What Engineers Want – A Rebuttal to the 501 Manifesto

I’ve had a chance this week to talk about what drives Engineers. Really, what makes us tick. Why do we do this stuff we do, often for a lot of hours every day. I think it’s three key things:

Engineers want:

1. To build things

2. That help people

3. That actually get used

I’d [...]

MultiAlien Free to Celebrate SatDef Release

MultiAlien – an old-school arcade game that’s space invaders meets times tables flash cards – is FREE to celebrate the release of SatDef, my new game that’s more missile command with big explosions!

Download MultiAlien today!

The Problem with Math in Middle Schools

I talked to a teacher this morning – a random encounter – that has really got me thinking. She said that middle schoolers are impacted doing math problems in the classroom because they cannot do enough problems to really learn the problem solution approach. Why? Because it takes the kids so long to just remember [...]