๐ฌ rethinking the simple bare necessities
Wondering Ian if ‘coding’ can actually be a part of creativity? In my current work, I need to think creatively to design a solution that can accommodate a number of scenarios and situations, while at the same time being relatively simple. For me, this is about working within the constraints. I may not know how to code my solutions, but I am not going to buy a future where I have no knowledge of the way things work. I work with too many people who think they can make decisions (creative or critical) without understanding the context at hand.
Hey Aaron, definitely agree. I’d see it as a bit of divergent thinking and creativity mixed together. We published some research on this last year:
https://wiobyrne.com/stop-motion-animation-creativity-divergent-thinking/
We’re the last pub in this issue – http://ijemst.com/index.php?p=issue&id=29
Some thinking about the constraints you indicated – https://wiobyrne.com/constraints/
Thanks for this reframing. I think it ties in to some thinking/writing I’ve had about computational thinking/participation.
As a follow-up, this response from you to my newsletter is making me think/wish I could send out, or connect the newsletter to my IndieWeb site. I’d like to see the webmentions/comments come in as people share/connect/comment.
Also, when I respond to comments on this site…I feel like I should be commenting on my site and sharing here. How do I make those changes?
Thanks Ian for the various links. I’ll have to dive in and have a look.
In regards to managing comments, that is an interesting one. I know that Tinyletter moderates comments via email and I would guess that MailChimp would be similar. I also post to my curation site and this offers the prospect of commenting (and pinging). However, not every person who responds to an email would be comfortable with a public comment. I guess that is something to be wary off.
Hope that makes sense Ian