User: sneaktiger

php worked nicely for my students

On: How To Encourage a Young Teen To Learn Programming?

i have been teaching 16 year old students for the better part of the last 5 years. after learning html about half of them started learning php on their own. (they had chosen an IT career path in the beginning)

it really depends a lot on age and personality, but here are the details that worked for me:

- find a project they are really interested in
- don't teach theory when you can point to possible solutions a kid can acquire on its own
- use the simplest development environment that fulfills the need (otherwise they have to learn to navigate that, too. e.g.: i start my html course with notepad, move to notepad++ after an hour and some move to dreamweaver after a week)

good luck

no gain no game

On: Vancouver Bars Network Together to Track Patrons

1. so what is the profit for the customer? i am open to the whole member card idea, but why not make it worth the patrons time? add the credit card information for single payment and give discounts for good customers.

2. if you go through the trouble of collecting information, you are responsible to secure privacy. as the information has to be released in case of a subpoena, make it optional.

so what makes this membercard any better (or worse) than your driver's license? just another plastic card (not) in my wallet.