Enlightening Walks In British Woodlands

A lot about games isn’t how perfect your code is, it’s about how it feels and how much fun it is.

PopCap Games co-founder John Vechey (via codeorg)

The real importance is not just the people who want to go into tech jobs, we believe that a basic understanding of how technology works is important to all jobs.

Hadi Partovi, our co-founder and CEO, on why we need more diversity in computer science.  (via codeorg)

Walking through the crowds - Nov. 6, 2014

Many New Yorkers don’t like the way tourists stop in the middle of sidewalks to take pictures of the city’s great landmarks. But, on the other hand, people commute each day to Manhattan and don’t see the beauty around them as they march to their cubicles. On his way to the office today, Yahoo News photographer Gordon Donovan stopped to photograph some of these items. It was raining, so Gordon broke out his macro lens and focused down on some raindrops. (Yahoo News) Find more news related pictures on our photo galleries page and follow us on Tumblr.

Technology has altered our social and political world… 

“This iPhone you’re interacting with isn’t a mysterious piece of magic that just appeared in your hands. Engineers designed it, and engineers made it, and everything that it does somebody had to figure out how to make.”

Chris Bradfield

Beautiful.

Photos of the day - October 12, 2014

Runners participate in the Chicago Marathon, Ultra-right wing anti-separatists burn flares during a demonstration for the unity of Spain as they celebrate Spain’s National Day in Barcelona and a folk artist wearing a traditional headdress to mark the third anniversary of Yakshagana Kala Sangha in Bangalore are some of the photos of the day. (AP/Reuters)

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What’s the coolest thing you’ve made with code?

Programming drones is probably the funnest thing I've learned so far. Karlie Kloss, #HourOfCode