PMI chapters, so they’re not all PMBOK-by-the-book 🙂
  • For testers, try the SPIN meetings, possibly some IEEE meetings (depending on the topic), ASQ (American Society for Quality) and QAI (Quality Assurance Institute).
  • For writers, try the Society of Technical Communications.
  • For support staff people (especially senior staff and managers), try local chapters of the Help Desk Institute
  • For specific tools, look for user groups. For example, if you’re looking for a configuration management person, (build or release engineer), consider the user group for the tool you’re using.

When you network at a local chapter, remember that you’ll have more success if you attend a meeting rather than just send/email a position description. And you’ll have more success if you attend meetings on a regular basis, rather than just when you need candidates. The more frequently you attend meetings, the more people will remember you and the more likely you are to have other people suggest you as a possible employer.If I’ve forgotten your favorite technical society, please comment and/or send me email. I’ll add it to the list.

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Whenever you’re designing a product, you’re designing with a person in mind. But how do you understand what a user needs? UX research, of course.

Why UX research is vital to your digital strategy

UX, if you haven’t heard the term already, stands for User Experience. It encompasses everything about how your customers engage with your brand, from navigating your website, to making a purchase, to contacting your support team. In a competitive market, providing exceptional user experiences is a key way to attract and retain customers.

But creating exceptional user experience doesn’t come out of nowhere. It requires a solid understanding of who your users are and how they approach and interact with your brand. That’s where UX research—or design research—comes in.

The goal of UX research is to ensure that products and services are designed to meet user needs. Because as Steve Jobs once said, “design is not just what it looks and feels like, design is how it works”.

Identify your audience’s needs

UX researchers use a number of techniques to better understand a business’ users’ wants, needs and objectives. While many businesses assume they know what their users want, it’s easy to make assumptions—and assumptions can be costly.

To really understand your users, you need to get up from behind your desk every now and again. That means talking to your customers, being genuinely curious and using UX research techniques to differentiate between what your customers say they want, versus what they really want.

Test your assumptions

Once you understand what your customers want, it’s important to test those assumptions. User testing is a key component of UX research, and may include qualitative research, like:

  • How many people clicked
  • Success rates of A/B split testing
  • How many successfully navigated to a page

It may also include qualitative research, like:

  • Why did people click there?
  • What made one headline more compelling than another?
  • Why did people get lost trying to find that page?

While quantitative data is usually collected through tests and observation, qualitative data is more likely obtained through interviews, group discussions and surveys.

Constantly improve your products

By talking to your audience and following UX principals, you’re halfway towards building a better product for your customers and—ultimately—your brand. However, the work doesn’t end there. UX has a habit of identifying roadblocks.

When you’re designing for your users specifically, a lot of the old ways of doing things doesn’t cut it anymore. That’s why good UX research is ongoing. Businesses who are constantly exploring how their customers engage with them, and finding ways to improve user experience.

If you’re thinking of starting a new project—or improving an old one—UX research is the best place to start. Contact our team at JBT to learn more about our innovative user testing and research techniques and how we can implement them to improve your design process.

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Lot 207: Circle of Sir John Lavery, R.A., R.S.A., R.H.A. (British, 1856-1941): An Orientalist market scene with Arab figures, possibly North Africa, oil on panel, H 23 x W 31.5 cm Boningtons' The Country House Sale July 2015 Wednesday, 15th July 2015 Estimate: £200-300
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Chinese rhinoceros horn cup up 144% on estimate

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Chinese rhinoceros horn cup up 144% on estimate

A Chinese rhinoceros horn cup made $122,500 at Skinner in Boston on October 12

A Chinese rhinoceros horn cup more than doubled its estimate at Skinner's Asian Works of Arts auctionon October 12, selling for $122,400 against a $50,000 high valuation - an increase of 144%.

The cup dates to the 17th or 18th century and is carved into the shape of a magnolia blossom, surrounded by flowers and lychee branches.

Rhinoceros cups were given as gifts between Chinese aristocratic families. Highly symbolic, they are meant to bestow good luck and fortune on the recipient.

Rhino horn magnolia Skinner The $122,400 cup stands at seven inches

The combination of lychee and magnolia symbolises a desire for wealth, nobility andthe birth of sons.

Two Jizo of the Six Paths of Enlightenment figures made $33,000 against an $8,000-10,000 estimate - up 229%. The figures are from early 18th century Japan and depict Jizo, the protector of children and travellers.

The pieces are carved from wood, and feature glass urna on the forehead and painted highlights.

A pair of cloisonne censers also featured at the Boston sale, each made up of a three tiered pavilion-shaped structure adorned with dragon and lotus motifs.

Censers are large incense burners, used in religious or ceremonial events.

They also performed better than expected, achieving $24,000 against a $16,000-20,000 estimate.

Another pair of censers, featuring designs of bats and scrolls, also made $24,000.

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Second Louisiana Man Pleads Guilty for Role in Illegal Online Pharmacy Scheme

PITTSBURGH - A resident of Thibodaux, Louisiana, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

Anthony Rouse III, 40, of Thibodaux, Louisiana, pleaded guilty to four-counts before Chief United States District Judge Joy Flowers Conti.

In connection with the guilty plea, the court was informed that Anthony Rouse III fulfilled US orders from Duangthip Chutivaraporn who operated a series of online pharmacy web sites that offered a wide variety of prescription drugs for sale to United States customers without the need of a prescription or a medical history. There was no physician monitoring drugs used by the customers or requirement of any diagnosis in order to purchase or receive these prescription drugs. The site defrauded customers with false representations as to the legality of obtaining prescription drugs without a prescription. Rouse and another fulfilled orders for Nubain and Fioricet and received payment for their services by means of deposits of their portion of the sale proceeds to foreign bank accounts accessible to them by debit cards.

Judge Conti scheduled sentencing for Jan. 13, 2017 at 10 a.m. The law provides for a total sentence of 90 years in prison, a fine of $1,250,000, or both. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed is based upon the seriousness of the offenses and the criminal history, if any, of the defendant.

Assistant United States Attorney Paul E. Hull is prosecuting this case on behalf of the government.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Office of Criminal Investigations; the U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations; the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation; conducted the investigation leading to the information in this case.

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St. Fidelis Catholic Church (Cathedral of the Plains), Victoria

Address: 900 Cathedral, Victoria, KS [map this location]
Phone: 785.735.2777
Website: www.stfidelischurch.com

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St. Fidelis Church is one of The 8 Wonders of Kansas because of the architectural grandeur and the impressive craftsmanship achieved by the Volga German pioneers!

If you're anywhere near Victoria, you can't miss the twin bell towers of St. Fidelis rising majestically above the plains. With a seating capacity of 1,100, St. Fidelis was the largest church west of the Mississippi when it was completed in 1911. Its beauty and size inspired William Jennings Bryan (visiting the area in 1912 on a presidential campaign) to dub it the "Cathedral of the Plains."

The stone for this massive Romanesque structure came from a quarry seven miles south. The extracting of the stone, loading it, hauling it, and then dressing it was a gigantic task and an amazing feat considering that it was accomplished without automatic lifts and power tools.

The church structure is a cruciform, or built in the shape of a cross 220 feet long and 110 feet wide at the transepts and 75 feet at the nave. The massive twin bell towers are 141 feet tall and dominate the prairie landscape.

The granite pillars that support the church were shipped in from Vermont.

The restoration of the church interior is also a tribute to the continued dedication of the people of the parish. A native son of the parish, Wayne Brungardt, was hired to be the architect of the restoration in the 1990s. Tim Linenberger, the third generation of Linenbergers (originally from Victoria) to have painted the church, painted the interior and did intricate stenciling returning the church to the original rich mauve and gold tones.

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A man in rural Texas is facing murder charges in Anderson County after six people were found dead near his property, a New York Daily News article reported on November 17.

Authorities arrested 33-year-old William Hudson after deputies found at least four bodies in a pond at the back of Hudson’s house on November 16. Authorities reported to the scene of the homicide after they were initially notified of a shooting incident along County Road 2217; they found two deceased victims there. The Sheriff’s Office did not release the identities of the persons killed.

Investigators are still working to determine the motivation for the killings and the causes of each death. Hudson was held on a $2.5 million bond; he has recently dealt with assault charges, though this crime marks the bloodiest ever reported in Anderson County.

Family members identified the victims as Hannah Johnson, her boyfriend Thomas Kamp, two of Kamp’s children, Johnson’s son, and Johnson’s father. Hannah’s mother, Cynthia, survived the attack and reported the incident to police.


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A Facebook 'Buy Your Friend a Beer' App

I may do everything in my power to steer clear of chain restaurants, but I can’t help but think that TGI Friday’s has the right idea with their new ‘Buy Your Friend a Beer’ Facebook application. In fact, I hope that local, non-chain establishments might take a cue from this and consider offering a similar deal in the future.

Friends with Beer

Facebook users 21 and over can use the app to send $5 e-gift cards to friends and family, redeemable at any TGI Friday’s for beer, food or non-alcoholic beverage of choice. As for the beer, Friday’s is even extending their normally lacking beer selection to include regional craft favorites like Goose Island Honkers Ale, New Belgium Fat Tire, Harpoon IPA and more.

Want to get in on the ‘Buy Your Friend a Beer’ action? Stop on by TGI Friday’s Facebook page, hit the ‘like’ button and you can buy up to 5 beers for anyone you know, providing they (and again, you) are at least 21 years of age.

Here’s hoping that other restaurants and pubs, especially one-off local favorites, start playing around with social media this way. This day and age, I can’t think of a better way than tapping into Facebook, Twitter and the like to bring more customers to the table.

  • Brad Brighton June 11, 2011 @ 11:48am

    This is a good thing. It’s a validation of the notion that social can be a benefit to people *and* businesses without having to alienate people.

    In fact, the rehumanization of interactions just like this is a primary motivator for my building the It’s On Me! Real-world Social Gifting app on Facebook (which, for example, has Buckbean Brewing Company, a Reno, NV craft brewer, doing just this sort of thing: pints, growlers, and more you can give to your friends via their Facebook page).

    Look up Buckbean on Facebook and check it out.

  • Steve Johnson June 13, 2011 @ 7:13pm

    Folks – this idea isn’t new at all. Bartab has been letting users all over the US send REAL drinks to their friends at almost 700 establishments. And the cost? $2 total for each beer, drink, shot or glass of wine. You pay $1 for the coupon and $1 at the bar when you redeem your drink.

    It’s a simple facebook app that works on iphones, droids and blackberry’s alike.

    And – you get a bunch of really nice, cool local bars and restaurants, so your choice isn’t limited to one place.

  • Hannah June 14, 2011 @ 8:42am

    Steve Johnson – Decent! Thanks for letting us know about it – would rather support local establishments any day.

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Riverdance, the 20th Anniversary Tour is coming to Kelowna in April. - Image: Contributed

World famous Riverdance to perform in Kelowna

Riverdance - The 20th Anniversary tour is an innovative and exciting blend of dance, music and song

For more than 20 years, nothing has carried the energy, the sensuality and the spectacle of Riverdance.

Now Riverdance – The 20th Anniversary World Tour is coming to Kelowna for a limited engagement at Prospera Place on April 11, 2018.

Celebrating an extraordinary milestone for an incredible show, The Edinburgh Evening News raved about Riverdance – The 20th Anniversary World Tour:

“As for the flaws? Well, there simply aren’t any. Here’s to another 20 years.”

Riverdance – The 20th Anniversary World Tour is an innovative and exciting blend of dance, music and song. Drawing on Irish traditions, the combined talents of the performers propel Irish dancing and music into the present day, capturing the imagination of audiences across all ages and cultures.

“The success of Riverdance across the whole world has gone beyond our wildest dreams,” said producer Moya Doherty. “The fact that the show continues to draw and excite audiences is a tribute to every dancer, singer, musician, staff and crew member who have dedicated themselves to the show. This 20th Anniversary Tour is a thank you to our audiences and a celebration of what has been an incredible journey across two decades.”

Riverdance – The 20th Anniversary World Tour will feature new costumes, new lighting, new projections and the addition of a brand new number, “Anna Livia,” featuring the female members of the Irish dance troupe in an a cappella hard-shoe number.

Riverdance began its journey as the interval act in the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest, produced for television by Doherty. This electrifying and innovative seven minute dance piece was then developed into a full-length stage show featuring a fusion of Irish and International music and dance.

Since its inception Riverdance has packed theatres throughout North America, Oceania, Asia, Europe, South Africa and South America.

Tickets for the international Irish dance phenomenon, will be on sale beginning Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. Tickets are available at the Prospera Place Box Office or through Select Your Tickets.

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When BAe Weybridge and BAe Kingston were amalgamated in the mid-1980s, Gordon left Kingston for the new job of liaison with the McDonnell Douglas Corporation based in St Louis, Missouri, USA. This he did for the last three years of his career from 1985 until he retired in 1989.

In the 1980s, British Aerospace and McDonnell Douglas had reached an agreement to jointly develop a second generation of advanced Harriers - in America known as the AV-8B – and this became the largest Anglo-U.S. aircraft project of all time. This was followed by the adoption by the U.S. Navy of a version of the Hawk trainer – the T45 Goshawk – and a second joint project with McDonnell Douglas. Both of these projects were great coups for BAe Kingston.

Gordon here relates how he became friends with Bill Ross, the President of the McDonnell Aircraft Division and how this friendship facilitated the relationship between the two companies. Bill Ross had been an outstanding company test pilot and died in 2009 aged 83.

They had a list of people that would go to be the liaison man with the Americans. I think there were five of us. And they did tell me afterwards who the others were. Anyway, I got the job because I had worked with the Americans from 1972, roughly. I'd been on quite a lot of liaison trips and got on with them OK.

You had to be very careful with the Americans not to be too 'cocky' and not to push the fact that it's our aeroplane and you can 'shut up'. But some of my colleagues were a little bit the other way around or didn't like the Americans that much. And I went there - it worked out very well actually. Because I didn't do any of the technical work.  All the technical interface was being done by technical experts here and technical experts there. So my job was to make it easy when they came over visiting.

By now I am sixty three, fairly lively I suppose and I had a stroke of real luck. My wife was a director of a market research company over in England, Taylor Nelson. She didn't want to go. So anyway I said, 'Well I'll tell you what, if I can get you a job will you come?' She said, 'Don't be daft you can't get me a job.' So I said to my bosses, 'Can we find a job for Yvonne?' So they said, 'What sort of job?' I said, 'She could be my P.A. or something but I have got to have a job for her of some sort.' So they reluctantly said, 'Yes OK. then.' Because I was replacing two people. So she got - I said, 'Would you like this job?' She said, 'What be your P.A. you must be joking, the last thing I want to do!'

Anyway, the bottom line was that she came. And one of the lads in the organisation – [his] wife - was the daughter of the big boss, Bill Ross. And one day we were chatting telling him about my wife, you see, and that she was a keen water skier. So he said, 'Would she like to go water skiing?' I said, 'Oh I expect so, of course she would.'  So he invited us to water ski. And would you believe it? That the chap who had the boat was in fact Bill Ross, the boss of McDonnell  Douglas, the big boss.

And of course he couldn't believe that this women would be prepared to water ski on the Mississippi. And Yvonne didn't realise she was going to water ski on the Mississippi either. So anyway, we went. And we went for a ride in Bill's boat and the time came to go for a water ski. And Yvonne took one look at this water and it was filthy. So I said, 'Well I've told them you can water ski.' Because I never did because I could swim but not that well, she could swim like a fish.

 Anyway, she jumped in and Bill was driving the boat and he towed her and she got out. When she came out of the water it was just as if she'd been in chocolate and all this filth. And of course he thought it was absolutely marvellous that any woman would be prepared to do that. And the net result was that - we did it on more than one occasion.

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Researchers at Dundee University have come up with a new way of creating optical traps – tightly focused laser beams that can confine and manipulate microscopic objects such as cells, bacteria and strands of DNA - using holographic beam-shaping to deploy such traps for the first time through hair-thin optical fibres capable of penetrating safely through living tissues. The ultra narrow optical fibre will enable researchers to access hidden cavities or introduce traps deep inside living organisms without causing any major damage even to the most sensitive tissues.

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“Like a traditional architect, a learning architect possesses the requisite design know-how, but is also a strategic partner dedicated to helping the L&D leader develop and execute a sound, cost-effective plan. The learning architect is a problem solver, with strong consulting and project management skills. He or she is a skilled communicator with a flexible and agile approach. Finally, he or she has a solid understanding of analytics and can interpret data.”

Until fairly recently, L&D executives relied upon instructional designers and developers to create and deliver their corporate training. Skilled in one or more authoring programs, they could adeptly churn out new modules and/or update older ones.

Today, learning leaders demand more. In addition to the requisite design skills, they want to work with individuals who possess a solid understanding of behavioral science, are savvy about data analytics and marketing, and know how to deliver a powerful user experience. They want to partner with knowledgeable, well-rounded professionals who will help them construct training that is engaging, meaningful, and measurable. Although it is not an official title, executives are seeking what might be defined as learning architects. Unfortunately, such individuals are in high demand and short supply.

What is a learning architect?

When building a house, one often turns to a traditional architect for assistance. The architect initially meets with the client to gain a thorough understanding of the project. With an eye on the big picture, he or she focuses on the challenges and goals that inform the assignment and envisions possibilities. The architect works closely with the client when drafting ideas, employing a collaborative and iterative process. When the final design is chosen, the architect serves as the liaison with the skilled craftspeople tasked with building the structure.

In the L&D field, the learning architect adopts a similar role and brings similar expertise to the table. Like a traditional architect, a learning architect possesses the requisite design know-how, but is also a strategic partner dedicated to helping the L&D leader develop and execute a sound, cost-effective plan. The learning architect is a problem solver, with strong consulting and project management skills. He or she is a skilled communicator with a flexible and agile approach. Finally, he or she has a solid understanding of analytics and can interpret data that will ultimately form the foundation for future projects.

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Although there is an emerging need for learning architects, experts acknowledge that it can be difficult to find employees in the L&D department with all the right skills. In such cases, a new talent management strategy may be required.

“Things have definitely changed. It’s not a traditional L&D career path anymore,” says David Wentworth, principal analyst at Brandon Hall Group. He notes that disparate talent sets are required. While multiple people across different disciplines may be able to handle the responsibilities in some organizations, it can be more of a challenge for others. His advice is to relax the criteria previously relied upon when recruiting for the L&D department.

“You can open up your talent pool quite a bit if you pull off some of the parameters,” Wentworth says. He suggests widening the scope to include potential hires with marketing, IT, web, graphic design, or even gaming backgrounds.

“Someone with a web design or marketing background can apply it in almost any environment,” Wentworth says. “They might not specifically be looking for a career in learning development, but you can present them with big opportunities.”

At some companies, talented individuals could be shared across functions. This is especially true when it comes to analytics. “Organizations have been complaining for years that they don’t get good enough analytics. While they used to blame it on the technology and tools, the reality is that they just don’t have the people on staff that can make sense of the data they are collecting,” Wentworth says.

Interpreting big-data sets is a key skill required by tomorrow’s learning architects. Like many practical skills, it can be learned. However, other traits deemed essential for learning architects, such as emotional intelligence, may be more difficult to master because they are actually innate.

Behavioral science background is key

Above all else, Glenn Bull, founder and CEO of Skilitics, believes learning architects must possess a solid understanding of behavioral science. “Instead of looking for someone who has three years of experience in Captivate or Storyline, L&D leaders need to be honing in on behavioral psychology and learning design,” he says.

When developing content, Bull notes that learning architects must know how to ask questions in multiple ways in order to generate accurate assessments. They must know how to create activities that reveal behaviors and competencies, and provide evidence that learners are demonstrating comprehension.

Become a strategic partner

Like traditional architects, learning architects must understand how to actually structure courses, not simply build them. Bull points out that the traditional architect tends to focus on the bigger picture, while his or her team draws up the actual blueprints. In a similar vein, the learning architect should be a visionary with a capable team ready and able to execute the designs.

“The learning architect should identify what is important and steer the design. He or she should not be building the activities,” Bull says. “The creative team, which might include graphic designers, animators, illustrators, and coders, can handle the technical aspects.”

Nick Floro agrees. “Your goal as a learning architect is to understand the needs, brainstorm the possibilities, and present the concepts to your stakeholder, along with data gathered by testing your idea with your audience,” says Floro, president of Sealworks Interactive Studios and a self-identified learning architect.

Bull notes that learning architects must possess keen business acumen that aligns with organizational strategy. “They understand that the stakeholder has a purpose for the training … they want to increase a KPI or solve a problem,” he says. “They get a handle on that, and target the training accordingly.”

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Experts agree that learning architects represent a new and exciting position in L&D departments. Learning architects are not simply pushing out courses. They are critical thinkers and strategic partners, capable of providing guidance and advising upper management on key L&D issues. Instructional designers who can morph into this important and emerging role will increase their value to senior leadership, which desperately seeks more of them.

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Very interesting points. I had "Learning Architect" as my title 15 years ago, and that job basically had the themes Susan describes. It was the best job I've had.

Maybe I'm spoiled from being involved in the early days of e-learning, but the market appears to me to be moving away from this concept. The majority of companies I have contact with appear to have shifted to a "just meet the minimums at least cost" learning strategy in the 2008 recession and not shifted far from that since. I wish the learning architecture mindset was more prevalent, but I see it more as history than a trend. I'm curious what others are seeing.
I'm delighted to tell you that in my space, with my clients, I'm seeing a huge demand for learning architects to help L&D execs use the most modern technologies. I suspect you're right about meeting the minimums at least cost when it comes to traditional eLearning, but thankfully not with the newer technologies. It's a really exciting place to be.
Also, Learning Solutions Mag, could you please up your photo game? Stock photos of white guys in suits are not appropriate for this article, don't you think?
Yes, learning architects are absolutely necessary for modern Enterprise Learning. But knowledge of behavioral psychology, learning design, and analytics are not enough to do this job. Learning architects are supposed to fill the talent gap between business executives and instructional designers, connect business with learning, reveal required learning from necessary business change, and evaluate impact of a learning project on business indicators. No human is able to do it without a new culture supported with a new smart tool. We, at iTutorSoft, have developed such a tool. It supports all above mentioned functions, as well as design of Enterprise Adaptive Learning.
I'll suggest we want to pay attention to cognitive science, not behavioral psych. Our results have transcended conditioned responses and now look at the situated and emergent nature of cognition. Similarly, learning science reflects these new results.
I see the Learning Architect role as a key strategic voice between the vision of leadership that aligns with business goals and the tactics of individual contributors and their managers meeting specific requests from business. The Architect's role is in part to explain why priorities have been set and ensure that what is happening day to day supports the vision and business goals. Also to see how all of the various pieces fit together and propose changes to people, processes or technologies.
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