Cerstin Mahlow @CerstinMahlow@qoto.org

1/ "What programming language should I teach?" is the least productive question to ask in computing. There's a good reason: it's the wrong question to ask. The reason language wars feel pointless is that they're a symptom of this problem. Here's why:

2/ Curricula are never designed in isolation. All curricula, for anything, have to consider at least two things. First: goals. These include learning objectives, but often go farther (like "students must eventually get jobs"). ↵

Und wir lassen hier gleich mal die Sonne aufgehen - mit einem Livebild des Satelliten SDO.

3 … 2 … 1 … Und damit starten wir auch hier zu einer spannenden Reise durchs Weltall! Willkommen an Bord dieses als Mastodon-Account getarnten Raumschiffs!

Seit heute ist Igor Levit auch im #Fediverse bei #Mastodon @igorpianist
https://mastodon.world/@igorpianist

Two Documentaries Introduce Delia Derbyshire, the Pioneer in Electronic Music

https://www.openculture.com/2015/07/two-documentaries-introduce-delia-derbyshire-the-pioneer-in-electronic-music.html

Eine Flasche Humor (extra trocken, im Holzkopf gereift). Forschungslabor für Granatapfelkernspaltung. Trainingsplan „5 Minuten Kopfschütteln ohne Muskelkater – in nur 5 Tagen“. Erleuchtmittel für Kurzfassungen, 3 Stück 11,99. 6-gängiges Gourmet-Menno. Ein Flitzstift für Notizen in Lichtgeschwindigkeit.

#SechsUnmöglicheDinge

I’m building up my collection of Mastodon apps. So far, I haven’t found one that implements a Twitterrific-style “unified timeline” that shows (in Twitter parlance) tweets and retweets from people I follow *and* all my @-mentions in a single, reverse-chronological timeline. Does anyone know if this exists anywhere?

I wrote a piece for the New York Times about how scientists used Twitter during the Covid pandemic and about what comes next.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/19/opinion/pandemic-twitter.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

20,000+ followers here at #Mastodon after less than three days is a huge encouragement.

Thank you for welcoming us in #fediverse and for your incredible support. We need it. The #memory needs it.

#NeverForget #Auschwitz #history
@histodons

“This article processing charge is to cover the costs of peer review, copyediting, typesetting, long-term archiving, and journal management.”

OK, it’s good that MDPI explicitly say what the #APCs are (supposedly) needed for. However:

– #peerreview is done for free, only the *management* of the peer review is done by the #publisher.
– Copyediting? What copyediting?
– Typesetting? There are LaTeX and Word templates, the #typesetting is done by the authors, for free.
– Long-term archiving is done by the national library.

So, what remains is “journal management,” i.e., counting the money.

Introducing the first alpha release of Mastodon 3.11 for Workgroups!

Available for Windows 95

"Mastodon is just like email."
Like email? So I use Microsoft Outlook?
"Use WHAT"

(Tools -> Account Settings -> RSS Feeds -> New -> https://mastodon.social/@Gargron.rss)

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Maybe you all know this already but twitter allowed academics who are otherwise marginalised by white, male hieracrchies to enjoy reach and visibility. (Yes, I count myself as a beneficiary here).

For many who have 'odd' names that don't get cited as much, or people who cannot travel to present talks easily, or are not invited as often or speak in unfamiliar accents, it was a chance to let their work and message speak for itself.

We'll need to reclaim that possibility for everyone. #Academic

https://de.statista.com/infografik/28776/geschaetzte-anzahl-der-von-twitter-beschaeftigten-arbeitnehmerinnen/ #riptwitter

Twitter fällt auseinander.

Berit Glanz macht in ihrem tollen Newsletter eine persönliche Rückschau auf Twitters Größe & Elend. Mit Memes. Ich habe Twitter sehr geliebt, aber ich merke, wie schnell ich mich davon weg entwickle & Multi-Plattform-Userin werde. Aber auch generell sind wir wohl gerade an einem Digitalplattformen-Kipppunkt angekommen, es kracht ja aller Orten.
https://open.substack.com/pub/beritmiriam/p/uber-twitterhimmel-und-twitterholle?r=2jfbt&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

Guten Morgen!

@jayrosen_nyu I *used* twitter as a chronological news feed; subscribing to journalists and news agencies that I trust. Not sure where to move next...wait for Mastodon to reach a similar adoption, go back to [mostly dead] RSS, or just start subscribing to substacks.

It’s finally out now: @CerstinMahlow and my #DocEng2022 position paper on “Academic writing and publishing beyond documents.”

https://doi.org/10.1145/3558100.3563840

#DocumentEngineering #scholarlyPublishing