The Havers Of Rob Sharp |
Being the lifestream of a Scottish geek living and working in Sydney. |
Marco Rapino, a developer working at the Center for Knowledge and Innovation Research at HSE in Helsinki, has developed a prototype controller using the accelerometer in his Nokia N95 smartphone, some Python, and the Blender 3D content creation suite.
A college student who published the source code of his completed school assignments recently found himself in a troubling confrontation with a professor. The conflict illustrates some of the deficiencies of modern computer science education.
Community is great because it makes people feel good, democratizes the process, but also delivers value. One of our writers wrote a story, and the comments pointed out that she only talked to one guy about one aspect of the story. She said ‘I read the comments and thought F*!@ you. I wrote a story. Go write your own.’ But then she admitted it was true, phoned someone else, and updated the story. For me, that’s a gigantic win for us and for readers as well. That’s where the feedback should be.
How Mathew Ingram Manages a News Site That Gets 5,000 Comments a Day via RWW
“Inaugural address for the “What’s the Big Idea?” lecture series, at the Bundeena Bowls Club in Bundeena, a small community (pop. 3500) just south of Sydney in Royal National Park.” Bundeena is just along the road from me, so I’m extra bummed I missed Mark’s lecture! via the human network.
Haggis, neeps and tatties are just a few of my favourite things.
