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Reading List 2011 (9/158)

November 15, 2011 Jess 1 Comment

Recent reading: Pink Brain, Blue Brain, Lise Eliot What You Can Change … And What You Can’t, Martin Seligman St.…

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Posted in: Reading List Filed under: books, psychology

On Building Glitch

November 8, 2011 Jess Leave a comment

Here’s a lovely article on building Glitch, the crafting-based MMO. The most important line in the whole piece: “We realized…

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Posted in: Games Filed under: design, desire, glitch, motivation

Reward That!

October 28, 2011 Jess 3 Comments

In third grade, I participated in the MS Readathon. Just like a Walkathon, the Readathon asked you to collect pledges…

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Posted in: Books, Games Filed under: motivation, reading, reward

Easy to Imagine, Hard to Imagine

October 24, 2011 Jess Leave a comment

This morning, my brother pointed me toward a very excellent rant by Steve Yegge about what he calls the “shit’s…

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Posted in: Creativity Filed under: complexity, creativity, systems

Happy Belated Ada Lovelace Day!

October 12, 2011 Jess Leave a comment

Thanks to the Jewish holidays, I’m way behind on just about everything – including celebrating Ada Lovelace day. So I’m…

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Posted in: Personal, Teaching Filed under: ada lovelace day, feminism, science, teaching

Reading List 2011 (17/149)

September 20, 2011 Jess 2 Comments

Almost-recent reading: Scar Night, Alan Campbell Iron Angel, Alan Campbell God of Clocks, Alan Campbell The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,…

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Posted in: Reading List Filed under: books

Rooms and Elephants

September 12, 2011 Jess Leave a comment

In defiance of Internet Time, I’m going to recommend an essay I came across a couple of months ago: Sven…

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Posted in: Creativity, Think Tank Filed under: creativity

Reading List 2011 (11/132)

September 7, 2011 Jess Leave a comment

Recent reading: Big Machine, Victor Lavalle Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton…

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Posted in: Reading List Filed under: books

Reading List 2011 (7/123)

August 29, 2011 Jess Leave a comment

Recent reading: A Spy By Nature, Charles Cumming The Spanish Game, Charles Cumming Before I Go To Sleep, S. J.…

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Posted in: Reading List Filed under: books

Hello, Irene

August 26, 2011 Jess Leave a comment

Today I’m preparing for Shabbat and a hurricane at the same time. The city is shutting down the subways tomorrow…

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Posted in: Personal Filed under: judaism, shabbat

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