Gregory Bateson talks about distinct levels of learning. From behavior to enlightenment, each level represents change in the previous level. Zero Learning: this is behavior, responding in the way you always do. The bell rings, oh it’s lunchtime, eat. This does not surprise you, so you just do the usual thing. Learning I: this is …
We can develop things faster than we can define them. @jryanday I’ve remarked before that @cdupuis can implement new features way faster than I can document them. This is not ridiculous; creating something is often faster than connecting it to existing people who can use it. Ryan took this farther: we can’t even define what …
Distance is seriously strange. Yesterday on the southern coast of Spain, at an Italian restaurant run by a German, I had tiramisu, because I’ve never had tiramisu this close to Italy. People laughed, because Spain is farther from Italy than Germany or Poland (geographically) – but for food purposes it’s closer, right? Geographic distance is …
Today at J on the Beach, Helena Edelson talked about a lot of things that Akka can do for event streaming, microservices, generally handling a lot of data and keeping it (eventually) consistent across great distances. With opt-in causal consistency! I am amazed by how hard it is to have consistent causality and data across …
Today Avdi tweeted about this lovely article debunking “strong ideas, loosely held”.The gist is, yo! stop talking like you’re sure about stuff. It makes it hard for other people to chime in, and it anchors you, making it hard to let go of your opinion.The simple trick is to quantify your certainty, below 100%. “I’m …