Re: _why documentary

[Dave Everitt]

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.



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Re: _why documentary

[Michael McMillan]

>
> 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.

On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Dave Everitt 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
>
>
>  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
>>
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Re: _why documentary

[Dave Everitt]

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

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Re: _why documentary

[Dave Everitt]

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


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Re: _why documentary

[Dave Everitt]

 I am a little curious what Judofyr looks like - though probably  
best not to break the mystery


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Re: _why documentary

[Jenna Fox]

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
>  
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Re: _why documentary

[Jenna Fox]

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  

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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
>  
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