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How To Get Programming Help In Forums And On My Blog

October 23, 2015 Nic Raboy

So I answer enough forum, Stack Overflow, and blog questions to feel it is now necessary to teach people how to properly seek programming help using these outlets or similar. I feel it is necessary because so much time can be saved for everyone when this is done correctly.

As someone who provides free resources and programming help, I often get a ton of questions that annoy me. Everyone like me understands that people want help, but may not know the best ways to get it. We’ll see the correct way to go about getting it.

Update A Nexus Device To Android 6.0 Marshmallow

October 10, 2015 Nic Raboy

Last year when Android 5.0 Lollipop came out I didn’t want to wait for an over-the-air (OTA) update so I flashed my Nexus device manually. I wrote about this experience in a previous post. This time I upgraded my Android operating system to the latest Android 6.0 Marshmallow release.

We’re going to see how to upgrade a Google Nexus device to use a vanilla version of the Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system.

What Programming Tutorials Do You Want To See?

July 25, 2015 Nic Raboy

I’ve been blogging and making programming tutorials for about a year now and have gathered quite a following. You can see the statistics of my first year blogging in a post I recently published.

With this following came a lot of topic suggestions and requests. Some of these came through Twitter, some came through the comments section of other posts I’ve done, and some came through various forum boards. If you’ve been keeping up with me, you’ll know I hate requests that are made through the comments of other posts I’ve done because I like to keep those posts on topic for future readers and not get mangled with side topics.

With that said, I’d like to make this thread an outlet to make requests for future posts.

My First Year Of Blogging And The Stats Around It

July 3, 2015 Nic Raboy

One year ago from today, I started this code blog. I set off to help people with niche topics that I myself banged my head when trying to solve.

Through the months, I’ve gotten more traffic, followers, comments, and even job offers. Here are the stats to reflect my journey as a blogger.

Ending My Adventure At UC Merced And Starting Fresh

May 13, 2015 Nic Raboy

Back in 2010 I was hired by the University of California, Merced (UC Merced) after having first worked as a student employee for two years prior.

I was hired as part of the Student Information Systems (SIS) team of IT. Although my responsibilities spanned across all departments, I primarily supported the needs of the Undergraduate Admissions department.

I designed, developed, and supported many of the applications to address the growing needs of the department. These applications stretched from simple information management systems to complex automatic review processing systems using a variety of programming languages such as Java, ColdFusion, PLSQL, and Shell.

Manually Update Your Nexus Device To Android 5.0 Lollipop

November 12, 2014 Nic Raboy

So Google’s big Android 5.0 release is finally here after a week of delays. Android 5.0 Lollipop is now officially rolling out to the Nexus line devices. However, the roll-out is in batches so it could be as long as three weeks before you get your over-the-air (OTA) update.

If you’re impatient like I am, you’re going to want to manually install the update rather than wait for it to show up in a device update.

The following will get a factory Android 5.0 Lollipop image installed on your Nexus device in minutes.