What We Think About When We Think About Code

Episode 3 - Nam

Wed, 07 Jun 2017 05:15:34 +0000

In this episode, I interview Nam about how he thinks about code. Nam primarily uses a verbal understanding, hearing the words in his mind.

Episode 6 - Jen

Wed, 07 Jun 2017 05:14:17 +0000

In this episode, I interview Jen about how she thinks about code. Jen primarily uses procedural thinking to get an understanding of what code does. She also thinks a lot more about the social context of the code than any of the other interviewees - she thinks about the other people on the team, and how they will react to new code.

Episode 5 - Kay

Wed, 07 Jun 2017 05:11:07 +0000

In this episode I interview Kay about how she thinks about code. Kay works with code as a scientist, and uses story-based metaphors to conceptualize different transformations.

Episode 4 - Brett

Wed, 07 Jun 2017 05:09:31 +0000

In this episode, I interview Brett about how he thinks about code. Brett has a hard time expressing what's going on in his mind, the representations are very abstract. Brett reaffirms the theme from Rafael that anthropomorphization is useful when you don't understand the code.

Episode 2 - Phil

Wed, 07 Jun 2017 05:04:06 +0000

In this episode I interview Phil about how he thinks about code. Phil primarily uses a flat, visual representation of the code's structure.

Episode 1 - Rafael

Wed, 07 Jun 2017 05:00:51 +0000

In this episode I interview Rafael about how he thinks about code. Rafael turns out to be a spatial and visual thinking, imagining code interacting as shapes fitting together. He also thinks about code as a person when he doesn't understand it.