Comments for kip/bot/blogkip/bot/blog http://www.kipbot.com/blog apophenic pretentia Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:12:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on Household Economics: Managing your IPs by Adam http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2012/07/16/household-economics-managing-your-ips/#comment-210623 Adam Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:12:51 +0000 http://www.kipbot.com/blog/?p=1360#comment-210623 Kip,

The devices are not excessive, it’s a goal/dream for most techies and wanna-be techies.

Should have asked us to call in a favor from TWC, get you a best-friends price on those IP’s! :smile:

-Adam

]]> Comment on Household Economics: Managing your IPs by kipbot http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2012/07/16/household-economics-managing-your-ips/#comment-209469 kipbot Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:12:06 +0000 http://www.kipbot.com/blog/?p=1360#comment-209469 Jim!

Definitely a first world problem. Still, I was shocked to see how many simple things have crept into my life that need connections and how I now have an internet infrastructure comparable to my electric one – only one is much harder to maintain, for the time being.

When are you in NYC? I was listening to Scriabin this weekend and thought of you!

]]> Comment on Household Economics: Managing your IPs by Jim http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2012/07/16/household-economics-managing-your-ips/#comment-209468 Jim Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:08:25 +0000 http://www.kipbot.com/blog/?p=1360#comment-209468 Luxury problems, my father would say. And they seem to be just that, except that our lives have seemingly become dependent on such internet connections. When one of my hard drives takes a dive or my overhead lighting decides to blink, when the garage door won’t open (it’s manual!) or a note on the grand seems out of tune, life no longer seems harmonious.

]]> Comment on We are all statisticians now by Veronica Penny http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2009/06/12/we-are-all-statisticians-now/#comment-195635 Veronica Penny Sat, 09 Jun 2012 22:20:03 +0000 http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2009/06/12/we-are-all-statisticians-now/#comment-195635 Hello, you used to write great, but the last several posts have been kinda boring¡K I miss your tremendous writings. Past several posts are just a bit out of track! come on!

]]> Comment on Pennant App: Disappointing Data Design by Data Design Group http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2011/02/25/pennant-app-disappointing-data-design/#comment-194934 Data Design Group Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:52:25 +0000 http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2011/02/25/pennant-app-disappointing-data-design/#comment-194934 love your blog, keep up the good work! :cool:

]]> Comment on Missing the point on learning code by kipbot http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2012/05/18/missing-the-point-on-learning-code/#comment-191691 kipbot Wed, 30 May 2012 15:20:32 +0000 http://www.kipbot.com/blog/?p=1333#comment-191691 Heyda Matt!

The 8 – 16 hours thing just makes you better equipped to collaborate with tech, get a sense of computation, and see what you might be able to do with the basics: if-thens, loops, and math or string operators. Rushkoff’s goal, which I also agree with, requires more – like working through a first semester book and some problems. That’s all I ever had, and from that, I’ve been able to build tools and databases, some game AIs and prototypes, re-do one agency’s timesheet reporting, harass some programmers, endear myself to others, and play with other people’s code. In an educational context, a single semester would be smart and should be a requirement. For professionals with kids, mortgages, and demanding jobs, that 8 – 16 is a lot.

Learning Javascript from OReilly is pretty good. Hello World! is fun and goes interesting places much faster.

]]> Comment on Missing the point on learning code by Matt Baker http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2012/05/18/missing-the-point-on-learning-code/#comment-191358 Matt Baker Tue, 29 May 2012 21:18:45 +0000 http://www.kipbot.com/blog/?p=1333#comment-191358 Love the arguments Kip, just let me know which book to read if I only have those 8-16 hours. One question, when Rushkoff argues his point in his book “Program or be Programmed”, do you think 8-16 hours cuts it, or do we really need more to be able to have achieve “literacy”?

]]> Comment on The Evolving Faux-Flash Genre by Matt Baker http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2012/04/17/the-evolving-faux-flash-genre/#comment-180338 Matt Baker Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:10:26 +0000 http://www.kipbot.com/blog/?p=1314#comment-180338 A one trick pony.

Having seen TNT and shared it last week as “fun, smart and original” I watched the Nivea “spot” and felt dismay at the lack of originality – only three days after seeing TNT!

A fun, but one dimensional viral idea, but already spent I think.

I hope I don’t see any more.

]]> Comment on D&D & My Grad School Footnote by Gamifying Learning « kip/bot/blog http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2008/03/05/dd-my-grad-school-footnote/#comment-180328 Gamifying Learning « kip/bot/blog Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:09:19 +0000 http://kipbot.com/blog/2008/03/05/dd-my-grad-school-footnote/#comment-180328 [...] that constantly offers opportunities for learning and stretching, and the geek in my (going back to D&D) loves what numbers and computation can [...]

]]> Comment on Google and Facebook battling for the hearts and minds of marketers by kipbot http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2012/03/30/google-and-facebook-battling-for-the-hearts-and-minds-of-marketers/#comment-178770 kipbot Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:37:17 +0000 http://www.kipbot.com/blog/?p=1248#comment-178770 Matt! Great to hear from you. Yes, long hard slogs are good for the soul, even at my age . . . and yes, it’s still exciting to be in this space. I like the way you tee up the two approaches.

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