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I would pay good money to have complex topics like this presented in the illustrated child fable format. I can imagine learning a university level course on sec
by abledon 10y ago
I would pay good money to have complex topics like this presented in the illustrated child fable format. I can imagine learning a university level course on security/network/OSI model protocols (boring as F*) but presented in a human readable narrative with characters and story arcs. My brain would remember it so god damn well.
- corysama 10y agoYou'd like "The Manga Guide to Databases" :) Read the reviews here https://www.amazon.com/Manga-Guide-Databases-Mana-Takahashi/dp/1593271905 https://www.amazon.com/Manga-Guide-Databases-Mana-Takahashi/... Then buy it direct here https://www.nostarch.com/mg_databases.htm https://www.nostarch.com/mg_databases.htm
- abledon 10y agoYEah ! I love that book. I wish companies paid artists to collaborate with their technical writers to deliver engaging content tutorials in graphic novel format. I think in terms of memory stimulation ---> text + (color + emotion + narrative) > text The Greeks could memorize incredibly long speeches because they set up such weird memorization queues with bizarre imagery/stories to trigger passages from one topic to the next. Narrative inside technical documentation could leverage this as well.
- Bombthecat 10y agoNever heard about that. Time to Google it:)
- fudged71 10y agoMy professor taught locks and race conditions with a game of chopsticks in front of the class. It felt silly and childish at the start but I'll never forget it!
- tomc1985 10y agoWhy's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby comes to mind...
- daxelrod 10y agoBrett Victor's Aligator Eggs helped me to finally understand beta reduction in Lambda Calculus. http://worrydream.com/AlligatorEggs/ http://worrydream.com/AlligatorEggs/ Something about the colors and pictures clicked in my brain in a way that Greek letters did not.
- gumby 10y agoHow about the Manga Guide to Linear Algebra (https://www.nostarch.com/linearalgebra https://www.nostarch.com/linearalgebra)? If that's too adult, there's always the story of Ping: https://www.amazon.com/review/R2VDKZ4X1F992Q/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0448421658&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=283155&store=books https://www.amazon.com/review/R2VDKZ4X1F992Q/ref=cm_cr_dp_ti...
- nercht12 10y agoThanks for the links! Good to see such books aren't lost in total obscurity as I had suspected. Seems to me that "educational fiction" tended to be text-books poorly-disguised as stories, so I intend to do book for Physical Chemistry that flips it around: a story that happens to talk about the chemistry extensively (although, like most side projects, due to lack of funding/incentive that project is "taking it's own sweet time" going anywhere).
- enobrev 10y agoAfter reading Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud [1], I came to a similar realization, and wish he could provide the same depth and thoughtful illustration to many more subjects, especially technical or mathematical. Even if comics aren't your thing, I would _highly_ recommend this book. It's a fantastic lesson in communication and composition. 1: http://scottmccloud.com/2-print/1-uc/ http://scottmccloud.com/2-print/1-uc/
- iamtew 10y agoYou might enjoy the SELinux Coloring Book then, https://github.com/mairin/selinux-coloring-book https://github.com/mairin/selinux-coloring-book
- udkl 10y agoTrue, those are great illustrations. Can anyone point me in the direction to get started with creating these kind of illustrations ?