And Still There’s Trouble in River City… sort of.

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s the same old same old – human cry from those that have because they fear they might have to share. A Well-written article worth the time to read. 100 years of Big Content fearing technology—in its own words For … Continue reading →

Teaching Introductory Programming: We’re Doing It Wrong (still)

Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesI just read Mark Guzdial’s excellent post on some of what’s wrong with how we teach introductory programming courses. Question Everything: How We Teach Intro CS is Wrong The notion that we should be modeling expert behaviour when teaching programming is … Continue reading →

On Dissertations and Theses

Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen I was writing my thesis I looked for examples of dissertations to get some ideas about how to formulate my own – you know general style, chapter organization, etc. It was suggested that I go to my school’s library … Continue reading →

Profiling via web presence (or, the company you keep tells us a lot about you.)

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve always told people that they should assume that anything they put on the web should be considered public, whether it is on a public site or not. If you don’t want the information known, then don’t put it out … Continue reading →

All Videogames, All the Time?

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteNow, I’m a big fan of Serious Games, but I’m also quite sure that this is one of those cases where more is not necessarily better. What is important is balance. I suppose it may be difficult to make sure … Continue reading →

Divinely inspired? Get a grip….

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesI have often suspected that many Americans see their Constitution as a ‘sacred’ document, written by ‘prophets’. I have now seen it admitted on a semi-public social site – this person said they had always believed the founding fathers to … Continue reading →

Either fish or cut bait.

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesI don’t usually talk about political stuff online, but I am starting to get really tired of the American “Health Care Debate”. Much of the rhetoric is, to be honest, ridiculous, and does little more than show the rest of … Continue reading →

How to do it right on the Web (I)

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen 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 … Continue reading →