Kathy Sierra
 
 
 
 
Kathy自从开始设计游戏以来(她为Virgin、MGM、Amblin等都编写过游戏),一直对学习理论很感兴趣。Head First系列的大多数格式都出自她的手,具体来说,都是她在为UCLA Extension(加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校)的“Entertain ment Studies”研究项目教授“New Media Authoring”(新媒体创作)课程时完成的。
最近,她成为Sun公司的一名高级培训人员,负责教Sun的Java讲师如何讲授最新的Java技术,并参与开发了多个Sun的认证考试,其中就包括SCBCD考试。与Bert Bates一道,她积极地使用Head First概念来教成千上万的开发人员。她还是世界上最大的Java群体网站javeranch.com的创始人之一,这家网站赢得了2003年和2004年《软件开发》杂志生产力大奖。有时你还会看到她在Java Jam Geek Cruise(geekcruises.com)给学生上Java认证课程。
她最近从加州搬到了科罗拉多,在这里,她得学习一些新的词汇,包括“刨冰机”、“羊绒大衣”(译注),但是在这里的字典里找不到闪电两个字。喜欢的事:跑步、滑雪、滑板、和她养的冰岛马玩、以及怪力乱神的玩意儿。不喜欢:Entropy(混乱)。
你可以在javaranch.com找到她,偶而她也会出现在java.net的blog中。写给她的信可以寄到kathy@wickedlysmart.com。
译注: 加州会打雷,科罗拉多州会下雪。

Kathy从开始设计游戏(她为Virgin、MGM和Amblin等都编写过游戏)和开发AI应用以来,一直对学习理论很感兴趣。Head First系列的大多数格式都出自她之手,具体说来,都是她为UCLA Extension(加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校)的“EntertainmentaStudies”研究项目讲授“NewaMedia Interactivity”(新媒体交互)课程时完成的。最近,她成为Sun Microsystems公司的一名高级培训人员,负责教Sun的Java讲师如何讲授最新的Java技术,并参与开发了多个Sun的认证考试,其中就包括SCWCD考试。她与Bert Bates一道积极地使用Head First概念培训了成千上万的开发人员。她还是世界上最大的Java群体网站javaranch.com的创始人之一,这家网站赢得了2003和2004年《软件开发》杂志生产力大奖。她的爱好包括跑步、滑雪、骑马、玩滑板,还有超自然科学。Kathy has been interested in learning theory since her days as a game designer (she wrote games for Virgin,MGM,and Amblin').She developed much of the Head First format while teaching New Media Authoring for UCLA Extension's Entertainment Studies program.
More recently,she's been a master trainer for Sun Microsystems,teaching Sun's Java instructors how to teach the latest Java technologies,and developing several of Sun's certification exams.Together with Bert Bates,she has been actively using the Head First concepts to teach throusands of developers.Kathy is the founder of javaranch.com,which won a 2003 and 2004 Software Development magazine Jolt Cola Productivity Award.
You might catch her teaching Java on the Java Jam Geek Cruise (geekcruises.com).
She recently moved from California to Colorado,where she's had to learn new words like,"ice scraper" and "fleece",but the lightning there is fantastic.
Likes:running,skiing,skateboarding,playing with her Icelandic horse,and weird science.Dislikes:entropy.
You can find her on javaranch,or occasionally blogging on java.net.Write to her at kathy@wickedlysmart.com.