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            <title>Flâneur Club - February - Historic Hotel</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[February's prompt - Historic Hotel: This months theme is historic hotel! Either you can find a local hotel on this historic hotel registry or you can find another hotel around town that you are curious about. It doesn't even have to be a hotel currently if it was a hotel in the past]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:52:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>The Flâneuring Adventure Begins</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Flâneuring with the best of them]]></description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 16:36:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>Explain it like I'm 5 - JavaScript Closures</title>
            <link>https://andrewnolan.dev/blogs/eli5Closure.html</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Someone please explain to me what a closure is!]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2025 15:34:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>Explain it like I'm 5 - React Hooks</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Why are we calling these things hooks in React?]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 9 Jun 2025 12:22:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>Explain it like I'm 5 - JSX</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Heard of JSX but not really sure what it means? Find out here!]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 6 Jun 2025 11:24:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>How do you handle asynchronous behavior inside a class constructor in JavaScript?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Lessons from an interview problem I failed. How do you handle asynchronous behavior inside a class constructor in JavaScript?]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 5 Jun 2025 11:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <author>Andrew Nolan</author>
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            <title>Crafting the Perfect Manager 1-on-1 Meeting Template</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Tips and templates for preparing for a manager one-on-one meeting.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 4 Jun 2025 15:21:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>What Words Reveal: Sentiment Analysis of the 2024 Presidential Debate Transcript</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Since Kamala Harris announced Tim Walz as her running mate I have been more hopeful and optimistic about politics than I have been in a long time. This feeling primarily comes from having an option I can be excited to vote for, but the data scientist inside me wanted to know if there was something more than that. Is there something in the words Harris says that makes me hopeful? Not just the context of the words and the policies they describe, but the actual word choice itself. Is there something about the way Trump speaks (besides the politics and rhetoric) that makes me upset and angry? Luckily, we can leverage the power of technology to visualize their words and understand the emotional choices of their diction.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 20:50:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <author>Andrew Nolan</author>
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            <title>2023: A Year of Blogs</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[2023 was my first year of blogging! Let's look at the successes and what could have gone better.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2024 14:05:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>Andrew's Electric Car Problem: A Response to the NYT Daily's "Biden's Electric Car Problem"</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[On November 16th, The New York Time's Daily Podcast released an episode about Biden's Electric Car Problem, and I have a problem with it! Namely, it did not discuss public transit or other green transportation solutions.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2023 21:04:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>Playing Wordle with ChatGPT Again. This time with Vision!</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ChatGPT with Vision is now available! Does that make it better at Wordle? Let's find out.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2023 21:38:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>A 'Brief' Introduction to Serious Games</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Games are fun. But they can also be educational! Join me as we dive into the exciting world of serious games.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2023 17:36:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <author>Andrew Nolan</author>
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            <title>The Two Sigma Problem, can AI Help?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Can AI help solve the 2 Sigma problem by making tutoring more accessible?]]></description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 27 May 2023 17:36:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>What you can do Right Now - Book Club: Don't Make me Think - Chapter 13</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The final chapter of Steve Krug's Don't Make me Think! This chapter covers steps you can take right now to get involved in UX at your job or project. Thanks for coming along and reading the book with me :^)]]></description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2023 10:16:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>Accessible Design - Book Club: Don't Make me Think - Chapter 12</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Adding accessibility features to your website is a morally great thing to do! Unfortunately, many development teams often overlook these features. Here are some tips to get your started improving your accessibility today!]]></description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2023 10:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>Playing Wordle with ChatGPT</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[AI can be scary smart sometimes. If you need a way to calm your fears for a moment, try playing a game with one.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2023 21:32:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>Usability as a Common Courtesy - Book Club: Don't Make me Think - Chapter 11</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[It's important to make your site usable so people can use it. But usability also is a great way to foster good will amongst your user base.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2023 20:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>Learning with the Feynman Technique</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Feynman Technique is a famous learning by teaching method that can help improve student outcomes.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2023 22:07:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <author>Andrew Nolan</author>
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            <title>AI is Going to Change Education, in Fact it Already has</title>
            <link>https://andrewnolan.dev/blogs/AiChangeEducation.html</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In less than six months ChatGPT has taken the world by storm. All industries are adapting to the new technology, education included. Initially there was a lot of hesitation and fear, but as educators begin to adopt the new technology in their classrooms it has become clear the fear may not be needed. AI will change education, but I think it will be for the better.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2023 22:07:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>Designing for Mobile, Not as Scary as it Sounds - Book Club: Don't Make me Think - Chapter 10</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Designing a website for mobile used to be very scary. But really, the design principles are no different than anywhere else. Don't be scared modern frameworks make this easy.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 23 Apr 2023 20:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>Musings on the Adoption of ChatGPT in K-12 Education Survey</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Walton Family Foundation's survey of K-12 Educators revealed a dramatic (over 50%) adoption of the tool in classrooms within a few months. What does this mean for education? I think it will help.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2023 20:09:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>Usability Testing on 18 Cents a Day - Book Club: Don't Make me Think - Chapter 9</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Usability testing is the single most important thing you can do to improve your website's design. It does not have to be scary, in fact it is easy and inexpensive to do!]]></description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 16 Apr 2023 10:14:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>Don't get Trapped in Pointless UX Debates! Book Club: Don't Make me Think - Chapter 8</title>
            <link>https://andrewnolan.dev/blogs/DontMakeMeThink8.html</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Most UX arguments are a waste of time There are important UX discussions to be had, but make sure you can avoid discussions that aren't going anywhere and direct them in a good solution.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2023 21:15:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <author>Andrew Nolan</author>
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            <title>It All Starts with a Big Bang! Book Club: Don't Make me Think - Chapter 7</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In this chapter, Krug argues that like the universe began in a few seconds with a big bang, a user's impression of a website is formed in a few seconds on the homepage as well. So make sure your homepage is designed well!]]></description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2023 20:55:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <author>Andrew Nolan</author>
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            <title>Navigating the web! Book Club: Don't Make me Think - Chapter 6</title>
            <link>https://andrewnolan.dev/blogs/DontMakeMeThink6.html</link>
            <description><![CDATA[On the internet we magically teleport from page to page. Making sure the navigation on your website is strong is the best way to handle this magical journey.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Apr 2023 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <author>Andrew Nolan</author>
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            <title>Omit needless words! Book Club: Don't Make me Think - Chapter 5</title>
            <link>https://andrewnolan.dev/blogs/DontMakeMeThink5.html</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Don't Make me Think Chapter 5 - Omit Words.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 26 Mar 2023 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <author>Andrew Nolan</author>
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            <title>Don't Make me Click?! Book Club: Don't Make me Think - Chapter 4</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Today we take a look at Chapter 4 of Don't Make me Think, Krug's Second Law of Usability, "it doesn't matter how many times I have to click, as long as each click is a mindless, unambiguous choice."]]></description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 25 Mar 2023 20:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <author>Andrew Nolan</author>
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            <title>Man vs Machine! Predicting the Academy Awards</title>
            <link>https://andrewnolan.dev/blogs/AcademyAwardsPrediction.html</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Is Machine Learning better than a human at predicting the winners of the Academy Awards? I trained a few basic machine learning models to test this out. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 25 Mar 2023 13:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <category>Movies, Coding, AI</category>
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            <title>Designing Billboards! Book Club: Don't Make me Think - Chapter 2 and 3</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[This week we read Chapters 2 and 3 of Steve Krug's classic book on design, <i>Don't Make me Think</i> and discuss classic user behaviors and designing our sites like billboards to make them easier to scan. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 17:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <author>Andrew Nolan</author>
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            <title>Book Club: Don't Make me Think - Chapter 1</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Let's read and talk about the Introduction and Chapter 1 of Steve Krug's classic book on design, <i>Don't Make me Think</i>. ]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2023 20:58:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <author>Andrew Nolan</author>
            <category>Design, Books</category>
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            <title>Hello World!</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The first ever entry to Andrew's blogs, please enjoy!]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2020 18:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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            <author>Andrew Nolan</author>
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