building stuff for
humans
with code
Girls Who Code 2013.08.08
Jackie Cohen
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who am I?
● a programmer
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● who works in an office that makes medical education
applications
● and cares about supporting a culture of sharing -- people
can help each other WITH CODE
● loves making stuff work
● and thought six years ago that she’d be talking about
history her whole life
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let's talk about
my (sort of silly)
presentation title
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also, what I’ve done
and
what I do
(and why)
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let’s look at some examples
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when we do this stuff
we think about
(tons of things, of course,
but I’m just gonna focus on a few)
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when we do this stuff we
think about
sharing
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when we do this stuff we
think about
people
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making useful* stuff is great
* any definition of "useful" you like
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"usefulness" is all about
humans
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so let's talk about
people
(a bit, anyway)
lik
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there's no single way
to solve a problem
(and programming in the medical world is a very
good place to keep that in mind)
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there are thousands of ways
to do this stuff
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in the spirit of that,
let’s solve a problem
and finish building part of a medical application
that I’ve used!
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identifying a thing
you want to solve
is easier than it sounds
(that's what I found)