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125: Everything is Communication with Sam Aaron

April 10, 2019 1:08:33 70.13 MB Downloads: 0

01:42 - Sam’s Superpower: Staring at the same problem for days -- Patience and Delayed Gratification

03:42 - Effective Communication: What is fluid?

08:54 - Logging

Honeycomb

Open Sound Control

12:55 - Sonic Pi

Raspberry Pi

Jeff Rose (@rosejn)

overtone

22:41 - Fixed Tempo, Clocks, and Time

35:38 - Live Coding and Performance

40:58 - Teaching Kids and “Promoting Cheating”

49:21 - The Difference Between Music and Code

58:44 - Sam’s Latest Performance Experience

Reflections:

Jessica: Checking for understanding.

Avdi: The remix culture piece of this conversation.

Janelle: Everything is conversation.

Sam: Thinking about programming rhythmically.

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