ON COMICS AND CODE
A brief reflection on comics and coding. Includes images!
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I've always liked artistic expression. Expressing myself
with text, image, and color is what eventually led me into
web design, which led me to wherever the heck I am know. At
some point down that road, I learned about Why the Lucky
Stiff's guide to Ruby. Learning is a funny thing, because I
didn't actually pick up much about Ruby from that book. It's
a great introduction to the language, but it isn't the
language itself that interested me. See, Why's book is an
unconventional introduction to the language. It's full of
stories, jokes, made-up characters, comics, and wacky ways
of thinking about syntax. As I read the book, what I got
instead was a sense of wonder about how someone could be so
moved by a computer programming language that they'd fill
their book with these uncommon acts of appreciation. Why's
sense of wonder about Ruby changed me. Seeing his drawings
and comics and delightful way of thinking about languages
left a deep impression on my mind and my heart. I'm trying
to carry some of his ideas forward as I set out on my own
journy of art, design, and computation.
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