Can programming be a craft? I was thinking about this as I was reading Matthew Crawford’s excellent book The World Beyond Your Head. Much like Crawford’s earlier work Shop Class as Soulcraft, he ...
[The opinions expressed here are mine alone, and not those of Google, Inc. my current employer.] I went out to dinner with an old programming friend the other night, and as all old programmers do, ...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Researchers in Massachusetts have created an app that teaches basic computer programming to kindergartners. Children as young as 5 can use the app to craft their own interactive ...
I recently read (sort of) Frederick Brooks's The Mythical Man-Month. As I understand it, this book is a cult classic, and I was very curious to read it. It's about software project management, and ...