When introducing live coding to new people, I've stopped saying "live
coding" and instead say "live coded music" or "live coded art". Other
programmers quickly understand what you're talking about, and
non-programmers more quickly realize you're talking about the creation or
performance of art.
Wtih respect to musical live coding, a friend of mine suggested ditching
the words "live coding" and coming up with a more catchy name. He liked the
word "Algorave" before learning that Algorave could include more than live
coding. I suggested the name "screengazer" (a play on the "shoegazer"
genre), but I've hesitated to use it. Screengazer sounds too much like a
genre name, and live coding isn't a genre. It also doesn't seem to make
sense to use the word "screengazer" when the music could sound like...
anything. How would this make any sense to others? However, I could see
using the word "screengazer" for describing the live coding _performer_
rather than the music; i.e. we are all screengazers.
However, Dave's screenless live coding kind of throws this whole idea of
"gazing at screens" out the window anyway!
On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 11:29 AM, alex <alex_at_slab.org> wrote:
> Yes really interesting..
>
> I've kept an eye on the term "live coding" on twitter for several
> years now. It was interesting seeing it used once or twice in
> conferences, then companies like adobe having programmers 'live code'
> in conference booths. Uses in arts context became the minority a while
> ago and with the growth of this site it's impossible to follow the
> phrase any more.
>
> I think this is all great, but it's going to make it difficult to talk
> about live coding as we understand it..
>
> alex
>
>
> On 13 March 2015 at 21:06, Amy Alexander <amy_at_plagiarist.org> wrote:
> > Wow. It's much more performative than I might have expected. Not in the
> > sense that the coding is necessarily performative - though sometimes it
> is.
> > But people have background music, sometimes framing shots of their hands
> > typing, etc. It reminds me a little of... livecoding. :-)
> >
> > -Amy
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 7:57 AM, Al Matthews <prolepsis_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Nice! Although I do feel just now, in case I didn't before, that I code
> in
> >> a fishbowl.
> >>
> >> Thanks though, for sending along.
> >>
> >> On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Mike Hodnick <mike.hodnick_at_gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > It's much more open than I thought it would be. It's just like
> twitch.tv
> >> -
> >> > just create an account and start streaming. I gave it a spin and I
> found
> >> > the streaming setup to be much easier than Google hangouts - in
> >> particular
> >> > with the audio setup.
> >> >
> >> > -Mike
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 8:39 AM, Mike Hodnick <mike.hodnick_at_gmail.com
> >
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Someone shared this link with me today:
> >> > > http://mashable.com/2015/03/12/livecoding-tv/
> >> > >
> >> > > I haven't given it a very good look yet, but it looks like an
> >> educational
> >> > > site that allows users to learn by watching coders build software in
> >> real
> >> > > time. It's focused on traditional programming and app-building, but
> >> maybe
> >> > > they'd be willing to broadcast some more artistic streams (I found
> an
> >> > email
> >> > > link after signing up for stream topic submissions). Aside from
> >> artistic
> >> > > live coding, I think this is an interesting idea.
> >> > >
> >> > > https://www.livecoding.tv
> >> > >
> >> > > -Mike
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> >
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