Academic Rotation

Great post by Martin Fowler on the need to get first-hand experience developing software if you intend to do relevant research in the field. I agree completely, though I do understand that, given the way the system is set up, getting industry experience after you get your Ph.D. unfortunately doesn’t look great on your CV if you’re looking for a faculty position.

How to give the perfect man hug

I’ve noticed that many men here in Canada don’t know how to hug. So with the holidays around the corner, I thought my readers would benefit from a little guidance:

Our work at Boing Boing

Our (Jonathan Lung’s, Steve Easterbrook’s, Greg Wilson’s, and my own) ICSE paper on replicating a study to determine programmer aptitude was cited by a Boing Boing post by Clay Shirky. I think that’s a first.

Books by the foot?

This is bizarre and plain wrong. I don’t know what is worse: the service itself or the careful selection of maxims about books that make no mention of actually reading them.