Thursday
Room 4
17:40 - 18:40
(UTC±00)
Talk (60 min)
Meditations on Code As Art
Code can be beautiful, elegant and performant, but can it deliberately be artistic?
Despite how important and prolific software and programming have become over the last 50 years the general public still have a very loose understanding of what software actually is.
This hasn't been lost of the people that build the software, who often slowly try and capture themselves in the work that they do.
In this talk we'll take a look at some examples through history of seeing the humans behind the code they write as they imprint themselves on their work and we'll consider if it's possible to deliberately make art by manipulating the form and design of software itself.
A talk for everyone wanting to be seen in the work, or understand their own creative urge.
David Whitney
David is the Director of Architecture for NewDay, and the founder of Electric Head Software. Focusing on iterative software delivery, developer mentoring and cultural change - mostly working with London-based organisations.
He speaks about software design, culture, and ethics in technology - rounded out by an assortment of talks about software that probably doesn't need to exist but makes the world a little more fun. David has previously served as the chief coding technical architect for JustGiving and helped market-leading organisations including JUST-EAT, Trainline and Vodafone improve their technical capabilities.
David is a Microsoft MVP, has been part of the OpenUK Honours list for open-source advocacy, and is a twice bestselling author of children's books about programming.
You can find his open-source projects on NuGet, npm and GitHub, follow him on Twitter @david_whitney, or check out his technical blog at http://www.davidwhitney.co.uk/Blog.
http://www.electricheadsoftware.com
http://www.davidwhitney.co.uk