Saturday, January 10, 2009

Basking in Maltese

Andy's a programming genius! I have almost all the items we need now for BOTH experiments on Maltese selected and organized into prime-target pairs according to priming condition and distributed evenly among the four verbal classes we're using. I am experiencing a sense of relief that has been almost unknown in the past month and a half. I've also come to the realization that programming is one of the most valuable skills a psycholinguist could have (or, alternatively, that having a programmer for a partner is a really good idea).

Aside from wanting to learn programming, I'm also basking in the fact that for now, we are ahead of the curve. Who knows what bumps lay ahead; given our experience, anything is possible, and we'll cope with it all, but this post is dedicated to this beautiful sense of relief and productivity. Thanks, Andy! You're the best.

5 Comments:

Blogger Mike said...

I'm definitely going to assign this post for 408/508!

:)

3:56 PM  
Blogger Adam Ussishkin said...

Sounds good! But be sure to read my latest post, it's bad news :(

3:06 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

I'm with you on the programming remark. Alas, easier said than done.

11:45 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I agree about programming: I can't imagine working on my strong verbs (yes, they're mine, they belong to me ;-)) without a basic command of Perl.

Sorry to hear about the setbacks. :-(

5:33 PM  
Blogger Adam Ussishkin said...

Hadas, you are so right about the programming :)

Thanks, Sherrylyn! And good luck with your strong verbs!

12:46 AM  

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