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After having taught introductory programming (CS 1) for the past six years, and having watched many students struggle through this course and the subsequent course (CS 2), I have come to the conclusion that it is absurd to expect students who don’t have any prior programming experience to be well prepared to study Computer Science…
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petervidani: adamisacson: And if that works, we can make the ads to see the ads for free, but people will have to look at an ad to see the ads to see the ads. My God, this is brilliant. I’d like to start a social network for ads. Each ad has a profile with their…
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Professor Questions Sink-Or-Swim Intro To CS Courses – Slashdot
Professor Questions Sink-Or-Swim Intro To CS Courses – Slashdot
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littlebigdetails: Mac OS X – Pressing Alt ⌥ and clicking the volume icon lets you select input and output device. /via jage
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Chipotle = Good (Food + Design)
moscoso: Amazing branding by Sequence. One of the few restaurants I frequent that is easy on the eyes. I always enjoy hand done type.
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(via Brooke Gladstone’s The Influencing Machine: A comic-book manifesto about the state of the American media. (2) – By Brooke Gladstone – Slate Magazine)
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gregmelander: A GOOD DESIGNER “Designers have the ability to visualize what has never been.” As Bruce Nussbaum said, “Many firms are plagued by articulate and persuasive ‘smart talkers’ who sound good in meetings but get bogged down in abstract complexities.” Good designers are good at what I call inspirational tangibility, “making it real,” whether it be by concretizing with a sketch what…
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charlottledarwin: Why Old Books Smell Good “Lignin, the stuff that prevents all trees from adopting the weeping habit, is a polymer made up of units that are closely related to vanillin. When made into paper and stored for years, it breaks down and smells good. Which is how divine providence has arranged for secondhand bookstores to…
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