Ned Batchelder

Ned Batchelder's personal web site, blog, writings, software, math, parenting, autism

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How to Be Helpful Online

2020154 points57 comments Life, Learning & Writing details

Helping people online is difficult. We expect technical questions and discussions, but everyone involved are just people, so it doesn’t always go smoothly.

The myth of the myth of learning styles

2023140 points104 comments Life, Learning & Writing details

“Four different learning styles” has been debunked, but learners still have to learn how they learn, and choose the paths and materials that are right for them.

Pragmatic Unicode

2012cited by 10Software Engineering details

Unicode can be confusing. Here’s a “just the facts I need” presentation about how to handle it correctly.