Roger Howell @RogerResearcher
CS Education PhD student with #HumanFactors interests @AstonUniversity, Associate Lecturer @OpenUniversity Birmingham, UK Joined November 2019-
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I wrote an essay about the sociological concept of “legibility”, as it relates to software design: ideolalia.com/essays/two-con…. Here are some of the footnotes:
'Becoming at ethical researcher' is one of our most recent FREE courses. It explores the ethics of planning, carrying out and reporting research involving human participants, using a range of research scenarios to stimulate discussion on the course forum: ow.ly/rTmt50CujFC
The quote "Jack of all trades, master of none" often comes up on a generalist vs specialist debates. The full quote is actually "Jack of all trades, master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one." I'm going to start using the long - original - version.
If software engineering problems range from making a web app work on Internet Explorer, to preventing a disaster that takes human lives, where do we draw the line? When is it engineering and who is accountable for errors? Are #softwareengineers engineers? bit.ly/3fjb0UL
Being unafraid of failure and being accountable are not mutually exclusive. It's the combination of the two where we have the best chances to strengthen ourselves and our systems. #chaosengineering
Now imagine how disabled people in academia feel, especially when for many of us, doing any sort of physical activity causes us further pain/fatigue. Going on a walk is good for my mental health but terrible for my pain levels.
There is a conversation looming about the physical effects of teaching online (for faculty and for students). I’m middle-aged, moderately fit (jog anywhere from 15-25km per week). No prior injuries or pre-existing conditions.
I’m teaching 4 courses online this summer and I can feel my body changing. Neck, shoulders, wrists, knees—everything aches. Muscles in my legs ache. My eyes ache from staring at screens.
There is a conversation looming about the physical effects of teaching online (for faculty and for students). I’m middle-aged, moderately fit (jog anywhere from 15-25km per week). No prior injuries or pre-existing conditions.
Today at 11:20 AM SGT: Security chaos engineering will help you to proactively find security weaknesses in systems, strengthen collaboration between teams and create strong feedback loops. Learn more from @AaronRinehart and Jerome Walter. #RSAC APJ
Today's sessions at #RSAC APJ cover topics falling under the following RSAC tracks: Cloud, Mobile & IoT Security Track Software & Product Security Track Strategy, Architecture & Operational Security Track What session are you looking forward to today? spr.ly/6019GV7S3
Two core questions (amongst many) that Cognitive Systems Engineers ask: 1. What makes this work difficult? 2. What makes them (practitioners) good at it?
A simple four-word rhyme devised by Prof. @BillMiller_Epi can guide you to a safer summer. 😎 go.osu.edu/Bsjx
take on hard projects (from my zine "so you want to be a wizard" wizardzines.com/zines/wizard)
Making software do what you want is the easy part. Making it not do anything else, that's the challenge. buff.ly/3dZF8Ut
@johncutlefish Data driven is using a recipe to understand that your meal needs certain results and flavours, rather than guessing. Data informed is reading a few recipes to see what is available then making the meal with what you have available or tweaking it to the tastes of your guests.
an unintuitive thing about complex systems is that the same observed behavior can have very different causes this can happen if part A depends on parts B and C: then A can have reduced function if either B breaks, or if C breaks
events.ergonomics.org.uk/event/creating… 10 June 3.30pm-4.30pm Seven Key Steps to Creating a Safe Workplace This free webinar is hosted by our chief exec @noorzaman_r and @KirstyAngerer and @GuildfordErgo - essential viewing! #ergonomics #humanfactors #covid19
@davefarley77 I've led two separate organizations that practiced TDD pretty religiously. Measured by the number of engineers it takes to support a given domain, TDD is a 3-5x efficiency multiplier. The insight here is that you're reducing unplanned work and maximizing value-generating work.
Thanks to everyone who attended our #OpenData talks virtually yesterday to hear @watty62, @ldodds and @natalie_record! The event videos are now available on our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/playlist?list=…
Massive cross-national replication of Kahneman and Tversky's prospect theory nature.com/articles/s4156… "With over 4,000 participants from 19 countries, we find that Kahneman and Tversky's 1979 findings replicate in the vast majority of analyses." Image: sketchplanations.com/post/118976026…
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