All that s left is to make it
Modern Javascript has gamified programming by creating more micro-success moments (aha! finally got it!). But we know there is No Silver Bullet[1], so it couldn t have created more moments where you finally solve your hard problems ( essential complexity ). Instead, it has created many opportunities to beat problems you wouldn t have in another environment ( accidental complexity ) and [ ]
In this post we will understand what it means to say this song has a lot of high frequencies , then hunt and capture the waveform that allows us to say this! Some Python code will be used, but understanding it is not necessary. Footnotes are more technically advanced. The x coordinate of the circle is frequency?! [ ]
Before I dived in earnest into writing the new version of my computer game that teaches Python, this time with game mechanics based on the classical puzzle game Sokoban , I wanted to make sure that Programmable Sokoban is a fun concept. So I wrote a prototype in a couple of hours. The programmers among you [ ]
Warning: another technical post.I wrote this cover letter many years ago, when I wanted to get accepted to the Matzov unit of the Israeli Defense Force (in Israeli, every male is conscripted for three years at age 18, and I wanted to put my skills to good use.) Like the picture above, it can be [ ]
Warning: long-winded tech post. If you don t want to improve your debugging skills or don t have lots of free time, don t read this. I decided to do some pro-bono debugging, and as I was diving in I thought that some of you might be interested in a glimpse of how I work. I find that [ ]
The power of simple python scripting is one of the themes of this blog, and now I can show a great practical example. I needed to create something that looks like this: This is a simple HTML table with some CSS. But trying to write it in HTML would result in a lot of copy-pasting [ ]
I started exercising my idea muscles a few days ago. Every day I think of 10 startup ideas and develop one into a business model. Some will be published here. Lets begin with the first example geekar, an Augmented Reality-enhanced retail, in the most early-adopter industry I know: geeks. geekar will sell comic books, [ ]
I was holding up on posting until I can say more about PythonForAll (it s not that I didn t get out of the building, just that it s becoming a bit more serious so I can t publish things before they are final) but I just have to write about this: For a long time I ve wanted to [ ]
Despite sharing a name, 1.5B is a very different lecture from 1.5A. I d say it talks mostly about how we think we know things but we don t and how we can improve our guesses. There are many subjects covered quickly, so I ll dive right in Guesses According to Steve, when we first enter a new [ ]
In this lecture we learn about business models and about the Business Model Canvas as a tool for mapping business models. We learn that a company is for executing a business model whereas a startup is for finding one and then becoming a company. I fully agree with the view of a startup as a [ ]