Frank Hecker

Resident of Howard County, Maryland, systems engineer, and occasional blogger

Math Academy, part 5: Product features

I look at the technical feautures of the Math Academy system as touted by its creators.

2025-02-12 · 16 min · Frank Hecker

Math Academy, part 4: Addressing objections

I look at various objections Math Academy prospects might have, and how they can supposedly be addressed.

2025-02-11 · 7 min · Frank Hecker

Math Academy, part 3: The sales pitch

I try to figure out what Math Academy is selling and why anyone should buy it.

2025-02-10 · 10 min · Frank Hecker

Math Academy, part 2: A skeptical prospect

I start my exploration of Math Academy with a jaundiced view of its prospects.

2025-02-09 · 7 min · Frank Hecker

Math Academy, part 1: My eigenvector embarassment

I start a series of posts on Math Academy and its system for learning mathematics.

2025-02-08 · 4 min · Frank Hecker

Reflections on a new year

I look back to 2024 and forward to 2025

2025-01-01 · 3 min · Frank Hecker

The survival of art and artists

How will art and artists survive in the log-normally-distributed economy of attention?

2024-12-30 · 5 min · Frank Hecker

Subvert, the would-be “Mondragon of Music”

A new venture seeks to become a “collectively owned Bandcamp successor.”

2024-10-20 · 6 min · Frank Hecker

Until we meet again

I say goodbye to Cohost.

2024-09-29 · 2 min · Frank Hecker

What makes an American an American?

I push back on Joshua Treviño’s attempt to dismiss the propositions that made America America, and Americans Americans.

2024-08-07 · 14 min · Frank Hecker