(related) https://markcarrigan.net/2019/04/15/the-components-of-digital-literacy/
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I always thought that ice skating was only learned by chance or survival skills, as my father laced me up and threw me on the ice, it was break a limb or survive!!! I still consider having learnt as… well a baby bird being thrown out of its nest or someone removing the training wheels off your bicycle and pushing you off!!! 
Some things are best learnt in desperate attempts to survive, just wear a helmet. LOL
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As a software developer, and started out on a Commodore 64 at 18 years old… LOL
I’ve had to explain the “magic” that people perceive as, and the facts of what it is so many times in my life. Even recently when someone decided to go into web design.
A book that would at least start with the fact that programming is simply defining things you actually do every day: running through logical operations etc. like: Park here? read the signs, if time is between this and that, and no parking is permitted, but if I have a permit for this zone then…
Programming languages are essentially that, just logical decisions but a way to make the hardware/computer understand that, lacking in many textbooks. They appear to just define programming, instead of bridging the gap between what we do everyday to how we can write or make this thing do it for us. 
Also using services like jsfiddle are fun playgrounds for learning or explaining to others fundamentals, developers have made this so easy compared to my days… no old people jokes please! 
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Haha, that’s good to know! I suppose I’ll keep trying, with all the safety precautions, and do my best to ‘survive.’
OMG, tell me how when you find how!!! PLEASE!
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Oh heck yea, you’re second on my list! I’d take an army of cloned Andrews as my dev team any day 
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I am a very visual person. I’ve been interested in “flat” art–it’s very cute and minimalistic. I’m not sure how I would use it in my textbook, but I love it so much!
I think I will also second having a clone. I have been working on my textbook for close to 5 years now by myself. No one in my department really seems to want to help!
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Wow, I wish I had that level of commitment to keep up a solo project that long! That’s something I’d like to pick up in an instant. Very impressive, but I definitely hope we can help you find some collaborators to share the load.
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I’ve had this in my “Must Read” bookmarks folder for so long. Going to read it toute suite!
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Great article. So many assumptions and implications in what is ‘normal’, ‘ordinary’, ‘normative’, and ‘standard’. Also indicative of how language is entangled with culture–both constructive of and constructed by. There’s a nice TED talk on how the subjunctive verb tense allows certain actualities to be imagined and reacted to (or not)…, which raised (sort of) a bunch of questions about the nature of ‘reality’.
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I wish I could ‘like’ this post more than once! That was a really good article – thank you so much for sharing it, Sourav.
Definitely. It hadn’t even occurred to me that something some of these non-English programming language options were available.
I’m curious what some of programmers (looking at those in-house at Rebus: @cesar, @andrew, @marie, @baldur) think about this article, and specifically the argument the author, Gretchen McChulloch, finds as often-said: “Why not just learn English? It gains you access to an entire technological tradition.”
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@apurva @david Going to watch the TED talk forthwith! A professional programmer I know (native language Hindi ) wrote the following when I asked him what he thought of https://sourceforge.net/projects/hindawi/: “I think non-English (programming) languages are very impractical due to the inherent cross-pollinating nature of software development. Non-English programming language is a barrier to cross-pollination and integration.”
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@david This TED video resonated on many levels and across a wide range of associations. My mind folder-ed it along with: https://mega.nz/#F!uT4TUQiZ!JbfjEMXyUb4G_Hx4T6yqDQ (slightly off-topic as far as this thread is concerned) The easier-to-read online version is pay-walled: https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6328/herta-muller-the-art-of-fiction-no-225-herta-muller (or not, if you have a subscription). Thank you.
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Love it, thank you for this. I’ll make my way through the unpaywalled version!
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Also, how to meaningfully and dynamically archive the files in my computer for any long term research project. Because categories of thought change, relevance of references change and files keep increasing in number.
Goodness, right now I would like my new skill to be using LaTEX in Pressbooks. We have a book ready to go, except for the equations . . .
Kathy
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Now, that’s a great one to master. We believe in you – you’ve got this, Kathy! 
I think there are a number in the community who have dabbled in LaTeX before, so if you’re ever stuck and need some help, or just want to chat about the highs (and lows) of creating equations, feel free to do so in our dedicated section for Formatting open textbooks.
May not be instantaneously; but check out the resources at the Adobe Education Exchange.
Resources:
Good luck getting started with video editing!
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