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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