Making Art with Python by Kirk Kaiser

Is code a creative medium, or a tool for accomplishing business objectives?

In this talk, we'll explore code as a creative medium, and see how code can be used as a way to play with new ideas.

We'll showcase some Python libraries which can help us: build new robots, play music, detect features of our faces, break glass, and more.

We'll see why Python is still the best language if you want to be able to play with ideas via code, and how this play can help you become a better programmer in the process.

Transcript

1. MAKING ART WITH
   PYTHON
   KIRK KAISER
   EVANGELISM TEAM LEAD @ DATADOG
   

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2. COMPUTER
   SCIENCE ARTS
   

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4. THE PERCEPTION OF SOFTWARE
   DEVELOPMENT AS AN OVERACHIEVER’S GAME
   

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5. SOMETHING INTIMIDATING
   

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7. WRITING CODE IS ABOUT
   EXPLORING & PLAYING WITH IDEAS
   

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8. CODE AS FINGER-PAINTING
   

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11. IS WRITING CODE AN ART?
    

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12. WAIT, WHAT IS ART ANYWAYS?
    

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13. “*AR-“ ROOT, “TO PUT TOGETHER”
    

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14. SKILL AS A RESULT OF LEARNING
    OR PRACTICE
    

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15. “SKILL IN CUNNING AND TRICKERY”
    BY THE 16TH CENTURY
    

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17. HACK.
    A CLEVER OR ELEGANT
    TECHNICAL ACCOMPLISHMENT
    

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18. CODE & ART
    RUDDERS
    FOR THE SHIP OF HUMAN CULTURE
    

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19. THE WORLD RUNS ON
    SOFTWARE NOW.
    

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20. HOW MUCH TIME
    DOES HUMANITY SPEND INHABITING THE
    SOFTWARE WORLDS WE BUILD EVERY DAY?
    

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21. HOW CAN WE BRING
    MORE HUMAN CONTEXT TO SOFTWARE
    EXPERIENCES?
    

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23. HOW DO I BUILD A CAREER WITH
    CREATIVITY AS A GUIDING PRINCIPLE?
    

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24. daily sketches.
    

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25. for 60 days, create a piece of art
    with code every day.
    

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30. (where I get to help make developer’s lives better)
    

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31. THE PRACTICE.
    (how we bring art and play into our work.)
    

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32. 
    python
    (still the best)
    

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33. learn from good software.
    

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34. requests
    

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35. requests
    APIs should be fun.
    

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36. numpy
    numpy
    

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37. numpy
    numpy
    We can bend the computational model to fit in Python
    

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38. numpy
    music21
    

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39. numpy
    music21
    We can make musical ideas from their most basic building blocks
    

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40. HOW TO GET IDEAS?
    

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45. THE AUDIENCE.
    

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46. RESPECT THE PEOPLE YOU ARE
    BUILDING FOR.
    

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47. WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO BUILD THE
    WORLDS EVERYONE INHABITS
    

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48. CONNECT IDEAS THAT HAVEN’T
    YET BEEN CONNECTED
    

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50. HAVE FUN!
    

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