A Space with a view is always a more productive Space than one without.
Whenever I have to get a lot of work done, work that requires more thinking than actual physical action (such as working on a piece of writing or attempting to untangle a mathematical Gordian knot), I need some kind of open area [...]
It becomes more evident with every math, logic, and computer science problem I solve; modularity is the key to simplicity and, consequently, success.
I was getting at it with my stab at explaining abstraction through the metaphor of computer programming, but the concept of abstraction and the implications it has in the way that it applies [...]
The more I fly, the more I dislike it.
Flying used to be an adventure, not just a means of arriving at your final destination. Waking up early to arrive at the bustling airport, shuffling sleepily towards the gate, boarding the plane and finding a place to sit were parts of a kind of ritual. It [...]
I have been voraciously consuming television. I’ve been trying to stick with good TV, and I think I’ve been doing a pretty good job. I didn’t realize it until yesterday, walking down the many aisles of discount DVDs at Costco, but I’ve watched a lot of TV. I now have what I would like to [...]
I suddenly had the urge to write about education and abstraction today. I blame a friend who attends Knox who started a conversation along similar lines a few weeks ago. A thousand words later and no desire to edit or add more left, I present to you the following.
Though it is undeniably old-hat to say [...]