The main message so far* in the book, Mindset (by Carol Dweck) is that your intelligence and mental ability is like a muscle: it's not a fixed thing that you're dealt at birth. Like a muscle, if you work hard (enduring some discomfort along the way) it will get stronger …
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We have a tendency to think that what we're good at is intrinsically more important or valuable than things others are good at. This alienates the very ones who would be the most help to us (and us to them).
We don't consciously compare the skill sets' relative values; we …
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I've a .NET web application with several Google API integrations and wanted to send Gmail as well. It took me all day, and I found precious little (useful) documentation, so it seemed worth a blog post.
At the start of the day I already had OAuth2 talking with Google. I …
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Updated 6/6/14: @MarkMiller found my tweet the referred to this blog post and kindly pointed out that I had reinvented the wheel. If your class implements INotifyPropertyChanged, you could use the standard "p(type)" expansion and it'll put in the property change code for you. You can customize …
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This is something I wrote around 2009. It's a realization that I've kept reflecting on from time to time these past few years, and has influenced the way I encourage my kids in some positive activity. It's a bit rambling - I've bolded the important parts.
Timmy had been working on …
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I know there are some things about Software Development I really like, while there are other parts that I really don't like. I've often wondered, mostly as fleeting thoughts lost in the bustle of a work day, what causes the difference. Why do some days just fly by, and I …
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My family heard a local historian, Steve Stark, talk about Theodore Roosevelt this past Sunday. Mr. Stark seemed to really like the guy, and from listening I found myself liking him as well. Steve briefly mentioned how TR had marched three hoodlums to Dickinson all by himself, and during the …
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Recently I heard of an interesting game called Nomic. You don't need any equipment -- just some creative and indulgent friends. Today I got together with my creative brother-in-law and my creative oldest son to play Nomic Candyland.
You start with the regulation Candyland rules, but add that at the beginning …
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After reading books from The David Birkenhead series I was looking for some similar sci fi and decided on some Heinlein books. The only one on the shelve at the library was Variable Star.
The main character is very smart. He's talking to one of the most powerful businessmen in …
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