Posts Tagged ‘theory’

You: The Science Experiment

I don’t expect you’ll be drinking mystery potions or hooking yourself up to a car battery anytime soon. But conducting personal experiments are probably the best way to find answers. By actually testing (instead of assuming) your habits, beliefs, methods and systems you can make real improvements.Stop Theorizing, Look at ResultsNassim Nicholas Taleb, in his book The Black Swan, recommends against using complex theories if they… Continue reading

August 30 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: experiment, habit, science, test, theory | 6 comments»

Learn Programming Languages

Say you want to get in on this Web 2.0 goodness, or maybe you need a programming language to improve your career abilities. Anthony Aaby has a book online that covers the theory of programming languages. It looks to be a good "behind the process" understanding of how languages work.Programming languages can be understood in terms of a relatively small number of concepts. In particular, a programming language is… Continue reading

May 23 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: ebook, howto, languages, programming, software, theory | 2 comments»