Session 2 Readings and Responses

The readings and responses listed here should take you approximately 60 minutes.

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1. Learning Fluency by Turing alum Sara Simon (30 min)

Your key take-aways OR how you're going to implement specific points (minimum 3):
Building software is half strategy and half improvisation
Understanding does not always lead to fluency, and simply having an eager imagination does not always pass as a shortcut for putting in the hard work.
The disregard of rote memorization is a failure of imagination.

2. How to Use Google to Solve Your Programming Questions by Coding in Flow (15 min)

Your key take-aways OR how you're going to implement specific points (minimum 3):
Narrowing the time span, because information can be changed. Using set the time span in the “Tools” menu under the search box helps to find new changes.
Using quotation marks to search for specific phrases. When you put quotation marks around text, it will search for that exact phrase.
Excluding words with “-“. Google has possibility to exclude words from the search by putting a minus (-) in front of them.

3. Do Experienced Programmers Use Google Frequently? by Umer Mansoor (10 min)

Your key take-aways OR how you're going to implement specific points (minimum 2):
Experienced (and good) programmers use Google a lot and more than the beginners.
Good programmers also know that they cannot be the first one to have encountered a problem. They use Google to research possible solutions, carefully evaluating the results and consciously separating the wheat from the chaff; they don’t blindly follow or copy-paste any solution they come across.

4. 20 Google Search Tips to Use Google More Efficiently by Joseph Hindy (15 min)

Briefly describe (in your own words) each of the tips below AND provide an example of a search that captures the sentiment of the tip: Use the tabs. Exp: find "mountain wallpapers" in tab "images"
Tip 2: Use quotes to find a specific information. Exp: "yellow mustang gt 2018"
Tip 3: Use a hyphen to exclude words. Exp: "Animals -zoo"
Tip 4: Use a colon to search specific sites. Exp: "Florida site:nytimes.com";
Tip 9: Search for multiple words at once. Exp: "pancakes OR french toast"
Tip 13: Use words that websites would use. Exp: "My computer doesn't work" --> "Repair a computer"
Tip 14: Use important words only. Exp: "Where can I wash my car and don't spend a lot of money" ---> "Cheapest car wash"
Tip 17: Use descriptive words. Exp: "no internet" --> "Troubleshoot internet connection"

5. Questions/Comments/Confusions

If you have any questions, comments, or confusions from any of the readings that you would an instructor to address, list them below: