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No, not iPhone games. We should be encouraging kids to program for ecosystems that are free to enter, and that don't censor apps for disagreeing with their deli
by krichman 14y ago
No, not iPhone games. We should be encouraging kids to program for ecosystems that are free to enter, and that don't censor apps for disagreeing with their delicate sensibilities.
- batgaijin 14y agoBut doesn't paying the 99$ tithe mean that I can list mobile programmer on my resume?
- josteink 14y agoThat's completely missing the point: Kids should be introduced to open systems and learn the values it provides me, you and everyone. Kids should be on platforms where tinkering is allowed and encouraged. This is the way they learn. They should be on platforms where they cannot be "banned" for having fun. They definitly should not piped directly into a megacorp's cash-pipe from birth only to learn its one platform, its one language used only there and learn skills which only has value inside that megacorp's locked eco-system. That would be a very stupid and very bad thing to do to a kid. TLDR: iPhones considered harmful.
- zarify 14y agoKids should be introduced to a variety of systems and platforms and given enough information to make up their own minds. I love the open source ideology and the tools which have grown out of it, but I can also appreciate that closed systems also have their own set of benefits (and drawbacks). TL;DR: Indoctrination considered harmful.
- ekianjo 14y agoYeah, like the Raspeberry Pi. You can program with what you want and play it on a big screen in 1080p. And it's cheap, small and hackable. Way better than tinkering with an iPhone.
- krichman 14y agoThis is much better, but since I am going full-on free software advocate at the moment I am obliged to complain that the wi-fi chip drivers are not open source :)
- capisce 14y agoIndeed, plenty of good and interactive ways of making games for it too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xIBYClmTSU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xIBYClmTSU