A few years back I stumbled across the code on the cob series of articles over at www.gamedev.net. One article that particularly intrigued me was the one relating to programming 'stages'. In it, the author (Chris Hargrove), describes how he believes that there are specific moments throughout a programmers career where they fundamentally...
Over the years, I've come to realize that the analytical psychology of programming has spilled over into other forms of engineering disciplines. It seems whenever I have the time, money, and energy I wind up taking on pet projects that typically solves problems but more often are motivated by wanting to learn. Not long after getting my...
Do you think that there is any correlation between being a programmer for an extended amount of time and a permanent restructuring of the way we think in general? I've noticed some generalizations: Many non-programming people speak in a very ambiguous way. Almost to a frustrating degree. Programmers tend to think in concrete terms....
I'm the only programmer at work. A result of downsizing, I have to work on programs that have been created/maintained by many different past programmers. When I look at the code in some of them, I shudder to think that I worked with these people and they produced code like that. Now if I sound big headed and demeaning, well, I'm tryin...
Does anyone think that coding can be integrated in some way with the philosophies of meditation and yoga where there is a strong focus on breathing properly and keeping your mind focused and being very aware? It seems like a lot of time when I'm coding there are several psychological barriers for me like being irritated when I might for...
I am trying to write a code that will show an accelerating wheel. As long as the user presses 'a' the wheel should accelerate counterclockwise. The thing is that it turns in the right direction but it doesn't accelerate. This is the code I am using (in PTB-3 and Windows XP): img=imread('c:\images.jpg'); [yimg,ximg,z]=size(img); rot_...