Posts by emma@ruby.social
(DIR) Post #APKAJShOSBOJrShCcK by emma@ruby.social
2022-11-06T10:21:44Z
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#introduction I learned Ruby and Rails from the #RailsTutorial book in 2011, and since then have gone from being a book publisher, to a software developer who publishes books. I also home educate my 14 yr old son, and instigated a 4 day week in the bibliographic metadata management software company I run (https://consonance.app, Rails/React). I also run https://snowbooks.com and https://makeourbook.com (Rails/React), and have a few side projects (e.g. https://trakt.co.uk, Rails). Hi!
(DIR) Post #APKBOI05l12w5CJ8SG by emma@ruby.social
2022-11-06T10:40:55Z
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@podruh @roy @james Looks to be covered at https://ruby.social/about/more
(DIR) Post #APMqJezNLP8UMwntLs by emma@ruby.social
2022-11-07T17:31:42Z
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@super @james erk this one's a bit non-ideal -- not beginner friendly
(DIR) Post #APSR3uYjrm3POeITaa by emma@ruby.social
2022-11-10T08:25:54Z
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Thought I was nearly done on a thing, and then I found ANOTHER THING that needs doing. Every time this sort of thing happens, it's because of metaprogramming. I think I hate metaprogramming.
(DIR) Post #APSR3vgveoCQuL8Wzg by emma@ruby.social
2022-11-10T09:00:03Z
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@joeldrapper ok: revision. I hate metaprogramming when the abstraction hasn't revealed itself properly yet, and if there's a chance that metaprogramming is not the thing that's always going to be right for the situation.
(DIR) Post #APSR42Yg7sl8CmKXbc by emma@ruby.social
2022-11-10T09:00:34Z
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@joeldrapper (I am aware I'm saying this to the person who wrote The Best Thing Ever about abstractions...)
(DIR) Post #APSRARlVJvuQ7WNtDM by emma@ruby.social
2022-11-10T10:21:32Z
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@james Best place to start is with Joel's post here! https://www.theabstraction.space/p/the-right-abstraction
(DIR) Post #APceDBT1c9tfQUyY40 by emma@ruby.social
2022-11-15T08:34:51Z
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@james a shining example to us all [looks at our current Discourse version...]
(DIR) Post #AhqiJzaLSeyyqWVT04 by emma@ruby.social
2024-05-06T08:18:28Z
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Knee-deep as I am in this year's exam season, I am so over the adult-centric nature of children's education. e.g. the forced delineation of knowledge into subjects, to fit the career path and interests of "a geography teacher", "a physics teacher". see also: schedules that fit with an adult not a teenage brain; lack of real application of overwhelmingly theoretical teaching; subjects designed only to help the minority who study further; assessment oriented to career, not child, progression.
(DIR) Post #AhsYViJyrb8rYJirYW by emma@ruby.social
2024-05-06T08:50:53Z
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Anyway having had deep experience of how children learn, my manifesto says: * No exams. Ever. For anything. Be more creative. * Meaningful-to-the-child rewards for effort (not achievement, because achievement needs measuring, and measuring kills joy) * No career teachers: make bringing up children part of workplaces* If you are a university or a workplace, devise your own entrance assessment criteria, rather than the one-size-fits-none certification route.
(DIR) Post #AhsYVjF3ROnOPKQRW4 by emma@ruby.social
2024-05-06T08:53:56Z
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And if your response to this is "but some kids need schools / structured education because of their domestic situation" then other manifestos about fixing structural issues in society are available.
(DIR) Post #Aht9VxcdfhMtJNQlPs by emma@ruby.social
2024-05-06T07:58:10Z
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The day before the English exam I see on the specification that we could have been binging Buffy all along.
(DIR) Post #AnnPmsoX6WHN55IHgm by emma@ruby.social
2024-11-07T10:05:26Z
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@futurebird that is fucked up
(DIR) Post #AsJZYBh9q3FmGcry7c by emma@ruby.social
2025-03-22T13:53:58Z
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@futurebird @DrorBedrack don't know if it's still the fashion but when I did my archaeology degree, experimental archaeology sat in the same bag as "Time Team": in both cases, enthusiasm got in the way of science.