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An Overlooked Communication Skill - Writing Tutorials

This past week we have explored the topic of writing tutorials. This final installment will discuss why writing a good tutorial is an attractive skill to obtain. Before you exit this browser thinking you have never written a tutorial or never intend to write one, you need to realize some apparent facts.

You have come across [...]

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Finding Earthquake Epicenter with Matlab

In this tutorial I want to explain to you how you can use Matlab to solve some real world problems. Our topic today is finding the epicenter (starting location) of an earthquake. Don’t worry if you have little background knowledge about earthquakes. I’ll be giving you enough information to understand this example.
Setting up the Problem
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Jumpstart Your 2008 Blogging Journey

While Quan was using his winter break to realize the danger of recycling information on blogs and writing up a new package of Matlab tutorials, I spent my vacation gathering resources for the relaunch of blinkdagger. During this search, I discovered a few tidbits that will help me embark my blogging journey in 2008. No, [...]

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4 Basic Fundamentals Behind Design and Function

It is every person’s dream to come up with the next greatest idea. To this end, resources have been poured into innovation labs, creative thinking seminars, and meditation sessions in hopes of finding the next big thing. Nowadays, the search for the golden idea has led people to falsely believe that a good idea is [...]

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Matlab - Parsing Data Files With Header Content

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