I don’t read many programming or tech blogs unless they are directly related to the fields of generative art or computational design. One of the few exceptions is Jeff Atwood’s blog Coding Horror, which I’ve found to be a consistently brilliant source of techy commentary and sound programming advice. Often it’s not really applicable to my own projects since I’m not building business apps of grand complexity, but it’s inspiring reading nonetheless.

It was therefore gratifying to see that Atwood just blogged about Processing in a post entitled Modern Logo. In reference to another blog post about rediscovering LOGO, Atwood suggests that while LOGO might have some depth to it, turtle-based drawing ultimately “sucks”. Instead, he points to Processing as an updated alternative with similar educational goals. Sweet.

Oh, and happy holidays, no matter how you’re spending the time between Dec 24-31…