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Comment on Life Lessons from Programming: Check your assumptions by Antigone10

Antigone10 — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:49:32 +0000

Yeah, that’s great- except for the fact that I WANT to modify the behavior of my political adversaries. There are many issues where “Hmm, I don’t necessarily agree with you, but I can see where you are coming from” is NOT helpful. Reproductive rights, economic justice, GLTB rights, women’s rights- all of these I can’t just go “Well, I can respect that you believe that your marriage will be diminished if homosexual people are allowed to marry.”

Normal interpersonal actions? That’s good advice. But when it comes to values, it’s not that people aren’t listening- it’s we don’t like what the other person has to say.

Comment on Ryan Henson Creighton & Cassandra Creighton Teaching Children to Code by Karl

Karl — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 01:14:39 +0000

Thanks Todd Someday soon I think I’ll put together an outline of what she liked and what worked, and what didn’t.

Comment on Happy “Half Way Out of the Dark” by Ross

Ross — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:32:56 +0000

This is awesome! It’s so impnrtaot to remind kids that Christmas is not just about getting lots of gifts, but spreading the Christmas spirit. Thanks for posting this; I’ll be using it in a few years!

Comment on Ryan Henson Creighton & Cassandra Creighton Teaching Children to Code by Todd Coulson

Todd Coulson — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:07:31 +0000

agree agree agree!@ I love your posts on scratch – because when my daughter gets older, I definitely want to use your blog as a blueprint for how to teach my daughter to program. Keep up the good links…

Comment on “Say what you mean. Bear witness. Iterate.” by Tim

Tim — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:33:08 +0000

I’m with you, Karl. The web is pretty damn cool. We’re definitely into the “taken for granted” stage though.

Comment on Is it the beginning of the end for Rails-style MVC frameworks? by Karl

Karl — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Rafe, I’m with you there.

Comment on Is it the beginning of the end for Rails-style MVC frameworks? by Rafe

Rafe — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:54:12 +0000

One thing’s for sure — I need to build an application using a fat client just to see what all the hype is about and so I can think about this in an educated fashion.

Comment on Cathy Davidson: Why We Need a 4th R: Reading, wRiting, aRithmetic, algoRithms by Karl

Karl — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:02:07 +0000

Hi Eric, there are a number of free programs available now to help you on the path to learn to code. First step is to download Scratch from MIT and follow the getting started guide: http://scratch.mit.edu Don’t be fooled by the program’s seeming simplicity, it is being used to introduce students to CS at Harvard: http://www.cs.harvard.edu/malan/publications/fp079-malan.pdf After that, I’d go to http://codeacademy.com

Comment on Cathy Davidson: Why We Need a 4th R: Reading, wRiting, aRithmetic, algoRithms by Eric Hamell

Eric Hamell — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:56:48 +0000

I understand there’s an upcoming “Learn to code” program that people can enroll in free of charge. I don’t recall the details.

Comment on If you’re not going dark, help others get informed: Be a Better Activist Day is today by slacktivist » Every day is a good day to call Congress about SOPA, PIPA

slacktivist » Every day is a good day to call Congress about SOPA, PIPA — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:20:51 +0000

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