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Re: Learning, Fast and Slow: Do Intensive Learning Projects Work Better Than Slow Ones?

JayCruz — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 19:12:19 -0000

Perhaps it all depends on the particular domain? The little bit I’ve learned about Language acquisition is that most people really learn when they immerse themselves in it by speaking it, writing it, and listening to it, rather than “studying” it and spacing out recall. With programming, even if you start immersing yourself in it by typing code, it takes quite a bit of mental model building to make the abstractions into automatic muscle memory. I think with Language you have the advantage of already knowing at least one language (if were talking about adults learning a second language) and having a framework to build upon.

Re: Learning, Fast and Slow: Do Intensive Learning Projects Work Better Than Slow Ones?

JayCruz — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 16:06:55 -0000

As for the question “Do those in programming bootcamps forget more than their college counterparts who spread CS classes over four years?” I can offer some input. As a former Bootcamp student, and now a TA in in same Bootcamp, my answer to this is a big yes.

I can’t speak for all Coding Bootcamps of course, but most Web Development Bootcamps follow a similar curriculum where they cram what they believe are “practical skills” that are used in the industry (my experience is that they’re always a bit behind, for example my Bootcamp still teaches jQuery) and superficially cover foundational things that Computer Science curriculums teach in their first year. Things like, how computers work, binary, and you know Math. :)

Most Bootcamps don’t give you tests to recall. Like mine, a lot of them are remote-only, and 3 to 6 months is simply not enough time to process that much info. Talk about cognitive load theory. On top of that, most students approach a Bootcamp the same way they approach going to college, which is they passively wait to be taught, even though they are warned and advised to dedicate at least 15 -20 hours a week outside of class to study and practice the material.

Re: The Lewis Show: 2011: A Year

JayCruz — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:09:34 -0000

Great post man.

Re: Como conocí el Juego de Tronos…

JayCruz — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:40:37 -0000

Automaticamente marcado en el calendario.

Re: Damn. Need a good audiobook suggestion. Thoughts?

JayCruz — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 22:26:19 -0000

Cognitive Surplus by Clay Shirky was a good read.

Re: http://elweb.tumblr.com/post/1394824411

JayCruz — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:23:13 -0000

El karma es una idea religiosa, pero esta basado en la realidad de que vivimos en un mundo interdependiente. Por mas individualistas que seamos, siempre vamos a necesitar la ayuda de otros.

Re: Evernote As Your Resume Database

JayCruz — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:01:36 -0000

I was just thinking of updating my resume so this tip is going to help a lot.

Re: http://elweb.tumblr.com/post/631451902

JayCruz — Tue, 25 May 2010 11:12:14 -0000

Interesante.

Re: Friend hoarding

JayCruz — Sun, 09 May 2010 13:56:32 -0000

This reminded me of Clive Thompson article "In Praise of Online Obscurity" http://www.wired.com/magazi... He discusses the basic problem of social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter which is that they're made to scale but socializing just simply doesn't scale.

Re: Temple Grandin, pensando el mundo en fotografías desde la perspectiva autista

JayCruz — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 12:51:49 -0000

Tambien hizo una excelente presentacion en TED. http://www.ted.com/talks/la...

Re: Why are hip hop critics, artists and fans so quick to proclaim it dead?

JayCruz — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:45:13 -0000

New Yorker's Sasha Frere-Jones wrote something of the sort, though he didn't officially declare it dead. http://www.newyorker.com/ar...

Actually, Glenn Branca took the bold step of declaring that "there's no new music being made" in an article for the NYT titled "The End of Music". http://opinionator.blogs.ny...

Hope this link drop drive by isn't too much.

Re: jayCruz - If anyone’s interested in a Google Wave invite let...

JayCruz — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:32:08 -0000

Sure Rachelsayshaiii. I just need an email to send the invite to.

Re: Response to Are We Addicted to Giving Our Own Opinions by Chris Brogan

JayCruz — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:38:31 -0000

Nice to hear and see the voice and face behind the Dr Manhattan inspired avatar.

Re: 10 Old School Blogging Tips To Know

JayCruz — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:22:44 -0000

Great advice overall, but I have an exception with number 3. It's sound advice, but one should be careful on checking what others have said about what you want to say. Or even before you have anything to say. That's like reading a movie review before seeing the movie. For good or bad, it will influence you on how you perceive the film. The danger in that is that it will either stop you from writing anything or influence you and get in your subconscious. You'll end up rehashing ideas without even noticing it.

You don't have to post the thing, with that part I agree. But I would rephrase #3 as "First draft, then re-draft, and then check what others have said about the topic". You won't write the most groundbreaking and original blog post, but it will at least come from a more "pure" perspective. Also, it's the best way to learn how much you really know or don't know about something.

BTW and adding to the link chain, Merlin picked up the John Cleese video from this post http://www.thedeets.com/200... which has a great video reaction to his recent video of "Knowing Who You Are". I posted the link in the comments.

Re: Blogs to tell you things you don’t know

JayCruz — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:05:12 -0000

Thanks for including TND in this really cool list. As in blogs I would recommend there are too many, but one I've fallen in love with is Snarkmarket http://snarkmarket.com/blog/ and I recommend it because is not as well known as it should.

Re: The Daily Death: When A Celebrity Dies Every 15 Minutes

JayCruz — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:45:22 -0000

We mythologize the dead because they can never deny or confirm our presumptions about them.

Re: Why one guy is quitting social media and why this is important

JayCruz — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:45:47 -0000

Thanks for sharing the post around and for offering a really great reaction. I was kind of scared that it was going to turn out too lecture-y. :) I don't think is something that drastic though. That's another assumption about social media that's overblown. The idea that if you're not on Twitter, Facebook, Friendfeed, you're missing out. I guess the speed, but I find that to be more of a disadvantage. I'm slowing it down like Dr Dre with Dr Pepper.

I'm definitely not planning on quitting the blog however. This can sound hypocritical because blogs are thrown into the social media tag, but the expectation and purpose is clear. I write, you read. Maybe I get comment, maybe I comment back. :) But I'm definitely out of the following-being-followed thing. And hey, I can always make a blog post of what I had for breakfast.

Thanks again Mark. I always appreciate your thoughts.

Re: Is the real-time Web all that it is cracked up to be?

JayCruz — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:00:06 -0000

The problem with the "real time web" and "social media" for that matter, is the premise of it's selling point: That everything that happens is news, that sharing anything is dubbed content, and the unrealistic expectation of socializing without triviality, banality, or noise.

Re: jayCruz - Daniel Bat for Lashes Daniel to scenes of The...

JayCruz — Sun, 17 May 2009 19:47:59 -0000

The song is the regular version from the Two Suns album... I think. Now you got me confused. The video was downloaded from a Karate Kid tribute from Youtube. I just cut and edited some scenes with iMovie. :)

Re: On Tumblarity; My Tumblr Feature Requests

JayCruz — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:24:22 -0000

I don't know why people think that Tumblr, and the web for that matter, has been a non-competitive utopic community of intimate friends. Not that you can't have that experience in a semi-public kind of way, but if you don't really care about popularity, then it shouldn't matter. If you truly want an "intimate" experience then have it. Stay in Facebook and add only the real real friends. Use your email, chats, and stuff that is truly more private and intimate. Make your Tumblr private.

That said, I understand the concern. There's been this shift in the web with the whole web 2.0 ideal of participatory audience. The Social Media thing which is Web 2.0 gone haywire. People are giving themselves an unnecessary pressure to be "useful" and donate "valuable" content and I'm not sure if that has made the web better at all.

In the end Tumblr is what you make of it. You can look at the stats, see what you can do about that and if it matters, or you can just ignore it and keep posting photos of your breakfast.

Re: The Gospel According to Gillmor

JayCruz — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:30:02 -0000

Since a lot of sites and blogs have created Twitter feeds, it can replace the rss reader if that's all you do. But I thought that Twitter was about following people, so I find that kind of odd.

Re: jayCruz

JayCruz — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:14:41 -0000

This actor is on my to pay attention radar from now on.

Re: Twitter and Posterous

JayCruz — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:03:31 -0000

You just explained exactly how I feel about Twitter, but articulated it way much better than I ever could. There's this idea being sold about the "importance" of Twitter and how it's going to change the future of media that's just ridiculous.

Re: Why do we participate in group projects? | Broadcasting Brain

JayCruz — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:34:37 -0000

There's "Egoboo" http://en.wikipedia.org/wik... but that's just another form of intrinsic motivation. I think the four things that you mention are about it.

Re: The blogroll still lives but we are killing it off | Broadcasting Brain

JayCruz — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:10:17 -0000

It's definitely lost its power for the reasons you mention like linking to Twitter and sharing feeds. Another reason why it has lost it's power is because of the buddy-blogger-link exchange-thing. Readers learned to ignore that part of the sidebar because it got too cumbersome. I still like the idea though, but that's because I'm kind of "old school". :)