I think we need to start a new Compassionate Programming movement to go with our new beloved President Bush's Compassionate Conservatism.
Principles:
* Local control, not management control. Programmers know how to use resources better than managers, so managers should just give them free soda and pizza and get out of the way!
* Inclusion. Why should just peoople who know how to program be hired to write software? We should foster a new attitude that anyone can write software, as long as they really want to. Just give them free soda and pizza!
* Smaller management. Big management is obviously less efficient than small management. So lets put those managers on diets!
Always remeber, you can love you computer, just don't LOVE your computer, if you know what I mean.
Hey Steve! I did my first programming in second grade with Logo on the classic Apple II. It was pure joy and I consider it a good day now if I feel as satisfied after a day of programming. What do you think is a good language or computing environment to get kids interested in programming today? Are people still using Logo to introduce kids to programming? Do you think it is more or less important in the world today to introduce kids not just to computers but to programming? Thanks and keep up the good work! Alex
There is a really fascinating chunk in Neal's In the Beginning... essay about Disney's perfection of "mediated reality". I won't even try to summarize, but everyone on/. should read In the Beginning anyways.
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I think we need to start a new Compassionate Programming movement to go with our new beloved President Bush's Compassionate Conservatism. Principles: * Local control, not management control. Programmers know how to use resources better than managers, so managers should just give them free soda and pizza and get out of the way! * Inclusion. Why should just peoople who know how to program be hired to write software? We should foster a new attitude that anyone can write software, as long as they really want to. Just give them free soda and pizza! * Smaller management. Big management is obviously less efficient than small management. So lets put those managers on diets! Always remeber, you can love you computer, just don't LOVE your computer, if you know what I mean.
Hey Steve! I did my first programming in second grade with Logo on the classic Apple II. It was pure joy and I consider it a good day now if I feel as satisfied after a day of programming. What do you think is a good language or computing environment to get kids interested in programming today? Are people still using Logo to introduce kids to programming? Do you think it is more or less important in the world today to introduce kids not just to computers but to programming? Thanks and keep up the good work! Alex
There is a really fascinating chunk in Neal's In the Beginning... essay about Disney's perfection of "mediated reality". I won't even try to summarize, but everyone on /. should read In the Beginning anyways.