Are you teaching SwiftUI w/Xcode & GitHub Classroom? Here is the lesson I share w/my students. My class receives a GitHub Classroom submission link via Canvas, everything else should be the same. Hope that helps! https://youtu.be/LzA7e73axRY #CSed #Swift #SwiftUI #Xcode #GitHub

Tuesday AM. Snow entirely covering the worm. Corner plow pile “Stop sign” high. Temp: 14°F in Boston.

Rewatching The Diplomat. It really is one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. 10/10.

C’mon, Apple Watch. You celebrate when I stand up to get a beer but no credit for this?!?

Boston College had the rare snow day. Since I teach SwiftUI once a week for 2.5 hrs. each week, and we had MLK off last Monday, the first three weeks of class we've met exactly once. Good thing class is flipped, but I'll still schedule an optional in-person session to make sure no one falls behind.

My "City Girl" daughter who lives steps from the MBTA skipped our excellent public schools for one of the state's agricultural high schools. She was profiled on The 'Gram for her work with Future Farmers of America. My dad, himself a farmboy, would have been proud. https://www.instagram.com/p/DT8tluKkd3f/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

@ptrc but does it take advantage of advanced AI?

Near Boston, Snow on the Worm today mostly blew off, but worm is nearly covered. You can see the plow hill compared to the stop sign. Family minivan needs to be dug out. Snow above the front steps but yard bunny has left tracks.

The Boston Globe Magazine says there may be a club for me

@my_roxbury Just… not Greenland. We really need to give those poor folks some space.

Admiral Grace by the fireplace approves of the #Knitting progress I’m making on my first tri-color blanket. Sorry to say, Grace, this will be a gift so enjoy it while you can.

From the Boston Globe: “Waiting in the wings will be a snowplow named “Flake Maye,” in honor of the Patriots quarterback”

@yelof @prcutler thanks. I may have been Paul’s first guest (or one of) when he started on this journey. He now gets people who are far cooler and smarter than me :) Kind of you to suggest. We did talk about getting some of my students to share at some point though. I could make that happen with a heads up.

They saved Time Out Market Fenway! I’m so glad. That’s been a great space to meet students, alumni, sit in the beer garden with colleagues. If you haven’t visited, def put it on your schedule.

Boston College is hosting its first ever Spiritual Hackathon on February 22nd, 2026 from 8:30am-9:00pm at The Hatchery! Make, collaborate, & network with tech, business, and spiritual leaders. Industry judges and noteworthy prizes for participants! https://sites.bc.edu/spiritualhackathon/

Usually emerging tech creates demand for young, technically-skilled, new grads. This economy seems different. https://apple.news/AIuYUq72yT_m-h9WhJCl1Ng

And a few more using @wizard PixelBlaze at the Girls who Code workshop.

Such fun giving a seminar on #PixelBlaze to the women of Boston College's Girls Who Code chapter. @wizard your gear continues to inspire & empower. Hack on!

Short Time lapse from a couple nights ago. Showing the northern lights at the cabin. You'll notice a couple of vehicles leaving, one is my niece on ATV and the second is me. #CabinLife #Nunavut #Aurora #AuroraBorealis

Dr. Gladys West,
the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology,
has died. She passed away Saturday, surrounded by her loving family. She was 95.

Born into poverty on a Virginia farm during the Jim Crow era, West grew up in a segregated South where opportunity was scarce.

Through determination and extraordinary academic talent,
she graduated first in her high school class and earned a scholarship to Virginia State College (now Virginia State University).

She received her bachelor’s degree in mathematics in 1952 and went on to earn a master’s degree in 1955.

In 1956, West began working as a mathematician at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, Virginia.

She was only the second African American woman hired at the base and one of just four African American employees at the time.

What followed was a career that would quietly change the world.

Over many years, Jane Plitt, founder and board chair of the Alexandria-based "National Center for Women’s Innovations" (NCWI), made it her mission to put Gladys West on the map
—quite literally.

West’s story became the centerpiece of NCWI’s inaugural work,
culminating in a lavish gala celebrating her 93rd birthday on October 27, 2023.

Emceed by Deborah Roberts, the evening showcased West’s extraordinary contributions,
with West herself declaring,
“This is the best day of my life.”

https://thezebra.org/2026/01/18/dr-gladys-west-mathematician-whose-work-made-gps-possible-dies-at-95/