The Program
The Mayor of Mount Holly recently shared an inspiring video. It was of Douglas Rushkoff speaking at SXSW. Worth 6 minutes of your time.
The worldview he describes is to me, imminently clear and useful. To that end I've realized in my job and life that I want to be the higher order, the "programmer"; or if I'm not the one writing "the code", I can at least be conversant in its syntax, it's place in the ecosystem, its influences, it's flavors and be able to explain it, to anyone. Even more, be able to understand the ramifications of our architecture and our method to their world.
I've been trying to decide what I want to do with this blog. I landed on it sometime around 4:30am this morning. My job is really about being the interface between the real makers, our developers and designers, and the people who need stuff made; the business. My role is to help the non-makers understand the makers (and what gets made) and how and why it works, and how and why the business would need it or not need it.
So here, on this blog, I'll be learning in the open. I'll be sharing what I'm learning, and attempting to do so in a way that is in plain english and provides context, so that regardless of your technical understanding, you can understand it. It's practice for me in learning about and explaining things that I only superficially understand now. Maybe it will help some others understand and explain this stuff better as well.
