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I write fiction and teach courses in R, Raspberry Pi, and SQL for LinkedIn Learning

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• Name: Mark Niemann-Ross
• Location: Portland, OR
• Company: lynda.com -> LinkedIn Learning -> Microsoft
• Kind: user
• Followers: 99
• Following: 10
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• Repositories count: 39
• Created at: 2022-11-09T00:32:31.226Z
• Updated at: 2025-03-27T21:43:47.219Z
• Last synced at: 2025-03-27T21:43:47.219Z

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I’m an author and educator living in Portland, Oregon. I teach “R” - a programming language, and “Raspberry Pi” - a small computer used for the Internet of Things. My courses appear on LinkedIn Learning and Educative.
I’ve been playing with technology for as long as I remember. My dad was a design engineer for Honeywell and brought home an early-stage 8080 micro-computer. I learned BASIC on a timeshare system, connected electronics, and found out how to reset the house circuit breakers (“Mark,” my mother would shout. “Are you okay? What was that BANG I heard?”) At university, I picked up a degree in Industrial Education, worked in the software industry as a developer evangelist, then re-entered the education world through Lynda.com. I am now a full-time instructor and consultant, focused on R, SQL, and Raspberry Pi. When I have a need, I play with Python, R, C++, PHP, and small electronics.
Technology influences my writing, which fits solidly in the genre of “Hard Science Fiction.”
I co-authored my first story in 2005 with Richard A. Lovett in Analog, Science Fiction and Fact. Since then, I’ve published additional stories in Analog and Stupefying Stories, self-published two collections, and collaborated on a children’s book, Patches Catches the Sargo County Cattle Rustler.
Most recently, I published Stupid Machine, a science fiction murder mystery solved by a refrigerator.
Sponsorship is important!
Your participation shows you value my work. It’s nice to hear from you!
and so…
I’m a writer and an educator and will do that as long as I can sit at a keyboard. How about you?
Where to find me...
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markniemannross/
Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@markniemannross
Twitter: NOT!

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