(I'm not really making a point here, but wanted to note the thought down anyway.)
Driven home to me this week has been the shortcomings of informatics in academia.
It is all about insularity.
From one side, as discussed this week at the HCT Seminar by Ann Light, is that the common debates we may have (such as the ramifications of RFID tags or smart houses for the elderly) never seem to reach everyday people.
In reverse, new advances elsewhere are not taken up in teaching, as was realised when we found ourselves explaining the concept of Test Driven Development to the third-year undergraduate I am co-supervising. Why is this not taught? Or even mentioned? (In the same vein, why has he used waterfall in three projects, yet never heard of agile...)
Ho hum.
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