Category Archives: Technical writing
An average too much
A colleague of mine, Luigi Laura, reports a recent example of statistical ignorance. In the flurry of newspaper articles about the VW scandal, one of those, published on an Italian newspaper (and a very important one, poor us...), reported the statistics … Continue reading
Down with compulsive code writers
In my classes I often refer to people who are faster at writing code than thinking as compulsive code writers. Therefore, I strongly agree with the opinions expressed in this article by Jeff Atwood appeared on the New York Daily News. Getting … Continue reading
Fake papers and real conferences
A couple of weeks ago I was refereeing some papers for a conference. Amidst the bunch of regular papers (some very good, some good, some borderline, and some to be rejected), there were two that left me puzzled. They were … Continue reading
