WSQ 12 – Ward Cunningham

--Originally published at Alan TC201

I used to herd podcast about video games in the past, but right know I’m to busy for that kind of luxuries. I’m going to be sincere, I was hoping to get bored with this video, Ward Cunningham, the creator of te Wiki! the goddamn Wiki!

WSQ 12 – Ward Cunningham
It is very incredible how a man so simple could have contributed in such a big way in computer programming, in the internet and in sharing information in general. Yes the Wiki was the main topic, but in the podcast they also talk about how were the school days of Ward, how he started to get interested in this big and noise devices that where the first computers.

WSQ 12 – Ward Cunningham

Then the conversation turn to small talk the Object oriented program, that is exactly that purely object oriented.

WSQ 12 – Ward Cunningham

Then the more important part was the creation and life of the wiki, how it was created, why it was created, its influence to the distribution of online information, menciona Wikipedia and how is the biggest representation of this type of data, etc.

WSQ 12 – Ward Cunningham

PD: Something wird was that the advertisements where actully fun to watch, I don’t know way.


WSQ 12 – Ward Cunningham

That’s cunning

--Originally published at Ce qui est chouette

After watching Triangulation’s 239th episode, an interview with computer-science-persona Ward Cunningham, I got the following:

  • Putting something out is the important part of software development. In my Software Engineering class with Sherif I’ve already seen Extreme Programming (XP), but it had never been as clear as it is now, after Cunningham’s explanation. XP provides the means to have demos of the various stages of the software, while focusing on tests and making it work.
  • Programmers should work for the community, as scientists, and work together. This is what I interpreted from his take on patenting the wiki, which is in itself a representation of a community effort.
That’s cunning
“Extreme” on flickr by Etolane under a CC license

That’s my take on Ward Cunningham’s interview.

-The guy whose name is written in the about page.


That’s cunning