Jacob Christensen

Blogbogstaver has a useful collection inspired by the recent exchange of opinions over the artistic value of crime novels written by women.

If you want more, Politiken had an editorial covering the same issue on Saturday.

• Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science – Some unsolicited advice to teaching assistants, prompted by a question about sketching on the computer
  My advice is: take the time you were going to put into these handouts, and instead spend it supervising the students in active learning: mostly working in pairs or small groups on homework or homework-like problems.
  (tags: teaching academic education)
• Brad deLong: Paul Krugman Recommends Floyd Norris Today
  The new financial system is not the one the Fed was created to deal with, but it is the one it must try to handle.
  (tags: economics policy finance usa)
• TUAW – Hands On with the Apple Keyboard
  It’s just not my thing. If I got one with an iMac, I’d probably use it and learn to love it. But using it for the 20 minutes or so I did yesterday didn’t convince me to replace the keyboard I’ve got now
  (tags: Apple mac hardware reviews)