I’ve been working on developing my own AI chat using Sveltekit, Langchain, Azure OpenAI, and Postgres. You can checkout what I have done on my GitHub page.
https://github.com/arnoldblake/ai-chatbot
Support for multiple conversations, file upload and RAG are completed. I have a lot more features planned an I am excited to see where this project goes!
As technology use rises, it is important that information technology professionals excel in their communication skills. In today’s world communication has become easier and more important than ever. With the assistance of technology to lower the geographical barrier we can now communicate with anyone across the world, people of different cultures, religions, and professions. It is also important to clearly define the different types of communication, what the focus of each type is, and how they are related to each other in their use.
What is technical communication? It may be beneficial to examine other areas of communication. The primary type of communication used in an academic setting is academic communication. This type of communication relies on structure and formality to convey ideas (What is Academic Communication, 2019). For example, the 3-Point thesis is a structure for academic writing that provides a clear and concise argument of a topic. Professional communication takes place within the workplace. Many types of communication are present in the business environment and are relied upon during the business process (Professional Communication, n.d.). An example of professional communication would be an email. Email is a very common electronic communication method in the business field. Ray Tomlinson is commonly credited for creating email on the ARPANET system in 1971 (Ray Tomlinson, n.d.). Technical communication is a type of communication that focuses on aiding people to complete a task or goal (Parker, 2019). Don’t be confused as I first was and think that technical communication is all about technology. It isn’t, technical communication includes a variety of communication from manuals and instructions for operating equipment, to web pages, social media, and technical documentation for software (Parker, 2019).
With technology reaching more and more people each day and lowering the bar to communication with this population, it is important that technology professionals utilize effective technical communication skills. Our lives are increasingly busier and demanding, application developers are constantly vying for our time with new applications, and our workplace may be asking more and more responsibility of us. Proper communication can help reduce costly mistakes, and “help people get the main idea quickly. Technical communication is a field that makes our life easier and more productive (Parker, 2019).” No one likes the thought of bringing home a nice new piece of equipment or technology only to find out that it takes an extended period of time and possibly an advanced knowledge of product before it is able to be put to use. This process is frustrating, instead consider the opposite where documentation is clear, and instructions are logical and intuitive.
In summary we have reviewed several types of communication and how they are related. Technical communication is focus on the person with the goal of enabling them to complete their task. Technical communication can manifest in a variety of ways including product manuals, training programs, computer help files, and documentation (Parker, 2019). With 4.57 billion people accessing the internet (Global digital population as of April 2020, n.d.) technical communication is a vital for increasing productivity, and an important skill for information technology professionals.
Global digital population as of April 2020. (n.d.). Retrieved from statusta.com: https://www.statista.com/statistics/617136/digital-population-worldwide/
Parker, K. (2019, July 12). What is Technical Communication. Retrieved from medium.com: https://medium.com/technical-writing-is-easy/what-is-technical-communication-421bf8a2206b
Professional Communication. (n.d.). Retrieved from wikipedia.org: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_communication
Ray Tomlinson. (n.d.). Retrieved from wikipedia.org: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Tomlinson
What is Academic Communication. (2019, August 28). Retrieved from askanacademic.com: https://askanacademic.com/languages/what-is-academic-communication-1278/
After a couple of hours of searching around I have found a way to activate Windows Server Standard 2019 Evaluation with my volume license MAK. First you will have to find the appropriate GVLK with the link below. This took me a minute and for the install I had with Build 17763.rs5_release.180914-1434 ended up being Windows Server 2019 LTSC/LTSB.
KMS Client Setup Keys
After you find your GLVK you can run this command and will be prompted to reboot when it is complete.
DISM /online /Set-Edition:ServerStandard /ProductKey: /AcceptEula
Next run the following two commands and your install will be activated.
slmgr /ipk
slmgr /ato
I just wanted to take a second and let everyone know that I am supporting East Tennessee Children’s Hospital with Extra Life this year. If you would like to help me reach my goal this year you can donate at https://www.extra-life.org/participant/barnold or click the image below.
I don’t have any fancy quotes or tag lines to kick this off. A bit about me. I have worked as a Systems Administrator almost 10 years now. Over this time I have picked up invaluable skills, close friends, and struggled through hard times. I am an avid PC gamer probably to the point of being addicted. I like to tinker with various electronic projects as well as programming from time to time.
I started this blog initially to improve my writing ability. I had an idea that it might be possible to make some self improvements by writing. I don’t know if posting is a blog qualifies as writing or not but I figured it was worth a shot. If everything else fails at least I would have improved my typing skills a bit. I want to try and keep what I write as unfiltered as I can. Hopefully I will be able to write about whatever topic I have interest in at the time. One of my goals is to become more focused and organized. I find that I quite frequently bounce around from one interest to another. The idea is to channel my interests and curiosities into this blog which will result in being able to focus more on one thing at a time.
Hopefully you find something interesting and worth your time here.
My name is Blake Arnold and thank you for reading.