Penance
Two links crossed my desk today: misbehaving.net, a weblog about women's contribution to computing and guidelines for focussing on learning. As for the latter, I definitely try to do 1-6 and 8-10, but due to expectations of speed on the Internet (both on my part and on others') #7 (“Take time to reflect.”) tends to get short shrift. One problem I can see with the guidelines is that there's no rationale for each point. Don't get me wrong, they're good tips. It's just that there's no reason why doing them is better than the alternative, nor are there examples. (If there were, granted, that would probably put the consultant who came into his work out of a job.) As for the former, it might sound weird coming from a guy who's written the things he's written this month, but it's good, alright? Look at the list of contributors.
You're free to judge this weblog entry as penance, just as you're free to judge me in general. As long as I get to judge you.
