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The Joy of Programming

October 3rd, 2007 4 Comments

I was 35 when I started to program. And immediately I loved it. It was as if a part of my brain that had been locked away could suddenly cavort in the broad daylight of ongoing life.
Having developed other skills and burnt though other passions, I was self-conscious about the joys of programming; I […]

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complexity v. simplicity, Take 153

July 19th, 2006 2 Comments

Inspired by Chang Heavy Industries, I’ve been experimenting with RSVP (Rapid Serial Visual Presentation), which flashes words or images in a rapid sequence.
So I’ve been wondering, what kind of picture is grasped most readily–a line drawing or a bitmap?
The research indicates that our minds turn the continuous bitmap known as seeing into a series of […]

Tags: interface · random