{"id":84,"date":"2009-02-28T21:42:32","date_gmt":"2009-03-01T03:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=84"},"modified":"2010-05-08T11:40:28","modified_gmt":"2010-05-08T17:40:28","slug":"its-all-a-matter-of-point-of-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2009\/02\/28\/its-all-a-matter-of-point-of-view\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s all a matter of point of view&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><ul>\n<li>for a computer scientist, everything is an algorithm.<\/li>\n<li>to a musician, everything is a song.<\/li>\n<li>to a writer, everything is a story.<\/li>\n<li>to thespians, everything is a play.<\/li>\n<li>to a film-maker, everything is a movie.<\/li>\n<li>to an educator, everything is a lesson.<\/li>\n<li>to a set designer, everything is a set.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-84'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(84);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(84);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(84);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>for a computer scientist, everything is an algorithm. to a musician, everything is a song. to a writer, everything is a story. to thespians, everything is a play. to a film-maker, everything is a movie. to an educator, everything is &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2009\/02\/28\/its-all-a-matter-of-point-of-view\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[388,36,18],"class_list":["post-84","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-academia","tag-interdisciplinarity","tag-methodology"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-1m","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7086,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2018\/10\/21\/its-all-a-matter-of-point-of-view-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":84,"position":0},"title":"It&#8217;s all a matter of point of view&#8230; (the 2018 version)","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"October 21, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I first posted this note back in 2009. 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