Paul Prae

For many domains, one or a few apps stand head and shoulders above the rest. Bot prototyping isn't one of them. Botsociety holds the lead currently, but Botmock could jump ahead with the next bugfix release.

Editor's Note: This post was written by my good friend and collaborator, Thomas Bailey. We met years ago during under grad in an introductory course on natural language processing. We immediately connected for many reasons, particularly around music and entrepreneurship. Our collaboration continues to

The Problem When first developing web applications, choosing a tech stack can be overwhelming. Even choosing your first language to learn can feel like a monstrous task let alone deciding on all of the components of a production application and how to make all

I recently applied to Georgia Tech's Online Master of Science in Computer Science and was asked to write a “Statement of Purpose” as part of the process. It allowed me to express my academic and career intentions for the next few years. I think

We recently wrapped up our 360 reviews at Red Ventures. Part of this process involved assessing ourselves and deciding where we want to take our careers. The “Annual Development” questionaire started off asking me how I felt about my current job role as a

Recently, I came across two articles. One argued how the value of big data is overhyped. The other showed how you can exploit large amounts of data to make amazing discoveries. I found their contrasting viewpoints interesting. Below are some highlights from each. Summary

I live to make the most positive impact on human existence. As population grows, as higher education is more accessible, and as we continue to automate as much of our work as possible, it will be increasingly difficult to stand out. For the benefit

For those looking to hack together a personal site for branding and marketing themselves, there are a few ways to go about it. Let’s go from least time consuming and less creative control to more time consuming and more creative control: Tier 4

"There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living." ~ David Starr Jordan My everyday habits have proved to me that excellence can arise out of a few simple habits. A person of excellence must unceasingly

tl;dr Displaying clear, concise, and constant communication. Properly setting priorities with good time management. Effective exploitation of available tools and people. Bonus: Proper emotional management of yourself and stakeholders. Describing the most important qualities of a developer is difficult to do objectively without

Innovation is the concept that proves how human beings can perpetually travel farther and farther down the path of reasoning. Every new innovation is built upon another and consistently increases our intellectual power. We are truly in exponential times. There is so much information

What you spend your time doing is who you are. It is everything that matters about you. Deciding how to spend your time is quite the challenge. A good requirement for the purpose of your actions would be to ensure that what you spend

Rules and laws are only secondary to their creators: intentions and goals. This concept is often lost in blind obedience. People become so attached to the rule of law that they forget the real reasons behind why a particular rule is in place. Rules

Team building should not be an assignment by management. It should be an introduction to potential teammates. The team members should take it from there. I have experienced it so many times where teams are basically randomly generated based on skill sets. Skills are

I help society keep up with its own exponential self complication. The future landscape is only going to be increasingly more difficult to traverse for any single human mind. My solutions walk beside you to supplement the perception of your environment. The intelligent machines