Re: [fonc] Software and Motivation

2011-02-19 Thread David Harris
Here is a very interesting 'cartoon' of what, in general, motivates people - certainly applicable to what you are talking about. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc David On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Casey Ransberger casey.obrie...@gmail.comwrote: I've been thinking a lot about why

Re: [fonc] Software and Motivation

2011-02-19 Thread Julian Leviston
On 19/02/2011, at 10:30 AM, Casey Ransberger wrote: I've been thinking a lot about why I like to code, and how that relates to the fact that I will program for money. The programming for money part isn't nearly as satisfying to me for some reason as some of the stuff I've been doing for

Re: [fonc] Software and Motivation

2011-02-19 Thread Alan Kay
It is indeed a reference to human universals. These are traits and drives found in every culture, and originally were identified in the 3000 or so traditional cultures studied by Anthropologists. For example, every culture examined has a language, stories, kinship, status and power, a

Fwd: Re: [fonc] Software and Motivation

2011-02-19 Thread BGB
Original Message Subject:Re: [fonc] Software and Motivation Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 04:01:22 -0700 From: BGB cr88...@gmail.com To: Fundamentals of New Computing fonc@vpri.org CC: David Harris dphar...@telus.net On 2/19/2011 1:06 AM, David Harris wrote:

Re: [fonc] Software and Motivation

2011-02-19 Thread Casey Ransberger
This video is fantastic! I'm going to take this with me to work:) On Feb 19, 2011, at 10:39 AM, BGB cr88...@gmail.com wrote: Original Message Subject: Re: [fonc] Software and Motivation Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 04:01:22 -0700 From: BGB cr88...@gmail.com To: