Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Can I have my degree now please?
My understanding of the word "semantic" was very reasonably called into question in a comment on another post.
My understanding of the meaning of the study of meaning was questioned.
The possibilty of meta-semantics arises.
1) I've gratuitously and probably erroneously used the prefix"meta-" and he word semantics.
2) I've documentary proof (in another post) that I've been involved in a process of successsful development through process of intense reflection for at least 7 hours.
This raises the possibility that I might already have developed enough to earn my degree.
If, in response to the question posed in title of this post, I don't get at least one comment composed of two letters, one of which is "N", I'll know I'm wasting my time writing all this.
My understanding of the meaning of the study of meaning was questioned.
The possibilty of meta-semantics arises.
1) I've gratuitously and probably erroneously used the prefix"meta-" and he word semantics.
2) I've documentary proof (in another post) that I've been involved in a process of successsful development through process of intense reflection for at least 7 hours.
This raises the possibility that I might already have developed enough to earn my degree.
If, in response to the question posed in title of this post, I don't get at least one comment composed of two letters, one of which is "N", I'll know I'm wasting my time writing all this.
The bad news---mismanaged expectations RANT
Also known as the post I may regret in the morning.
I love Authoring Principles, Design Practice and Ludology.
I do not love Design Principles.
Like dietary fiber it good for us but hard to get enthusiastic about and " gets in the way of" the fun stuff.
There.
Having slept on it for 2 hours I've changed this post.
I love Authoring Principles, Design Practice and Ludology.
I do not love Design Principles.
Like dietary fiber it good for us but hard to get enthusiastic about and " gets in the way of" the fun stuff.
There.
Having slept on it for 2 hours I've changed this post.
The good news
Great Design Principles session today.
Loved the stuff about composition
Loved the posters.
Am really looking forward to the poster assignment (if I get a chance to spend any time on it with theprinciples assignment).
Loved the stuff about composition
Loved the posters.
Am really looking forward to the poster assignment (if I get a chance to spend any time on it with theprinciples assignment).
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Puzzles Warning DRY post!
I am reading a good book of puzzles (King Arthur in Search of his Dog and other curious puzzles) by a chap called Raymond M Smullyan.
He writes logic-based mystery books and his book "Lady or the Tiger" is cited on wikipedia as worth reading for its explanation of logic puzzles (it was actually this book for which I was looking when I bought King Arthur....)
The puzzles in the google doc here are recontextualized plagiarisms of his logic structures. In some ways they are "new" puzzles as altering a word here and there in a given structure can clarify/obfuscate the structure significantly without invalidating it.
Actually substituting the variables and keeping track of them, all but forces you to explicitly abtract the structure from its initial context (particularly when it comes to refactoring the solutions and explanations).
He writes logic-based mystery books and his book "Lady or the Tiger" is cited on wikipedia as worth reading for its explanation of logic puzzles (it was actually this book for which I was looking when I bought King Arthur....)
The puzzles in the google doc here are recontextualized plagiarisms of his logic structures. In some ways they are "new" puzzles as altering a word here and there in a given structure can clarify/obfuscate the structure significantly without invalidating it.
Actually substituting the variables and keeping track of them, all but forces you to explicitly abtract the structure from its initial context (particularly when it comes to refactoring the solutions and explanations).
Friday, October 8, 2010
I want more life......
Last night was great.
Drink and wine on tables scarcely relevant. Five groups attention focused. Not all that enticing on first impressions.
Until I joined a group.
The board-game cards pretty, similar but different.
I LOVE Rock Band.
I wish I'd tried all this years ago.
Drink and wine on tables scarcely relevant. Five groups attention focused. Not all that enticing on first impressions.
Until I joined a group.
The board-game cards pretty, similar but different.
I LOVE Rock Band.
I wish I'd tried all this years ago.
You're in a desert, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down...
Wednesday's class was challenging.
We had to do and analyze a lot of puzzles. Of course it was challenging!
I don't do puzzles but am willing to give them a bash. I REALLY wanted to have five minutes on my own in a quiet room with a piece of paper to analyze each one.
To categorize statements. To check for ambiguity. To analyze the assumptions about the system and to look for origins of these assumptions.
Under pressure (yeah I felt under pressure) I got frazzled.
I was running to stand still. A couple of times when task B assumed understanding of puzzle A (that I was just intuiting) I didn't like it at all.
Now, apart from crummy design principles assignments, I've got the week-end to think about the puzzles.
And that I'm looking forward to....
We had to do and analyze a lot of puzzles. Of course it was challenging!
I don't do puzzles but am willing to give them a bash. I REALLY wanted to have five minutes on my own in a quiet room with a piece of paper to analyze each one.
To categorize statements. To check for ambiguity. To analyze the assumptions about the system and to look for origins of these assumptions.
Under pressure (yeah I felt under pressure) I got frazzled.
I was running to stand still. A couple of times when task B assumed understanding of puzzle A (that I was just intuiting) I didn't like it at all.
Now, apart from crummy design principles assignments, I've got the week-end to think about the puzzles.
And that I'm looking forward to....
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