Ned Batchelder
The myth of the myth of learning styles
23 September
“Four different learning styles” has been debunked, but learners still have to learn how they learn, and choose the paths and materials that are right for them. » more..
Advice to beginners
17 September
I often see questions like, “I’m just starting to learn Python, any advice?” The expected answer is something like “watch this video,” or, “here’s an awesome tutorial,” but more important are some tips about how to learn technology in general. Here are mine: » more..
Hammerspoon
27 August
For a long time now I’ve displayed a small textual info box in the otherwise unused upper-left corner of my mac screen. It was originally based on GeekTool, but a new laptop got me to re-think it, and now it’s implemented with Hammerspoon. » more..
Alan Kay’s objects and arts
6 August
In 1993 (30 years ago!), Alan Kay wrote The early history of Smalltalk, explaining the origins of the language’s ideas, its development, and an assessment of its successes and failures. It’s a thought-provoking piece for a few reasons. » more..
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Code
software I made
- Dinghy ·· for digesting GitHub activity
- Scriv ·· for managing changelogs
- coverage.py ·· for measuring Python code coverage
Text
words I wrote
- Python Names and Values ·· how assignment works
- Kindling projects ·· small projects for new programmers
- Pragmatic Unicode ·· how to stop the pain