Comments on: Short documentary about The Art of Creative Coding http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/short-documentary-about-the-ar.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 07:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Mark Schonewille http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/short-documentary-about-the-ar.html#comment-1626388 Mark Schonewille Sat, 12 Jan 2013 10:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205138#comment-1626388 I watched the first 2  minutes of the movie, read some comments and the text below the movie. I still think that this is about programmers who are creative. What _IS_ "the art of creative coding"?! Is it a programme? A set of libraries? Looking at the movie, I get to think Creative Coding is a bunch of television screens with cool-looking animations fit for MTV. Guys, whenever you publish a website, start your text with a definition of what you offer on that website. Such as... "This is an article about Creative Coding. Creative Coding is..." That's how marketing people reach programmers. I watched the first 2  minutes of the movie, read some comments and the text below the movie. I still think that this is about programmers who are creative. What _IS_ “the art of creative coding”?! Is it a programme? A set of libraries? Looking at the movie, I get to think Creative Coding is a bunch of television screens with cool-looking animations fit for MTV.
Guys, whenever you publish a website, start your text with a definition of what you offer on that website. Such as… “This is an article about Creative Coding. Creative Coding is…” That’s how marketing people reach programmers.

]]> By: artao http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/short-documentary-about-the-ar.html#comment-1626271 artao Sat, 12 Jan 2013 05:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205138#comment-1626271 LOL Has anyone else noticed how the placement of YouTuber's standard 'Play' button makes the logo appear to read as "The Pot Of Creative Coding" ?? heh heh LOL Has anyone else noticed how the placement of YouTuber’s standard ‘Play’ button makes the logo appear to read as “The Pot Of Creative Coding” ??
heh heh

]]> By: LightningRose http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/short-documentary-about-the-ar.html#comment-1625593 LightningRose Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205138#comment-1625593  I think you need to take your sarcasm meter into the shop for re-calibration.  I think you need to take your sarcasm meter into the shop for re-calibration.

]]> By: Gizzy http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/short-documentary-about-the-ar.html#comment-1625466 Gizzy Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205138#comment-1625466 Holy crap... The Cinder C++ Library is a 165MB file... zipped!! That's huge! Holy crap… The Cinder C++ Library is a 165MB file… zipped!! That’s huge!

]]> By: David Haddad http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/short-documentary-about-the-ar.html#comment-1625447 David Haddad Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205138#comment-1625447  The art of birdcalls.  The art of birdcalls.

]]> By: prof_jellis http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/short-documentary-about-the-ar.html#comment-1625426 prof_jellis Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205138#comment-1625426 Am I the only person who misread this title as The Art of Creative Cooing?  I thought it was some kind of goofy relationship guide that bb was skewering.  Now that I'm awake, coffeed and wearing the good glasses, I'll think about programming.  SMOOCH! Am I the only person who misread this title as The Art of Creative Cooing?  I thought it was some kind of goofy relationship guide that bb was skewering.  Now that I’m awake, coffeed and wearing the good glasses, I’ll think about programming.  SMOOCH!

]]> By: CH http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/short-documentary-about-the-ar.html#comment-1625367 CH Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205138#comment-1625367 Uncreative programmers? It might not be your kind of creativity, but that doesn't mean that programming doesn't requires a lot of creativity. Uncreative programmers? It might not be your kind of creativity, but that doesn’t mean that programming doesn’t requires a lot of creativity.

]]> By: CH http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/short-documentary-about-the-ar.html#comment-1625364 CH Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205138#comment-1625364 I'm quite surprised at the "Naturally most of the class laughed". To me that would be just incredibly sad. I wouldn't even put it as something only for gifted developers. I would have it as a requirement for any good developer, to be able to appreciate beautiful code. Or formulas... or solutions... or... I’m quite surprised at the “Naturally most of the class laughed”. To me that would be just incredibly sad.

I wouldn’t even put it as something only for gifted developers. I would have it as a requirement for any good developer, to be able to appreciate beautiful code. Or formulas… or solutions… or…

]]> By: kmoser http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/short-documentary-about-the-ar.html#comment-1625321 kmoser Fri, 11 Jan 2013 05:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205138#comment-1625321 At last! The artists have finally wrested control of coding away from the clutches of those dull, uncreative programmers and made it available to the rest of us--as it was always meant to be. At last! The artists have finally wrested control of coding away from the clutches of those dull, uncreative programmers and made it available to the rest of us–as it was always meant to be.

]]> By: Matt Painter http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/short-documentary-about-the-ar.html#comment-1625215 Matt Painter Fri, 11 Jan 2013 01:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205138#comment-1625215 I had an undergraduate lecturer once who referred to a particular piece of recursion as "beautiful". Naturally most of the class laughed, but the beauty - as he described it - was in its elegance. I firmly believe that what sets apart good developers from gifted developers is an aesthetic understanding of one's code - where rather than the aesthetic being purely visual  (brace styles and comment styles aside), it is manifested by appreciation of structure and elegance. That, for me, is the art of creative coding. I had an undergraduate lecturer once who referred to a particular piece of recursion as “beautiful”. Naturally most of the class laughed, but the beauty – as he described it – was in its elegance.

I firmly believe that what sets apart good developers from gifted developers is an aesthetic understanding of one’s code – where rather than the aesthetic being purely visual  (brace styles and comment styles aside), it is manifested by appreciation of structure and elegance. That, for me, is the art of creative coding.

]]> By: David Haddad http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/short-documentary-about-the-ar.html#comment-1625063 David Haddad Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205138#comment-1625063 While the projects they highlighted are indeed quite interesting, I would take issue with their framing of "creative coding" as a primarily visual medium. They focused on the program these coders created, rather than the underlying implementation. In the first segment, the speaker praised Processing for not requiring the programmer to know the meaning of every line of code. I'd regard creative coding to be the opposite of this: knowing not only what every line does, but having combined them in a truly inspired way. I admit that all this would be difficult to fit into five minutes and would have really dull visuals, but I can dream, can't I? While the projects they highlighted are indeed quite interesting, I would take issue with their framing of “creative coding” as a primarily visual medium. They focused on the program these coders created, rather than the underlying implementation.

In the first segment, the speaker praised Processing for not requiring the programmer to know the meaning of every line of code.
I’d regard creative coding to be the opposite of this: knowing not only what every line does, but having combined them in a truly inspired way.

I admit that all this would be difficult to fit into five minutes and would have really dull visuals, but I can dream, can’t I?

]]> By: peregrinus http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/short-documentary-about-the-ar.html#comment-1625053 peregrinus Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=205138#comment-1625053 Total love. Total love.

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