half of the next thing

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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=8yns694E5Qg

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HALFOF THE

NEXTTHING

What Do You Know, Sydney, 2014.04.03Ben Buchanan / @200okpublicweblog.200ok.com.au

WWW =THENEXTTHING

WWW =THENEXTTHING

THENEXTTHING

WWW =THENEXTTHING

THENEXTTHING

THENEXTTHING

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!

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