Comments on: James Bridle’s Working shop http://www.riglondon.com/blog/2012/06/17/james-bridles-working-shop/ Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:37:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Happenstance: putting people and technology first « The Digital R&D Fund for Arts and Culture http://www.riglondon.com/blog/2012/06/17/james-bridles-working-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-499 Happenstance: putting people and technology first « The Digital R&D Fund for Arts and Culture Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:30:30 +0000 http://www.riglondon.com/?p=423#comment-499 [...] Coding Club, which Natalia Buckley established, and James Bridle’s This is A Working Shop has helped demystify digital technology and coding,” says Honor. “It shows the team that [...] [...] Coding Club, which Natalia Buckley established, and James Bridle’s This is A Working Shop has helped demystify digital technology and coding,” says Honor. “It shows the team that [...]

]]> By: George Buckenham http://www.riglondon.com/blog/2012/06/17/james-bridles-working-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-498 George Buckenham Mon, 18 Jun 2012 09:50:31 +0000 http://www.riglondon.com/?p=423#comment-498 This is making me think of all the indie game devs who livestream their coding. Notch is the most highprofile, but I think, for example all of the Indie Buskers ( http://indiebuskers.net/ ) did as well. In their case, they were pitching the vent as making games for your entertainment -- how to make that more visible than by publicly transmitting the creation process. How easier to do that than to just live stream it. It has good knock-on effects for the audience, too. I know on HN there was plenty of wonderment and learning at Notch's use of live code reloading, to take just one example. Coding isn't a craft that's often transmitted "naturally", by observation. This is making me think of all the indie game devs who livestream their coding. Notch is the most highprofile, but I think, for example all of the Indie Buskers ( http://indiebuskers.net/ ) did as well. In their case, they were pitching the vent as making games for your entertainment — how to make that more visible than by publicly transmitting the creation process. How easier to do that than to just live stream it.

It has good knock-on effects for the audience, too. I know on HN there was plenty of wonderment and learning at Notch’s use of live code reloading, to take just one example. Coding isn’t a craft that’s often transmitted “naturally”, by observation.

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