Tag Archives: Computer programming

The myth of “programming is the only creativity”

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

One of the often-used memes concerning Apple’s approach to iOS is that it’s for “passive consumers”, people who aren’t creative. In an interesting post on Google App Inventor, O’Reilly’s Mike Loukides dredges this one up again – and I think … Continue reading →

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Google App Inventor: Not for everyone

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

As someone who grew up on BASIC and actually did some serious projects back in the 80′s and 90′s using HyperCard, I’m massively in favour of simple, easy to use programming tools. So Google App Inventor instantly caught my attention. … Continue reading →

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