Monthly Archives: April 2005

Dreyfus’s learning ladder

The Dreyfus model of skill acquisition was popularized by Pat Benner in the nursing industry. The model aids understanding of learning and the development of intuition.
This is a much better approach to understanding the productivity gap among software engineers than the popular “packers vs. mappers” approach put forth in Chapter 1 of The Programmers’ […]

RC Saucer

My father gave me a flying saucer for my birthday. The package pronounces it a perfect gift for your 32 year old child, but I guess he thought I’m mature enough to handle it.
Finally got it inflated and flying today. This was a great gift; I’d never buy it for myself, but it’s […]