LOLCode Recap

LOLCATS_2
Originally uploaded by heathervescent.

Well, that was fun.

• Lol Code
• Lol Code Spec
• Lol Web Compiler
• Lolcats Buildr

My notes after the jump.

 

virus in your mind.

the ability to type faster = where is the benefit?
the person who can type the fastest can dominate the chat room/IM, b/c can replicate more often

bandwidth loss when using text (compensate online w/ emoticons and tagging & known personality)
language modifying to communicate those non-transferable emotions, etc that you get when communicating w/ someone in real time.

symbol - abstract reference (emoticons are the same thing) creating a new set of characters in the warehouse.

reading words as jumble of symbols, not each letter in succession

a language in which we organize the world (for programmers & programming, you actually create the world using that syntax)

gifts reinforce the social network.
contructing funny images and passing them around = potlach (people construct  .gif economy

LOLCODE IS NOT THE STRICTEST OF LANGUAGES - NOW  2 CODELOLS

Comments

[Adam Lindsay]

[snif]
God bless the internet.

So you enjoyed Mark's course then?

[heathervescent]

Yeah. The class was great. I've been wanting to take a programming class (well, the last one I took was of Basic in 7th grade summer school) and this was a great excuse to get back into that way of thinking (and look at cute cats!)

[Adam Lindsay]

AWSUM.

because that's what the internet was created for: sharing cat pictures.