Month: June 2011

First Nations Under Surveillance | The Media Co-op

First Nations Under Surveillance | The Media Co-op

“Internal documents from Indian Affairs and the RCMP show that shortly after forming government in January of 2006, Prime Minister Stephen Harper had the federal government tighten up on gathering and sharing intelligence on First Nations to anticipate and manage potential First Nation unrest across Canada.”

How I Failed, Failed, and Finally Succeeded at Learning How to Code – Technology – The Atlantic

How I Failed, Failed, and Finally Succeeded at Learning How to Code – Technology – The Atlantic

“I was taught to program by a program whose programmer, more than twenty-five years earlier, was taught to program by a program.” “[Programming is] naturally addictive… It’s important because learning is all about solving hard problems, and solving hard problems is all about not giving up. So a machine that triggers hours-long bouts of frantic obsessive excitement is a pretty nifty learning tool.”