Love Letter to the Computer • Linda Liukas • GOTO 2019

This presentation was recorded at GOTO Berlin 2019. #GOTOcon #GOTOber http://gotober.com Linda Liukas - Author and Co-founder of Rails Girls @HelloRubyWorld ABSTRACT Computers surround us in our daily lives, but the most powerful ideas of the future of computing go deep into the history of humans. In this talk we’ll explore the big ideas of computer science and pay homage to the history, humans and hardware that made the computer possible. From a jacquard loom maker with his punch cards, an inventor obsessed with cogs and steam, an electrical engineer who combined laws of electrical circuits with eccentric English mathematical logic and countless other philosophers, material scientists, artists, dreamers and tinkerers, we needed humans and their big ideas to build modern computing. Linda Liukas will talk about how to approach technology from the multi-disciplinary perspective of storytelling, pedagogy and science and how these narratives help change possibilities technology [...] Download slides and read the full abstract here: https://gotober.com/2019/sessions/824/love-letter-to-the-computer RECOMMENDED BOOKS Linda Liukas • Hello Ruby: Adventures in Coding • https://amzn.to/3RyNet8 Linda Liukas • Hello Ruby: Journey Inside the Computer • https://amzn.to/3xwYmj5 Linda Liukas • Hello Ruby: Expedition to the Internet • https://amzn.to/45vq5NK https://twitter.com/GOTOber https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #TeachKidsToCode #HumanFactor #ITinSociety #HelloRuby #RailsGirls #LindaLiukas Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO Conference near you! Get your ticket at http://gotocon.com SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1 Video Credits Hello Ruby: https://youtu.be/LaXjs25mlpo