Things You Love are Made with Code

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Post by yawz » Fri, Jun 20, 2014, 4:20 PM UTC

Things You Love are Made with Code
googleblog.blogspot.com

Re: Things You Love are Made with Code

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Post by judk » Fri, Jun 20, 2014, 5:07 PM UTC

Why does a feminist(?) blog have a logo that is a picture of a woman sticking out her butt with her hand on it?

Isn't that the atmosphere that contributes to "the gender gap in tech"?

Re: Things You Love are Made with Code

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Post by dang » Fri, Jun 20, 2014, 5:12 PM UTC

Url changed from http://www.themarysue.com/google-made-with-code/, which points to this.

Re: Things You Love are Made with Code

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Post by return0 » Fri, Jun 20, 2014, 5:14 PM UTC

> engineering isn’t just for engineers.

Yes it is.

Re: Things You Love are Made with Code

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Post by Bahamut » Fri, Jun 20, 2014, 5:14 PM UTC

judk wrote: post #2

Why does a feminist(?) blog have a logo that is a picture of a woman sticking out her butt with her hand on it? Isn't that the atmosphere that contributes to "the gender gap in tech"?

Looks like the link has been changed.

Re: Things You Love are Made with Code

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Post by Dewie » Fri, Jun 20, 2014, 5:15 PM UTC

judk wrote: post #2

Why does a feminist(?) blog have a logo that is a picture of a woman sticking out her butt with her hand on it? Isn't that the atmosphere that contributes to "the gender gap in tech"?

Maybe she just has a shapely butt.

Re: Things You Love are Made with Code

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Post by DaveSapien » Fri, Jun 20, 2014, 5:17 PM UTC

judk wrote: post #2

Why does a feminist(?) blog have a logo that is a picture of a woman sticking out her butt with her hand on it? Isn't that the atmosphere that contributes to "the gender gap in tech"?

Looking through now, it doesn't appear to be a feminist blog.

I dig the idea of celebrating cool stuff women do rather than pointing out the 'oppression' of everyday western life.

Shouting about how sexist the tech industry is only puts people off coming into it, celebrating all the cool stuff is the best way to attract more people that aren't dudes. I think this is what the site is doing.

The lady's bum logo is part of that celebration... because you know bums are great.

Re: Things You Love are Made with Code

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Post by lukasm » Fri, Jun 20, 2014, 5:17 PM UTC

return0 wrote: post #4

> engineering isn’t just for engineers. Yes it is.

Could be. The question is: Do you want to drive every day to work over the bridge that was not build by engineers.

Re: Things You Love are Made with Code

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Post by DaveSapien » Fri, Jun 20, 2014, 5:18 PM UTC

return0 wrote: post #4

> engineering isn’t just for engineers. Yes it is.

agreed.

Re: Things You Love are Made with Code

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Post by schoen » Fri, Jun 20, 2014, 5:22 PM UTC

I'm curious about the use of the terminology "code/coding/coder" as distinct from "programming/programmer".

I've noticed that a lot of recent programming outreach and education efforts consistently use "learn to code" instead of "learn to program". How come? What connotations do they perceive? Are they intending to refer to a broader set of activities (including document markup, which I wouldn't refer to as programming)? Do they think that some audiences find the term "programming" to have negative connotations that aren't present for "coding"?