Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesStudents, Reading and Writing – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education. A former student of mine once coined a phrase that he used to describe the phenomenon whereby students take bits of code from various other programs and stitch … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteGamasutra – Features – Sponsored Feature: Data-Oriented Design – Now And In The Future. I know I probably shouldn’t care, but it really irks me when people attach a schnazzy new name to an old idea a claim the idea … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis was mentioned on slashdot… They are claiming that progress on algorithms beats progress in hardware because a few algorithms have gotten a lot faster. Problem is, people are going to believe this is true of all algorithms, and then … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s CS Education Week in Canada and the US. I find it amusing that the very day after complaining about how little most CS departments actually care about CS Ed, I stumble across this: Computer Science Education Week – December … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesComputer Science is dead (or should be). I love reading Mark Guzdial’s blog. He so often talks about things I think are important, AND (perhaps not surprisingly) things about which I have strong opinions. Here’s another: Computational Science needs CS … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteQuite a lot as it turns out. They are both tools used to solve problems. Both are complex. Both inspire cult-like emotional attachments to specific tools. Practitioners in both fields are still looking for the panacea that will allow people … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutesA while back, I came across a post on Mark Guzdial’s blog about a new blog on women in computing. Among other things, they were looking for contributions from people in computing that talk about their experiences in IT. I’ve … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutesA while back, I came across a post on Mark Guzdial’s blog about a new blog on women in computing. They were looking for stories about how women get into computer science. This post is the second in an autobiographical … Continue reading