Essays

Math

• Castles in the Desert: Games of Chance and Math
• Peak Performance: The Math of Sports
• Expensive Dollars: The Math of Money
• Hungry for Math: The Math of Food
• Super Calculators: The Math of Computers
• Living Elegance: Mathematical Patterns in Nature

Business

• Retaining Top Talent
• Basics of Search Engine Optimization

Books

• How to Win Friends and Influence People Notes

Other Topics

• Reflections on Hour of Code 2013

Software Development

• Debugging Strategies
  • Reduce the Number of Variables
    • Reproduce the Problem on a Different Setup
    • Reproduce the Problem on the Same Setup
    • Identify What Has Changed
    • Identify What is Not the Problem
  • Gather Information
    • Take Notes
    • Collect More Details
    • Draw a Picture
    • Search the Internet
    • Read the Logs
    • Confirm Assumptions
  • Focus
    • Take a Break
    • Don’t be Distracted
    • Make One Change at a Time
  • Involve Others
    • Explain the Problem to Another Person
    • Ask an Expert
    • Ask Your Mother or Grandma
  • Actually Solve the Problem
    • Don’t Stop Until You Can Fully Explain the Problem
    • Prove Your Explanation by Showing it Working and Not Working With a Minimum Change Set
    • Reproduce Your Results On A Different Setup
• Tools of the Trade
  • Text Editors
  • Differencing and Merging Tools
  • Dependency Checker
  • Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
  • Raster Graphics
  • Source Control
  • Hex Editors

 

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