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What's this kid building @ 11? That's what I wanna know.
He just got his Hogwarts letter.
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A lesson on the importance of encouraging your children with their projects
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#82This sort of story makes me sad. We don't have a tree house, we don't even have a tree. We don't have money to spend at the DIY store to keep the house in shape never mind making checkers boards for fun. I thought I was getting pretty good at quenching the covetousness that society seemed to have imbued me with but when one realises that stuff is needed for many uplifting experiences. Realising the great joy certain…
You can get cheap (essentially free) and perfectly good wood from recycling centers and such places. You don't need a tree to make a fort. I had a tree fort, but I honestly think the most important part is the fort. Even if it's only four feet tall and sitting on the ground, it will still be boat-loads of fun.
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#83As the proud parent of a very chatty daughter of two, I wonder: what would be an equivalent sort of project for girls? At the moment she likes Duplo/Lego because it's one of the few areas where we connect over the gender divide, but her other roleplay and games are all about caring and she's very empathic with other children (worrying when they cry etc). I do wonder whether pointing her towards hackerdom would really…
The point is that she will find her own way, but she needs to see what different paths exist. So, don't hesitate to show her hackerdom, she can help so many people with hackerdom and even better show her this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYSmp3bjP_0&feature=relat... and the really cool woman who made that http://web.media.mit.edu/~cynthiab/research/research.html . That's what made me realise I wanted to build robot…
> That's what made me realise I wanted to build robots when I grew up.
Just wondering: do you now build robots?
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#84great story!
Re: A lesson on the importance of encouraging your children with their projects
#85This sort of story makes me sad. We don't have a tree house, we don't even have a tree. We don't have money to spend at the DIY store to keep the house in shape never mind making checkers boards for fun. I thought I was getting pretty good at quenching the covetousness that society seemed to have imbued me with but when one realises that stuff is needed for many uplifting experiences. Realising the great joy certain…
There's got to be a surplus/junk store like http://sciplus.com in your area (that one's got locations in Chicago and Milwaukee). Boatloads of cheap arts and crafts materials: cotton balls, tissue paper, glue sticks, chalk, markers, etc. I spent $30 there and got about four shoeboxes full of random crap for my nieces to craft with.
Dollar stores are great for this stuff. And office supply stores can be especially nice during back-to-school sales. And wander down every aisle in the drugstore - wooden spoons! Cupcake liners! Ping-pong balls!
Re: A lesson on the importance of encouraging your children with their projects
#86This sort of story makes me sad. We don't have a tree house, we don't even have a tree. We don't have money to spend at the DIY store to keep the house in shape never mind making checkers boards for fun. I thought I was getting pretty good at quenching the covetousness that society seemed to have imbued me with but when one realises that stuff is needed for many uplifting experiences. Realising the great joy certain…
There's got to be a surplus/junk store like http://sciplus.com in your area (that one's got locations in Chicago and Milwaukee). Boatloads of cheap arts and crafts materials: cotton balls, tissue paper, glue sticks, chalk, markers, etc. I spent $30 there and got about four shoeboxes full of random crap for my nieces to craft with. Dollar stores are great for this stuff. And office supply stores can be especially nice…
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#87What a wonderful lesson given by Scott and Guy. Mapping Scott and his young kid as Team leader and a developer respectively,we could figure out how a Team lead/Someone from Management, could encourage his developers to try out new things anda set their minds free by giving them freedom to do something which they love. It's kind of Google's 20% time rule.
Every Org which trust his non-managerial staff and allow them to try out things often progress and prosper much faster than companies where politics and bureaucracy often create obstacles.
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The point is that she will find her own way, but she needs to see what different paths exist. So, don't hesitate to show her hackerdom, she can help so many people with hackerdom and even better show her this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYSmp3bjP_0&feature=relat... and the really cool woman who made that http://web.media.mit.edu/~cynthiab/research/research.html . That's what made me realise I wanted to build robot…
> That's what made me realise I wanted to build robots when I grew up. Just wondering: do you now build robots?
>>> do you now build robots? Yep. :D
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I'm not trying to be pedantic, but that is a book, not a study. I've seen multiple studies that show parents who withhold praise raise higher achievers (personally, I don't like that, but none the less - the studies do exist)
> I've seen multiple studies that show parents who withhold praise raise higher achievers Ok. I don't like that either. I'd rather raise a healthy, curious, creative, passionate, and happy child. I couldn't care less about what he achieves. If he achieves nothing, so be it. In fact, on average, he won't achieve much ... but when he does achieve something, it'll blow your mind. And that little drone you raised, who is…
I think 'start the next Apple' is just as constrained as what you're dogging.
What about just getting married and raising a great family? Or starting a mechanic shop that lets him fish every afternoon? Living a happy life that they choose and having a positive impact on the people around them. The occupation, money, etc. don't matter so much.
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#90Typical enterprise developer: 1. User knows exactly what he wants. 2. User can only express that in his own language. 3. Data flow diagrams, best practices, structured design, etc. 4. Dev still doesn't know what user wants but builds anyway. 5. 2 years later, project scrapped. Scott Nesin: 1. User knows exactly what he wants. 2. User can only express that in his own language. 3. Developer patiently encourages user to…
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