Download - Growing next generation
Hardware Hacking with your KidsOr: Growing the Next Generationof Open Source developers
Dave Neary, Red [email protected]@nearyd
Title slide growth, the next generation, plus name, employer, email, Twitter handle
It was 20 years ago todaySgt Peppers taught the band to play
It was 20 years ago today... Sgt Peppers
Linux 22 years old, FSF 28 years old, Emacs is ~37 years old
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Linux: 22 years old
2000-12-18 Daniel Egger
* plug-ins/ifcompose/ifscompose.c:Added patch from David Neary to fix calulations. Fixes bug #9156.
2000-12-18 Daniel Egger
* plug-ins/ifcompose/ifscompose.c:Added patch from David Neary to fix calulations. Fixes bug #9156.
2000-12-18 Daniel Egger
* plug-ins/ifcompose/ifscompose.c:Second attempt from David Neary which should workbetter.
There are two difficult problems in computer science:
My first patch 1999
+ my 2nd patch off by one error correction
There are two difficult problems in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off by one errors - Phil Karlton
There are two difficult problems in computer science:
* Cache invalidation
My first patch 1999
+ my 2nd patch off by one error correction
There are two difficult problems in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off by one errors - Phil Karlton
There are two difficult problems in computer science:
* Cache invalidation* Naming things
My first patch 1999
+ my 2nd patch off by one error correction
There are two difficult problems in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off by one errors - Phil Karlton
There are two difficult problems in computer science:
* Cache invalidation* Naming things* And off by one errors
(with thanks to Philip Karlton)
My first patch 1999
+ my 2nd patch off by one error correction
There are two difficult problems in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off by one errors - Phil Karlton
Getting old terrible memory airport car park photo+ hotel room photo
One good thing about getting old:Offspringyou canindoctrinate
Getting old but making babies
Survey how many people are parents? Have kids with them? Are fathers?Are mothers?
Thomas: 11
Paul: 8
Sean: 6
The world of computinghas evolved
Rememberthe TurboButton
First computer sizes off
[dneary@elrond src]$ tar xvfz gimp-1.1.119.tar.gz[dneary@elrond src]$ cd gimp-1.1.119[dneary@elrond gimp-1.1.119]$ ./configure prefix=/opt enable-gif enable-png...[dneary@elrond gimp-1.1.119]$ make...[dneary@elrond gimp-1.1.119]$ su -c make install...
Back in 1999: If you wanted a new piece of software, you did ./configure && make && make install
Where isuser freedom?
Learned helplessness
"Life can be much broader once you discoverone simple fact, and that is, everything around youthat you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you ... the minute that you understandthat you can poke life ... that you can change it,you can mould it ...
that's maybe the mostimportant thing."
Steve Jobs
Jobs video: this world was made by people no smarter than me, and I can change it - the world is a playground, we're visiting, and can improve it
Sharing is good
Want to teach kids the values of the free software community sharing, and control
Freedom is not having to ask permission.
6 tips forindoctrinatingyour kids inthe hacker way
Not covering programming (except to talk about Sugar a little).Light on electronics.Concentrating instead on giving them pleasure in making and building things, and a sense of controlLooking at preschool through to ~10 years oldWould love to spend time regularly in programming or electronics classes, but work, homework, play, family, running... - doing what we can
6. Creative toys
Creative toys
Kaplas
Lego, Kapla, Playmobil
Ikea train sets
Meccano
Meccano
Building blocks
5. Hackable livingspace
Hackable living space
It drives us crazy, but we give the kids a significant amount of control over their rooms. This is my son's room, with the clothesline we installed together holding his work
Whenever I make something around the house (and I am definitely not a home improvements guy!) I include the kids they painted this set of shelves...
...and this basketball ring
4. Grow a garden
Grow a garden
The kids all garden planting seeds in Spring, we transfer them together into the garden in May or June. The kids love having our own tomatoes, strawberries, courgettes, squashes, and it also learns the importance of maintenance our pepper plants does last year, this year we have no radishes and most of our salads were eaten...
3. Arts and crafts
Arts & crafts
Home-made costumes, lollipop sticks, teaching improvisation
Lollipop sticks
Scoubidous
2. Teaching electronics
Electronics
Small Arduino circuits
Soldering with Paul
Taking toys apart
Burnt finger
1. Coding literacy
Controloveryourenvironment
Questions?
Dave [email protected]@nearyd