half of the next thing
DESCRIPTION
Some thoughts on learning new things when you work on the web - particularly things you don't think you can learn, or you're afraid to start learning. Some relevant links: Ueli Steck - The Swiss Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUWBbepsdmY Ueli Steck - A New Vision: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yns694E5QgTRANSCRIPT
HALFOF THE
NEXTTHING
What Do You Know, Sydney, 2014.04.03Ben Buchanan / @200okpublicweblog.200ok.com.au
WWW =THENEXTTHING
WWW =THENEXTTHING
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WWW =THENEXTTHING
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Common worries
There's so much
It's too different
Scared to admitI don't know
I'll never catch the ninjas
Be inspired to just start.
HA!
Play your own game.
Build on what you've
done.
Desire to learnSpark to startExisting knowledge
THENEXT THING
Desire to learnSpark to startExisting knowledge+ the actual work
THENEXT THING
PageMaker→ CSS+HTML→
JavaScript→AH
CSS+HTMLjQuery, JSPython, BashHA!
For every instance of Subhead 2, apply a style.(Also, PM would substitute fonts if the user didn't have them...)
h2 { color: #000; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;}
For every instance of H2, apply a style.
(Also, substitute fonts if the user doesn't have them...)
// TODO: never write code// this contrived againfunction contrived(c) { var class = c || "fallback"; $("h2").addClass(c);}contrived("classname");
For every instance of H2, apply a styleclass.
(Also, substitute class 'foo'if the user doesn't specify a class...)
CAVEAT!Concepts are similar not the same!
OK, that's code...
What about process?
Familiar?SpikesIterationLaunch
You know stuff.
Take your knowledge
forwards and add to it.
What doyou know?
Half of the next thing!