May 2012
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Today, many programmers believe that this complexity is best managed by using only a small set of well-understood techniques in their programs. They have composed strict rules about the form programs should have, and the more zealous among them will denounce those who break these rules as bad programmers.
What hostility to the richness of programming! To try to reduce it to something straightforward and predictable, to place a taboo on all the weird and beautiful programs. The landscape of programming techniques is enormous, fascinating in its diversity, still largely unexplored. It is certainly littered with traps and snares, luring the inexperienced programmer into all kinds of horrible mistakes, but that only means you should proceed with caution, keep your wits about you. As you learn, there will always be new challenges, new territory to explore. The programmer who refuses to keep exploring will surely stagnate, forget his joy, lose the will to program (and become a manager).
” —Introduction — Eloquent JavaScript
“Recently I saw somebody asked a question in a forum, the question is “Which programming language should I learn first?”. Then someone answered this question. His answer:
Depends.
To program in an expressive and powerful language: Python
To get a website up quickly: PHP
To mingle with programmers who call themselves “rockstars”: Ruby.
To really learn to program: C.
To achieve enlightenment: Scheme.
To feel depressed: SQL
To drop a chromosome: Microsoft Visual Basic
To get a guaranteed, mediocre, but well paying job writing financial applications in a cubicle under fluorescent lights: Java.
To do the same thing with certifications and letters after your name: C#
To achieve a magical sense of childlike wonder that you have a hard time differentiating from megalomania: Objective C
I could go on… but I’m not feeling hateful enough today.
I don’t know whether you agree with him or not. According to his logic, I can add one to this
If you want to say fxxk everyday—JavaScript
To be a god which can do everything—Assembly
source: http://pixelstech.net/article/index.php?id=1335686357” —arums: Which programming language should I learn first? (via lifeandcode)
Depends.
To program in an expressive and powerful language: Python
To get a website up quickly: PHP
To mingle with programmers who call themselves “rockstars”: Ruby.
To really learn to program: C.
To achieve enlightenment: Scheme.
To feel depressed: SQL
To drop a chromosome: Microsoft Visual Basic
To get a guaranteed, mediocre, but well paying job writing financial applications in a cubicle under fluorescent lights: Java.
To do the same thing with certifications and letters after your name: C#
To achieve a magical sense of childlike wonder that you have a hard time differentiating from megalomania: Objective C
I could go on… but I’m not feeling hateful enough today.
I don’t know whether you agree with him or not. According to his logic, I can add one to this
If you want to say fxxk everyday—JavaScript
To be a god which can do everything—Assembly
source: http://pixelstech.net/article/index.php?id=1335686357” —arums: Which programming language should I learn first? (via lifeandcode)
“But the entropy of digital has shifted the way we think about every tool and workflow methodology now. Accomplished artists move (by necessity) from dye transfer to inkjet prints. From big camera film to micro four thirds. Adobe upends the production universe by pricing “to own” software, resident on your machine, sky high while offering to rent it to you at a lower price, in the “cloud.” We’re moving from the 19th century concept that owning the tools of production is paramount to creating value and wealth. We’re moving from a craft mentality which demanded a long and detailed mastery of all areas of a discipline into a post-craft world where the latest apps and styles take cultural precedence over perfectionism. Witness “Instagram and be there!”
—Everything has changed. Including the way we interface with our gear.
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“For the presentations, the students had to organize their thoughts and put together a cohesive presentation and communicate what they’re trying to do,” Mara says. “I think that’s something that’s always lacking in design schools today.”
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The Color of Change: Can Colorful Images Help Solve Social Problems? - Design - GOOD
golly gee. I really just wish someone would teach me how to design communication.
“Team members chose the color red, in part because it’s a homophone to the past-tense verb “read.”
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The Color of Change: Can Colorful Images Help Solve Social Problems? - Design - GOOD
so brilliant I can’t believe it!
“When asked why they went brown, companies are transparent: The color “symbolizes” eco-friendliness. Brown paper products have been shown to make people “feel like they were doing something good for the environment.” Consumers need “visual differentiation” to know which products are environmentally sound. It’s not even so important that a product be brown, just “that it’s not white.”
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Brownwashing: Why Green Consumers Buy Brown Things - Lifestyle - GOOD
this is so gross.
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