Cat HicksApr 17, 2025

That piece of writing I was talking about finishing that I was equally proud of and scared to post because I love it? Here it is.

I am starting a new project, it is A Newsletter, and it is About Tech, but it is a very different tech newsletter.

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Why I Cannot Be Technical

With some regularity, kind-hearted Technical people tell me that I Can Be Technical, Too. This usually happens when I’m asking us to define what we’re calling technical in a software environment. I understand why it happens. I am a psychologist of software environments and that is something of

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@grimalkina I didn’t understand this essay until I read the HackerNews vitriolic comments about it, now I understand perfectly
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@grimalkina to summarize:

“This article is hard to follow because it’s not technical enough!”

Yes, exactly, it’s about a human experience

Show threadCat HicksApr 17, 2025
@mattsains 🙏🙏🙏
Show threadCat HicksApr 17, 2025
@mattsains there's a great strategy in learning ("the spacing effect") that takes advantage of the fact that we encode better and deeper understanding when we learn things in contrasts (e.g. seeing one thing then a very different thing in the same overall category) rather than many examples of the exact same (like in "cramming" strategies for studying). Anyway nice spacing effect here maybe 😂
Show threadUlrike HahnApr 17, 2025
@mattsains @grimalkina I shouldn‘t have looked….
Show threadTrisha Lynn 🇵🇭 🇺🇸 🇨🇦Apr 17, 2025
@mattsains @grimalkina I have never been tempted to go to what my spouse called "the Horrible Orange Website" but I am now.