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Software studies, a lexicon

Software studies, a lexicon. John Gonsalves 10/31/2013. Happy Halloween . Software Studies . Interaction . Source Code. Timeline. Pixel. Interrupt. Memory. Obfuscated Code. Preferences. Perl. Interface. Lists. Variable. Object Orientation. LOOP. Internationalization.

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Software studies, a lexicon

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  1. Software studies, a lexicon John Gonsalves 10/31/2013

  2. Happy Halloween

  3. Software Studies Interaction Source Code Timeline Pixel Interrupt Memory Obfuscated Code Preferences Perl Interface Lists Variable Object Orientation LOOP Internationalization Programmability Sonic Algorithm Language Text Virus Weird Languages System Event Sounds

  4. Things to focus on MEMORY INTERNATIONALIZATION INTERACTION INTERRUPT OBFUSCATED CODE

  5. Memory • “Memory is constructed from a seal that is known to work on soft wax or clay” – Aristotle, Cicero, Plato etc • “Computer memory is not just one possible model of human memory, it is the best model of memory” • Computers Memory is modeled after our own • Implications for question, “Can Machines think?” • If they can remember like us, can they not think like us?

  6. Internationalization • Internationalization “allows software to be readily adapted to different local conventions, customs, and languages” • Java contains fields to address language and country • “Requires that individuals fit a norm of being human beings” • Implications on conversation from Tuesday • How to Disappear

  7. Interrupt • Computers used to be single process, closed systems • An INTERRUPT is an external change to an existing operational space • Pausing a video interrupts the operational space of video • Makes computers responsive to dynamic environments

  8. Obfuscated Code • “Programs that run in some sort of surprising way” • “There are other aesthetic principles at play besides those “classical” ones that have been most prominent in discussions of programming” • “…it makes code more enticing, inviting the attention and close reading of programmers. There is enjoyment in figuring out what an obfuscated program does that would not be found in longer, perfectly clear codes” • Pig Latin -- An English to pig-latintranslater. The source code is written in pig-latin and the layout is in the shape of a pig's head.

  9. Interaction • INTERACTION – “Crucial shift from computer as problem-solver to computer as problem-explorer in a space of necessarily unforeseen possibilities” • Algorithms - A technique, or mechanism, which prescribes how to reach a fully specified goal” • Heuristics specify a method of behaving which will tend towards a goal which cannot be precisely specified because we know what it is but not where it is” IMPORTANT

  10. VS.

  11. + + INTERACTION INTERRUPTION OBFUSCATION = ENGAGEMENT

  12. For Example….

  13. Engagement Lots of layers of interaction Be OPEN MINDED Be DIFFERENT Be OBFUSCATED Be UNIQUE Interruptions create the possibility for new interactions

  14. engagement • Lots of layers of interaction • Interruptions create the possibility for new interactions • Be obfuscated • Be different • Be unique • Be open minded

  15. ENGAGE!

  16. QUESTIONS?

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