The most obvious thing to take away from How I Learned to Program Computers is the fact that it, like my paper will be, is an educational narrative or a story about an educational experience. Reading an example of what it is your being asked to do is a great way to get a grasp on the project. I also find this work to be a good tool for sparking a few new ideas. Maybe you never programmed so much as a VCR, but hey when he talks about making little movies as a kid it reminded you of this really funny story when you were learning video productions in high school or when he was talking about how he takes awesome notes so he set up a website to help others with his notes you recalled just how hard note taking was for you to learn to do properly and how proud you are of your god like notes of today. The point I’m driving at here is that something like this is a great way to lube the gears of your brain and get things moving again. Now all you have to do is write it down.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
What I Learned from How I Learned
I have just finished reading How I Learned to Program Computers by Feross Aboukhadiejeh. This is a story of how Feross started in computer programming, although to a much smaller extent, at an impressive 11 years old. It then fallows him through the years, and through his side projects up to present day where he is offered a job from the mighty beast know as Google! I do say this is an amazing accomplishment, one anyone should be proud of, but I’m not here to recount the story I read, I'm here to talk about how it can help me with my own story.
The most obvious thing to take away from How I Learned to Program Computers is the fact that it, like my paper will be, is an educational narrative or a story about an educational experience. Reading an example of what it is your being asked to do is a great way to get a grasp on the project. I also find this work to be a good tool for sparking a few new ideas. Maybe you never programmed so much as a VCR, but hey when he talks about making little movies as a kid it reminded you of this really funny story when you were learning video productions in high school or when he was talking about how he takes awesome notes so he set up a website to help others with his notes you recalled just how hard note taking was for you to learn to do properly and how proud you are of your god like notes of today. The point I’m driving at here is that something like this is a great way to lube the gears of your brain and get things moving again. Now all you have to do is write it down.
The most obvious thing to take away from How I Learned to Program Computers is the fact that it, like my paper will be, is an educational narrative or a story about an educational experience. Reading an example of what it is your being asked to do is a great way to get a grasp on the project. I also find this work to be a good tool for sparking a few new ideas. Maybe you never programmed so much as a VCR, but hey when he talks about making little movies as a kid it reminded you of this really funny story when you were learning video productions in high school or when he was talking about how he takes awesome notes so he set up a website to help others with his notes you recalled just how hard note taking was for you to learn to do properly and how proud you are of your god like notes of today. The point I’m driving at here is that something like this is a great way to lube the gears of your brain and get things moving again. Now all you have to do is write it down.
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