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                     Today, I have decided to make you part of my life again..yieeee..🤭Long time no see!

               Well anyway, let's start this again with a little introduction. Hi! I'm Alexx,  a third year BSED English Student. I am 20 years old, a BTS-fan (Borahae💜) and a BL (Boys Love) fan as well. I hope we'll have a wonderful and meaningful moment together. Mwappps 😘

               Okay... So for today, a, what I want to share has something to do with plan. As an education student, it is very vital for me to understand what plan is, specifically the lesson or learning plan. And knowing that we are now in the 21st century wherein technology integration in education is important, We are taught about the different ICT integration principles that we may apply in crafting our lesson plans so that it will be more engaging and at the same time effective in making my future students learn the lessons that they need to learn.

                 And yeah, as expected, we are given not just one, not two, but three learning activities to test whether we learn form the discussion and if there's any, how we can apply them.  Phew! I bet they're gonna be challenging and yes, was right. I mean the instructions were simple and we're given an ample amount of time to finish them, however, they are still challenging for me because I didn't understand how to do them at first and....okay, I'm going to admit it. I'm kinda  lazy as of the moment and my laptop doesn't work because the charger was broken and it's hard for me to use phone in typing. So, what I did was finish the first two activities and leave the other one for tomorrow.

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Get Your Startup Running on Azure Using Open Souce and More!

When you hear the words “Microsoft Cloud” or “Microsoft Azure” do you think of the Microsoft Stack? All apps running .NET and Microsoft Windows Server? It can be. But it does not have to be. Ranging from PHP Websites to full Linux VM’s, Azure has plenty for your business or startup.

This is a round up of a few quick starts to get you up and running on Azure and using open source technologies.

Step 1: CloudDev Camp

To get going a good place to start is with the the CloudDev Camp. This is a few step learning plan that goes over the big areas to use the Azure platform for your startup. There are a bunch of tutorials focused around Microsoft, however, module 7 is a great session on Azure and the Open Source cloud services. Give the full course a look, you can perform many features using services rather than spinning up virtual machines for everything.

Step 2: Deploying Linux VM’s

Once you have the solid foundation of the cloud platform, you can jump right in to getting your envrionment set up.  Learn about the offerings that Microsoft has made available for Linux and FreeBSD-based IaaS solutions running in Microsoft Azure. Already setup with Linux or VM’s somewhere else? Learn hou you can migrate your existing Linux-based IaaS solutions from your private cloud to Azure.

Step 3: Open Source DB

Setting up a database is just not the ending but the begining. Learn the performance of how a database is impacted by the performance of the underlying resources. To reach optimal performance, cloud environments require the consideration of several constraints, unlike private datacenters.

Step 4: Networking Fundamentals

Technically this might be step 1 or step 2 (depending upon your solution). At some point you are going to want to learn how to network and commnicate between services and Virtual Machines. This course gets you going.

Step 5: Pick your focus

Now that you have a good fundamentals of what can be set up or consumed on Azure you can now focus on what your app or startup does best.

PHP for Azure

Check out one of the most popular server side scripting languages, the easy-to-learn PHP, which is used in many blogging platforms. Hear about the history of PHP, explore its pros and cons, and take a look at configuration and debugging

Java on Microsoft Azure

Curious about what Microsoft has to offer the Java community? You might be surprised! Join us to explore the latest tools and technologies to help Java developers get in the cloud with Microsoft Azure, like plug-ins for Eclipse and IntelliJ, along with a look at options in Windows and Linux for authentication, security, and continuous integration (CI).

A MongoDB Jump

Wondering what the buzz is all about with NoSQL? If you’re an open source developer and you want to store unstructured data, see why MongoDB, a scalable document-oriented database, is so popular in this arena, plus explore how to use it on Azure. Learn how to set up MongoDB and how to load data in bulk, do simple queries, scale for data with sharding, and much more. Experts Steven Edouard and Rami Sayar show you how easy it is to get up and running, as they explore NoSQL, Documents, Map Reduce, and scaling via C# and Node.js. Check out this course, watch some cool demos, and see if MongoDB is for you!

Building Apps with Node.js

In this course see step-by-step demos and get practical tips and detailed explanations. By the end of the day, you know how to set up Node.js on your Windows machine, develop a web front end with Express, deploy an Express app to Azure, use Socket.IO to add a real-time layer, and bring it all together

MEAN Stack Jump Start

Want to build scalable web apps quickly and easily? Check out the MEAN stack, a collection of technologies (MongoDB, Express, AngularJS, and Node.js) that fit well together to provide a solution that allows for a full-stack JavaScript implementation of web applications. Popular experts Helen Zeng and Steven Edouard walk you through MEAN and create “Chirp,” a Twitter clone. They integrate MongoDB into a REST API with Node.js and Express and then connect that with an AngularJS front end. They even deploy the live app to Microsoft Azure via GitHub. Check out this practical primer on MEAN, and learn to build an end-to-end web app, all using JavaScript.

Mobile Apps to IoT: Connected Devices

With the incredible growth of devices and the Internet of Things (IoT), you know that mobile apps present a huge opportunity. Windows Azure Mobile Services lets you build a back end for your mobile apps in minutes

Migration of AWS to Azure

If you fell in love with Azure (which I am sure you did by now) you might want to move some of your existing VM’s on over. This module does that.

Embrace Open Source Technologies to Accelerate and Scale Solutions

This module focuses on open source technologies on Azure. Walk with engineers through how to best deploy and manage a Linux environment with tools you know and use today. Learn how to use your existing Chef and Puppet configurations and how to scale new ones to massively scale and deploy your solution. Wrap the day with a look at the new capabilities of containerization with Docker.

Exploring Microservices in Docker

Among the biggest qualities I have always sought in a position is the continuous opportunity to learn. So I was ecstatic when I heard that I would be implementing a learning plan over the next three months.

As Loyal’s Content Manager, gaining new perspective on how content fits into community is an obvious priority, but my learning plan goes beyond that. I have to admit, it was difficult narrowing my goals to only three, but I believe that focus is absolutely essential for success. Here are the goals that we identified as the most critical to accomplish over the next few months:

Become a Storytelling Pro: To articulate and educate on the art of collaborative storytelling; become a resource on the subject on behalf of Loyal.

Know the Ins and Outs of Community Design: To better understand the business implications and future opportunities of community, and the current role of content strategy in building communities and increasing engagement.

Become an Educator: To play a significant role in elevating Loyal as a leader in community design while educating the community on what community design is through high-quality content.  

No plan will ever make it to light without a strategy. In order to successfully implement this plan, we identified several learning channels to help me reach my goals in the categories of: Literary and online resources, industry events, and people via one-on-one interviews. Check out my entire learning plan.

My first interview will be this week with Veronica Chan, who’s on the brand communications team for OXO. She’ll be sharing with me her insights and experiences from working in community in general, as well as greater details on forming blogger programs and importance of relationships. I’m really looking forward to getting to know Veronica and sharing a recap of our conversation with you in my weekly “From Shannon” series.

In upcoming posts, I’ll be sharing my learnings and providing progress updates on my learning plan. I’ll also share book reviews -- the first will be Storytelling for User Experience by Whitney Quesenbery.

"The blink of an eye" is an understatement when it comes to my past three months at Loyal. If it weren't for my weekly posts, it would be easy to overlook where I started, and everything I've learned since then.

After several years in advertising, community felt like an entirely new world—one centered on relationships rather than campaigns. Luckily, my experience was more relevant than I anticipated, and a solid learning plan helped me understand community from every angle.

Here's a re-cap of the learnings I've shared over the last three months:

Lay the Foundation: I explored what community really means, and why companies build community in the first place. And before skipping to features, use low tech options to build a solid foundation (inspired by Jane Jacobs and our own city neighborhoods). 

Design Interactions: A sense of community starts with the small things, like being helpful, and acting human. From there, your first few community members become the most important, setting the tone for interactions to come. And sometimes, despite your best efforts, things go wrong. Handle it well, and you have an opportunity to win people over for life.

Remember What's Important: Content is buzzy, but not a silver bullet. Think about how all your efforts ladder up to creating a deep community experience, either on your product, or in real life.

Go Outside: But the most important thing you can do for your community is to disconnect. To step outside, and people-watch. Watch how people gather, why they gather, and how their conversations ebb and flow. Understand what makes a community thrive. 

Today marks my 13th(!) and final post in the From Virginia series, but my education in community will continue for many years to come. Every project brings new challenges, and subsequently, new solutions. Every community has its own distinct personality and challenges. But at its heart, every community is about people and relationships.

For now, stay tuned for some new exciting series launching soon.

Let me say, the past few months have been eventful! In August, I transitioned from Catchafire to TaskRabbit’s team as the Founding City Manager of NYC. For the ladies (and gents) who came to the Promise Party that I threw with TaskRabbit in mid-October, thanks for coming out! It was a great party, and I hope that you had a good time. I’m sad to say, however, that it didn’t work out at TaskRabbit...That sucks!   For those of you who cautioned me against this role, I admit that I totally deserve an “I told you so,” right? Go ahead and say it. I definitely got the learning experience that I was seeking. To be honest, the worst part was not the personal blow but the punch-in-the-gut realization that our tech community is failing at scaling. We’re messing up big time, and it’s a little heartbreaking. As I started sharing my learnings one-on-one with several community members, I realized how much bigger this issue is than my personal story. A single blog post turned in to four full-length essays about lessons learned on scaling, with a specific focus on location-based online-to-offline marketplaces. My conclusions are based on interviews and conversations over the past two weeks with founders/employees/former employees at Meetup, Uber, Yelp, Seamless Web, Yodle, Redbeacon, Her Campus, and even a non-tech franchise business. This is in addition to my personal experience at TaskRabbit and Catchafire and various conversations with Skillshare and Airbnb and at least a half dozen other entrepreneurs at other startups. The overarching themes align with the common mantras in our community: manage your investors, trust your users, build great teams and make people fall in love. However, the lessons learned were surprising, and I’m certain that not everyone will agree with my conclusions. I’m posting these essays Tuesday through Friday of this week: