But I think the fish-in-formaldehyde or crap-in-a-tin Is/Isn't art debate can be cleared up by saying this: There's two categories: in and out. I can attach a probe on your brain and measure brain waves (Outside) but to find out what you are thinking I have to ask you (Inside).
So if in every fibre of your being you have slaved and dedicated your energy to creating a feeling of elegance, illumination and clean-ness in Your code, then you're an Artist with his/her Art. (Inside)
If a number of users remark "hey, this system is clean, powerful, almost Beautifyl" then that's Art (Outside).
Neither category can be reduced to the other. Each is valid in it's own right.
jetson123 stuck a cord with me. As an average, semi-technical user, I was never bothered about MS, until I began feeling like I wasn't going to have a choice anymore about my software. I don't want WinCE on my mobile phone, or in my car breaks, and I don't want NT on my desktop -- as an architect I have some sensibility regarding tecnique and design, and MS stuff just seems to be poorly designed. Not terribly designed, just not the best either. I want my right to choose the best for me.
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Is it art, what's art? Wow, lofty questions.
But I think the fish-in-formaldehyde or crap-in-a-tin Is/Isn't art debate can be cleared up by saying this:
There's two categories: in and out.
I can attach a probe on your brain and measure brain waves (Outside) but to find out what you are thinking I have to ask you (Inside).
So if in every fibre of your being you have slaved and dedicated your energy to creating a feeling of elegance, illumination and clean-ness in Your code, then you're an Artist with his/her Art. (Inside)
If a number of users remark "hey, this system is clean, powerful, almost Beautifyl" then that's Art (Outside).
Neither category can be reduced to the other. Each is valid in it's own right.
jetson123 stuck a cord with me. As an average, semi-technical user, I was never bothered about MS, until I began feeling like I wasn't going to have a choice anymore about my software. I don't want WinCE on my mobile phone, or in my car breaks, and I don't want NT on my desktop -- as an architect I have some sensibility regarding tecnique and design, and MS stuff just seems to be poorly designed. Not terribly designed, just not the best either. I want my right to choose the best for me.