One of the techniques I use for my own technical education is to ask someone a question or present them with a problem, then think through the same issue while listening to them work it out. As it proceeds, I ask handfuls of Socratic questions. As I ask each question out loud, I answer it [...]

Have you checked out the Teaching Company? They sell complete college courses on CD and DVD. I recently went nuts and purchased seven or eight of their titles.
I thought I would listen to them in the car, but then a colleague showed me his iPod Shuffle (1gb version). It’s perfect for listening to the lectures. [...]

I know how to drive. I have a lot of experience as a driver. I’ve been a driver for 17 years or so. For me, driving has become easy. Now, that doesn’t necessarily mean very much. I have no experiences with stunt driving, NASCAR, or big rigs. Still, until recently I thought I had “ordinary [...]

I’ve been thinking about the general nature of technical explorations. Let me take a hack at describing them.
A technical exploration is a self-directed, cyclic process of problem identification and problem solving intended to fulfill some technical purpose. Technical exploration is influenced by resources, constraints, and stakeholders within the project environment. Technical exploration is a broad [...]