What is the Crossroad?
The intercetion of technology and liberal arts is a metaphorical intercetion between the
the power of technology and the creativity and intitiveness of liberal arts. The intercetion was
coined by Steve Jobs at the 2011 launch of the iPad 2, linked here,
in which he highlighted the importance to marry technology with the humanities. That with the
speed and
power of a device or software, so to must its design and useablility match its technological
power. This is where I feel I lie in the
field of software development, a designer for useablility and intuitiveness, and a programmer
that
focuses on performance and delivering above the expected result.
My Personal Programming Philosopy (PPP)
When it comes to software development, my personal philosopy is to program before I code. The
difference is simple: programming is the planning and coding
is the execution of the plan.
Before I touch my keyboard, I first grab a piece of paper or my iPad and begin programming.
Similar to how a building or structure can be built, a plan consisting of careful measurements
and laying out resources is created by an architect.
This is the analogy I visualize that helps
with the next
step of
development: coding. Now coding is the next natrual step taken after programming, for it is
much like the construction crew
that creates the structure given the plans given to them by the architect. This process is an
example of
the intercetion I consider myself apart of, where the liberal arts is found in programming, and
of course
the technology side is found within the coding.
