Computing: The Science of Nearly Everything

Here are the most popular posts of 2015*; as always, a combination of research, education, policy and general ranting. Most of my visitors came from the UK, with the US and Germany not far behind (157 countries in total), with the majority of referrals coming from Twitter and Facebook. The busiest day of the year was 28 November, with lots of traffic to this post from 2013.

Top five posts (only 14 this year, 286 in total):

1. The Art of Programming
2. A set of books to read in 2015
3. Paper submitted to CAV 2015: “Dear CAV, We Need to Talk About Reproducibility”
4. New paper: “Top Tips to Make Your Research Irreproducible”
5. Digital Competencies in the new Curriculum for Wales

Nothing of particular interest in the search terms this year; however, I am delighted to be the fourth hit on Google for the wonderful phrase “eddies in the space time continuum”…

Thank you all for reading! See you back here in 2016.

*also see best of: 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Here are the most popular posts of 2014*; as always, a combination of research, CS education, programming, science policy and cathartic moaning. Most of my visitors came from the UK, with the US and Germany not far behind (168 countries in all). The busiest day of the year was 14 January, with lots of traffic to this post from last December.

Top five posts (71 this year, 272 overall):

1. Five Programming Top Tips (from a seven year old)
2. Paper submitted to Recomputability 2014: “Share and Enjoy”: Publishing Useful and Usable Scientific Models
3. New A Levels in Computer Science from 2015
4. FuckIt.py: The Python Error Steamroller
5. What Superman III teaches us about programming

The most common search term was once again: “feynman algorithm”; the most bizarre: “big boobs gpg image” (most likely referring to this post from 2012).

Thank you all for reading! See you back here in 2015.

*also see best of: 2013, 2012, 2011

Here are the most popular posts of 2013*; most of my visitors came from the UK, with the US and India not far behind (163 countries in all). The busiest day of the year was 18 November, with lots of traffic to this post from the day before.

Top five posts (47 this year, 192 overall):

1. A set of top Computer Science Education blogs
2. The ICT Steering Group’s Report to the Welsh Government
3. Grant applications, early 20th century style
4. We’ve sold Computer Science, now we have to sell what it means to be a Computer Scientist…
5. The Guardian Higher Education Network: Academic blogging — 10 top tips

The most common search term was “feynman problem solving algorithm”; the most bizarre: “isuseragoat”.

Thank you all for reading! See you back in 2014.

*also see best of: 2012, 2011

Here are the most popular posts of 2012*; most of my visitors came from the US, with the UK and Canada not far behind (169 countries in all). The busiest day of the year was 8 May, with lots of traffic to the top post listed below.

Top five posts (73 this year, 139 overall):

1. A set of top Computer Science blogs
2. Programming is the start not the end: let’s develop computational thinking and problem solving skills
3. Academia vs. Industry
4. Microsoft’s 0xB16B00B5
5. Strategic Information Pack: teaching Computer Science in schools in Wales

The most common search term was “0xB16B00B5”; the most bizarre: “recreational scolding“.

Thank you all for reading! See you back in 2013.

*also see best of: 2011