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   Ruth Malan (ruthmalan@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 01:41:03 JST Ruth Malan

   • Yvonne Lam

   We're discussing "Programming as Theory Building," by Peter Naur, (on zoom) today!!

   Join us? 1-2pm Eastern Time (followed by "hallway chat).

   Discussion will be led by @yvonnezlam

   Paper: https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~remzi/Naur.pdf

   Sign up (for access): https://ti.to/bredemeyer/naurtheorybuildingaug2024

   #PapersInSystems

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     Ruth Malan (ruthmalan@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 01:41:02 JST Ruth Malan

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     • Yvonne Lam

     “Hypothesis: people think code is a better boundary object than it often is” — @yvonnezlam

     Source: https://x.com/yvonnezlam/status/1350959871919845376

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     Ruth Malan (ruthmalan@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 01:41:02 JST Ruth Malan

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     • Yvonne Lam

     Then of course, one has to go following @yvonnezlam down various (productive!) rabbit holes — like:

     “ This is Not a Boundary Object: Reflections on the Origin of a Concept”
     by Susan Leigh Star

     http://www.worldpece.org/sites/default/files/artifacts/media/pdf/0162243910377624.pdf

     And

     “Boundary Negotiating Artifacts: Unbinding the Routine of Boundary Objects and Embracing Chaos in Collaborative Work”
     by Charlotte Lee

     https://depts.washington.edu/csclab/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Lee-2007.pdf

     Bill repeated this.
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     Ruth Malan (ruthmalan@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 01:41:02 JST Ruth Malan

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     • Yvonne Lam

     Alternately put: join us! For discussion about theory building, and programming as theory building, and related, led by the amazing @yvonnezlam with contributions from you and other lovely people!

     It’s a fun format that integrates insights and connections from everyone

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     Ruth Malan (ruthmalan@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 01:41:03 JST Ruth Malan

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     • Yvonne Lam

     “Come for the programming as theory building! Bring your stories about programming to wrong theories!”
     — @yvonnezlam

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     Ruth Malan (ruthmalan@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Aug-2024 01:41:03 JST Ruth Malan

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     Connecting dots:

     “It’s developer’s (mis)understanding [..] that gets released in production”

     — Alberto Brandolini

     Source (2017): https://x.com/dechampsgu/status/857924498280124416

     Matthew Lyon repeated this.