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Greater Than Code


247: Approaching Learning and Content Creation with Sy Brand

August 25, 2021

02:01 - Sy’s Superpower: Making Complex Topics Digestible

Sy on YouTube: "Computer Science Explained with my Cats"

06:28 - Approaching Learning to Code: Do Something That Motivates You

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Ruby For Good
Terrastories

11:25 - Computers Can Hurt Our Bodies!

Logitech M570 Max
Dvorak Keyboard

13:57 - Motivation (Cont’d)

Weekend Game Jams
The I Do, We Do, You Do Pattern

22:15 - Sy’s Content (Cont’d)

Sy on YouTube: "Computer Science Explained with my Cats"
Content Creation and Choosing Topics

33:58 - Code As Art

code:art / @codeart_journal
trashheap / @trashheapzine
Submission Guidelines
Casey's Viral TikTok!

41:34 - #include <C++>

Lessons learned creating an inclusive space in a decades old community (Sy's Talk)
QueerJS
Emscripten
Graphiz it!

Reflections:

Mandy: Digging into Sy’s videos.

Casey: Working within content creation constraints.

Sy: Make a video on register allocation.

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