The great photographer Garry Winogrand said, ""I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed"". he genius of his work lies in his phenomenal powers of attention – his ability to see. Seeing is a deliberate act. What do programmers “see”? How well do we do it?
In this talk, Daniele Procida (Director of Engineering at Canonical) asks us what is is that programmers ""see"", and whether they do it well. He questions whether the world of software development is so full of intention that we fail to pay attention. For example: why is it that a story or photograph can be about something, but we never hear of a computer program that is about something? Is it not possible? Or have we just missed it? We’re all familiar with love poems and love songs – could a ""love program"" exist? What would it look like?
In this session, Daniele aims to answer these questions ina way that connects programming to our understanding and appreciation of the world in our arts – not necessarily with the view of making us better programmers, but of making us more interesting ones.
About Daniele Procida
Daniele is a long-standing contributor to communities, events and projects in the Python/Django world, including several editions of African PyCons.He is a director of engineering at Canonical, where he leads documentation practice.
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