Archive for the ‘Education’ Category

Turnitin.com: An excellent idea badly implemented

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

An acquaintance of mine from Santo Domingo recently came to RIT to pursue his masters degree in telecommunications engineering. Just as it happened to me during my first day of class, one of his professors outlined how he would be using Turnitin.com to deter plagiarism and crosscheck all papers submitted. ...

Design as the silver bullet

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Frederick P. Brooks Jr's "No Silver Bullet" is a famous, widely discussed paper in software engineering fora around the world. One can clearly see why within seconds of reading a few lines: Of all the monsters that fill the nightmares of our folklore, none terrify more than werewolves, because they transform ...

What are you reading?

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

A good friend of mine recently asked me via instant messaging: What books are you reading? What books have you read lately? Do you have any recommendations? I quickly gave him a few titles and impressions of some books I've perused in the past couple of years. I then started thinking about ...