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Programming means to deal with picky stubborn machines that don't overlook a single typo. It requires a high tolerance for failure. It is frustrating. But to project this frustration onto other users, as in the `Read The Fucking Manual` response to a request for help, it's a kind of negative solidarity (Fisher, 2013) that poses serious barriers to participation in the making of software.
`vvvv & evvvvil documentation ? is an example of really really bad documentation. dunno tho if want to give space to that guy`
Instead...
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- manuals often address just male developers
- often documentation doesn't offer entry points for beginners, or a sense of direction
- bro culture ? ? ? (could be the transition from previous section) (could be the example with evvvvil help patches)
- refer to a specific cultural niche ? see ullman, even tho need to counter balance with other examples
vvvv is a visual programming language that offers an agile approach to prototyping, adoperated especially in the context of interaction design. Here agile means rapid, but also flexible, but also simplified: it grants an iterative work of fine tuning, necessary when dealing with real time inputs, such as sensors, live data, or human interaction.
vvvv is a visual programming language
used esp with interaction design
fine tuning, iterative process
help patches
- refer to a specific cultural niche ? see ullman, even tho need to counter balance with other examples
