“I participate in this system, so I’m complicit in it.” All the cruelty, the racism, the poverty, the abuse of power in US capitalist patriarchy–this is my fault too? The guilt can crush us. TL;DR: no, it isn’t our fault. It is ours to do something about, while participating. Participate in the system to fill … Read moreParticipation without complicity
People can “learn to code” on so many websites, in little in-browser environments. Sites instruct on the basics of ‘for’ loops and ‘if’ statements. In advanced courses, learn algorithms and data structures. Writing toy programs is eminently teachable. Writing useful programs is something else. And writing them well is a mysterious art. Greg Wilson‘s new … Read moreBook Review: Software Design By Example
Liz asked me for book recommendations after my talk at REdeploy. There are so many books! (I’m going to dump stuff out of my head here imperfectly, and maybe improve it later) Here’s a short one (highly recommended by Allspaw as well): a paper on Common Ground and Coordination in Joint Activity. Also not very … Read moreReferences