Un-Workshop Title: The Slow Code Movement

[kayakjohnny]

As a long time practitioner, I propose leading a hands-off workshop on the Slow Code Movement -- aka SloCoMo.

For the uninitiated, SloCoMo is a social movement that sets a course against the fast paced, whiz-bang, get-it-done-yesterday, no-time-for-tacos, drink-more-redbull-and-talk-so-fast-that-everything-seems-hyphenated precedent of the digital age. It stands strong against the norm of grinding out projects till the wee hours only to realize the next morning that what you wrote is complete garbage and worthless and you should have just gone to bed because now all you can do is write run-on sentences explaining why your code sucks so bad.

For the workshop, participants will not code, but instead think about thinking about their code -- meta-meta code, if you will. They will also eat Doritos because they taste good. By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Justify to their colleagues (and spouse) why they can spend most of their workday playing COD Black Ops 3.
• Understand the true meaning of the term 'omphaloskeptic'.
• Imagine themselves drifting slowly out to sea on a small raft made of VHS tapes secured only by bubble wrap.
• Quote articles written by central proponents of the SloCoMo: The Slow Code Movement - David Shaw
• Demonstrate the unlimited potential of the Friniac.
• Apply the discussed techniques to other aspects of their lives such as: Slow Surfing, Slow Birdwatching, Slow BINGO, and Slow Slow.

(Please note that "Unplugged Programming" will not be, nor ever will be discussed; it is a silly adaptation of a popular social movements simply re-applied to programming. Sheesh ... some people will buy into anything.)

As a longtime member of the SloCoMo Society, I will present this un-workshop free-of-charge to the good participants of PrawnCon 2016. My only request: an outlet for the portable food dehydrator I carry with me.

Yours Slowly,

Kayak Johnny

[captlilbit]

I think we're on the same wavelength. (Near that of gravity waves) http://charlestonbusiness.com/news/57031-are-you-talking-to-me-i-rsquo-m-patiently-waiting-right-here?rss=0