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JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
AMONG the many divides in our world, according to technologist John Maeda, is that between those who “speak machine” and those who don’t. With an aim to influencing the future, his book How to Speak Machine encourages readers to be “early adopters” of the language of computers.
Explaining the principles behind coding to non-coders is not an easy task. As somebody who codes, I liked Maeda’s example of his own wonder when he discovered how loops work, or when he saw the internet for the first time.
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