Hi all, I''m producing a short documentary on Why The Lucky Stiff which will be shown at RubyConf in Denver. I''d love to include details about camping in the film. If any core contributors or developers live in the Austin or Seattle areas and would like to participate, I''d greatly appreciate a chance to interview you regarding _why''s code-as-art and other topics. Here''s a trailer for the doc and a write up about it: http://youtu.be/Urw98i42HsI http://www.slackerwood.com/node/3115 I''m respecting the privacy of _why''s creator and not attempting to contact him. The documentary is focusing more on the art and code of _why. Thanks for any feedback or help with this. Kevin Triplett Austin, TX
I saw this trailer and it looks really interesting. I''m very much looking forward to it, as Why was a big part of my life. Many years ago, I was suffering from some psychological problems and Why taught me that being crazy and kooky was alright - that people could even love you for it. Sadly I''m in Sydney, Australia! Good luck with your project and I hope you had lots of success. You''re of course more than welcome to use this mailing list to ask any anything, though off the top of my head I don''t know of anyone in Austin - the two other contributors whose locations I''m aware of are both outside the US. If you were interested in doing some skype interviews or something like that, it maybe more possible to find people with good quality cameras on our ends who could record the other end? With some tight editing that might not suck. Just a thought though. I am a little curious what Judofyr looks like - though probably best not to break the mystery :P ? Jenna On Friday, 31 August 2012 at 10:53 AM, Kevin Triplett wrote:> Hi all, > > I''m producing a short documentary on Why The Lucky Stiff which will be shown at RubyConf in Denver. > > I''d love to include details about camping in the film. If any core contributors or developers live in the Austin or Seattle areas and would like to participate, I''d greatly appreciate a chance to interview you regarding _why''s code-as-art and other topics. > > Here''s a trailer for the doc and a write up about it: > > http://youtu.be/Urw98i42HsI > > http://www.slackerwood.com/node/3115 > > I''m respecting the privacy of _why''s creator and not attempting to contact him. The documentary is focusing more on the art and code of _why. > > Thanks for any feedback or help with this. > > Kevin Triplett > Austin, TX > > _______________________________________________ > Camping-list mailing list > Camping-list at rubyforge.org (mailto:Camping-list at rubyforge.org) > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/camping-list > >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/camping-list/attachments/20120831/3167074e/attachment.html>
One more thing - the text in the trailer misspells Why''s name several times. Here are the preferred rules for naming him in writing, as told by Why: - "Why The Lucky Stiff" or "why the lucky stiff" - but never "Why the lucky stiff" or "Why the Lucky Stiff" - "Why" (for short, always capitalised like this) - "_why" (always lowercase) only if "Why" would be too grammatically ambiguous, like the start of a sentence, or for style. Generally people avoid the form ''Why'', I suppose not wanting to think about if it''s ambiguous in a particular context, but I think it''s best to stick with the original intent. Surely too being confused just adds to the _mystery! :D ? Jenna On Friday, 31 August 2012 at 10:53 AM, Kevin Triplett wrote:> Hi all, > > I''m producing a short documentary on Why The Lucky Stiff which will be shown at RubyConf in Denver. > > I''d love to include details about camping in the film. If any core contributors or developers live in the Austin or Seattle areas and would like to participate, I''d greatly appreciate a chance to interview you regarding _why''s code-as-art and other topics. > > Here''s a trailer for the doc and a write up about it: > > http://youtu.be/Urw98i42HsI > > http://www.slackerwood.com/node/3115 > > I''m respecting the privacy of _why''s creator and not attempting to contact him. The documentary is focusing more on the art and code of _why. > > Thanks for any feedback or help with this. > > Kevin Triplett > Austin, TX > > _______________________________________________ > Camping-list mailing list > Camping-list at rubyforge.org (mailto:Camping-list at rubyforge.org) > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/camping-list > >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/camping-list/attachments/20120831/66895b92/attachment-0001.html>
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Hi Kevin
I contributed the amazing and world-changing sum of one single
spelling correction to Camping''s source.
But _why opened up programming for me at a time when Apple''s Hypercard
(my second language after Logo...) was being starved and I was
surrounded by alpha geeks with maths (yep, I''m in the UK) degrees
handling memory allocation in C and a father who - when I told him I
was learning to programme - replied: ''assembler or machine
code?''
because that was his background. _why''s approach restored my faith in
my own abilities, and made programming seem accessible again.
I think his ''hack education'' initiatives spawned/encouraged a
whole
load of similar initiatives (''Learn you a Haskell...'' is just
one
obvious example that comes to mind, although it''s worth noting that
Alan Kay''s Squeek predated _why''s stuff, and he would have
known about
Kay). That kind of playful-DIY-education approach is crucial component
in creating future programmers with a creative (in the broadest sense
of the word) streak.
DaveE (Everitt)
> Hi all,
>
> I''m producing a short documentary on Why The Lucky Stiff which
will
> be shown at RubyConf in Denver.
>
> I''d love to include details about camping in the film. If any core
> contributors or developers live in the Austin or Seattle areas and
> would like to participate, I''d greatly appreciate a chance to
> interview you regarding _why''s code-as-art and other topics.
>
> Here''s a trailer for the doc and a write up about it:
>
> http://youtu.be/Urw98i42HsI
>
> http://www.slackerwood.com/node/3115
>
> I''m respecting the privacy of _why''s creator and not
attempting to
> contact him. The documentary is focusing more on the art and code of
> _why.
>
> Thanks for any feedback or help with this.
>
> Kevin Triplett
> Austin, TX
BTW FYI I also saw this interview with Annie Lowrey of the NY Times who has - apparently (I haven''t seen it) written an article (as have many others) on _why: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nrBK7AGUPo> Hi all, > > I''m producing a short documentary on Why The Lucky Stiff which will > be shown at RubyConf in Denver. > > I''d love to include details about camping in the film. If any core > contributors or developers live in the Austin or Seattle areas and > would like to participate, I''d greatly appreciate a chance to > interview you regarding _why''s code-as-art and other topics. > > Here''s a trailer for the doc and a write up about it: > > http://youtu.be/Urw98i42HsI > > http://www.slackerwood.com/node/3115 > > I''m respecting the privacy of _why''s creator and not attempting to > contact him. The documentary is focusing more on the art and code of > _why. > > Thanks for any feedback or help with this. > > Kevin Triplett > Austin, TX > > _______________________________________________ > Camping-list mailing list > Camping-list at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/camping-list
> > I am a little curious what Judofyr looks like - though probably best not > to break the mystery :PHe''s the most handsome son of a bitch I''ve ever layed eyes on. On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Dave Everitt <deveritt at innotts.co.uk>wrote:> BTW FYI I also saw this interview with Annie Lowrey of the NY Times who > has - apparently (I haven''t seen it) written an article (as have many > others) on _why: http://www.youtube.com/watch?**v=0nrBK7AGUPo<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nrBK7AGUPo> > > > Hi all, >> >> I''m producing a short documentary on Why The Lucky Stiff which will be >> shown at RubyConf in Denver. >> >> I''d love to include details about camping in the film. If any core >> contributors or developers live in the Austin or Seattle areas and would >> like to participate, I''d greatly appreciate a chance to interview you >> regarding _why''s code-as-art and other topics. >> >> Here''s a trailer for the doc and a write up about it: >> >> http://youtu.be/Urw98i42HsI >> >> http://www.slackerwood.com/**node/3115<http://www.slackerwood.com/node/3115> >> >> I''m respecting the privacy of _why''s creator and not attempting to >> contact him. The documentary is focusing more on the art and code of _why. >> >> Thanks for any feedback or help with this. >> >> Kevin Triplett >> Austin, TX >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Camping-list mailing list >> Camping-list at rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/**listinfo/camping-list<http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/camping-list> >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > Camping-list mailing list > Camping-list at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/**listinfo/camping-list<http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/camping-list> >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/camping-list/attachments/20120831/b988f59c/attachment-0001.html>
Well, we''ll have to take your word for it...> I am a little curious what Judofyr looks like - though probably best > not to break the mystery :P > > He''s the most handsome son of a bitch I''ve ever layed eyes on. >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/camping-list/attachments/20120831/52cdfb74/attachment.html>