GIGO: words unreadable aloud

2005 recap

For me, 2004 was a light year, blogging-wise.

2002 - 377 entries 2003 - 127 2004 - 84 2005 - 63

http://radio.weblogs.com/0100945/2005/01/ January:

Coined a word Nuncocentric. Hasn't seen much use yet.

http://radio.weblogs.com/0100945/2005/01/26.html should be http://tmp.i.am/eaU.html

http://radio.weblogs.com/0100945/2005/02/ February:

In the course of mentioning Eugene Wallingford's weblog "Knowing and Doing", I wrote about Programming as Teaching.

I often write about the readability of programs, about how one of the most important aspects of any program is how well it conveys its algorithms, assumptions, context, environment, alternatives, engineering tradeoffs, etc., **to other humans**. Programming as teaching.

Yow, I just did a Google search for Programming as Teaching and only 18 pages came up, and many of those think of programming as teaching the computer how to do something, instead of thinking of it as teaching other programmers how you solved this problem. I think the best programs do the latter.

(Now, 23rd December 2005, it's up to 138.)

http://radio.weblogs.com/0100945/2005/03/ March: not much happening in March.

http://radio.weblogs.com/0100945/2005/04/ April: Ben Lomond sandhills Funny Songs List zsh startup stuff. sparklines

Parted ways with IBM. Interviewed at Bloglines.

http://radio.weblogs.com/0100945/2005/05/ May: Kites, dogs, puppies Tahoe visit, melting, sax, vows renewal.

Ensenada cruise

Interviewed at ECXI and at Google.

http://radio.weblogs.com/0100945/2005/06/ June: Two offers. Took one. Not google's.

Wiley the breatharian Accordion Crimes Scala

More about programming as teaching

Outstanding Matanzas Lavendar Sonoma County trip

autumn of documentation ...