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Monday, 4 April 2016

Editor's Pick: The Hololens Academy: How I Became a Novice Wizard

The Hololens Academy: How I Became a Novice Wizard

Rob Enderle Apr 4, 2016 9:47 AM PT
	At last week's Microsoft Build conference, I attended the Hololens Academy -- a whirlwind effort to turn me into a master programmer able to create things out of thin air. It failed. Apparently it takes longer than an hour to teach someone who hasn't coded in decades to be a master programmer -- go figure. However, by the end of the class I was gleefully throwing fireballs. [More...]

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