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How to do it right on the Web (I)
When advertisers realize how the web is different from print… (thanks Todd Scott MacIsaac for posting this) http://producten.hema.nl/ Be the first to like. Like Unlike
Some people still get it… decent and varied lives for the animals.
Those who no longer have a connection with nature, with the animals whose lives we take for our food, and those who don’t live with animals, have lost something that in the end will turn out to have been very … Continue reading
Discovering stuff (a.k.a. Seeking) is one of our most powerful motivators.
That explains a lot. But, how much of it is useful (i.e. productive) and how much is mindless chasing of lights? And what does this say about people who seem to have little or no interest in seeking? AND how … Continue reading
Do Teachers Need Education Degrees?
Saw this on the New York Times (Opinion) today: http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/education-degrees-and-teachers-pay/?8ty&emc=ty Do Teachers Need Education Degrees? By The Editors Robert Stolarik for The New York Times In a Room for Debate forum in June on the value of liberal arts master’s … Continue reading
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On Schools of CS using only “useful” laguages…
This is an older post I’ve been hanging on to, and since I have forgotten why I was hanging on to it, I no longer see any reason to keep it private. This stems from a post Mark Guzdial did … Continue reading
Is Computer Science Dead?
Just heard on Mark Guzdial’s blog that “Georgia Tech’s College of Computing is now considering a proposal to remove Smalltalk from the required curriculum in favor of C++.” This is another nail in the coffin of CS. There is great … Continue reading
