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Re:Solving Sol on Thursday October 18, 2018 @12:02PM (#18249435)
You're right, it renders terribly on mobile. I'll see if I can find time to fix that today.
Re:Solving Sol on Thursday October 18, 2018 @11:34AM (#18249172)
I need to update the site - at the time I didn't build any automation from the repo to publishing on solvingsol.com
Re:Solving Sol on Thursday October 18, 2018 @11:33AM (#18249159)
In the Github repo there are a number of unsolved entries, and you can also make a new solution for a "solved" one – since there's no correct answer for any entry.

To see all of LeWitt's work, MassMOCA has an excellent online collection here: https://massmoca.org/sol-lewitt/

MassMOCA (in western Massachusetts) also has a wing devoted to LeWitt's work with wall-sized installations of dozens of them–highly recommend a visit!

Re:Solving Sol on Thursday October 18, 2018 @12:09AM (#18245825)
Hey wow! Site author here, tons more solutions on Github than I've posted on the site: https://github.com/wholepixel/solving-sol

Sol LeWitt, and his cohort of generative conceptual artists, are really interesting to evaluate from a software engineering perspective, and I hope you'll take a look at what they're all about!

"In the Blink of an Eye" by Walter Murch (sound and editing on Apocalypse Now, Godfather, the Conversation, and so many more). The book is about film editing but actually about how humans absorb information.
Re:Painting in Clojure on Friday August 08, 2014 @03:00PM (#8154491)
I love this! I made a project for executing Sol LeWitt's instructional art in JavaScript (but any language is great): https://github.com/wholepixel/solving-sol
Re:Primer: Shaders on Saturday April 05, 2014 @12:15PM (#7537464)
This guide has helped me unbend my mind about shaders: http://pixelshaders.com/
Re:Ruby on Rails Bootcamp in Seattle on Friday January 11, 2013 @04:22PM (#5045120)
True, I'll improve the wording. The site's a week old; we're now working on properly setting expectations and funneling people toward the right class.
Re:Ruby on Rails Bootcamp in Seattle on Friday January 11, 2013 @01:02PM (#5043984)
For the 4-week bootcamp, we're aiming for engineers who know how to program and want to move to Rails. They will probably already have a CS degree and work in tech, but they don't know Rails. We'll migrate their skills to Rails and connect them with area startups (we're also aiming at professional designers who know HTML/CSS and want to move up the stack).

Our instructors feel 4-weeks is enough time for training these experienced engineers. If it isn't, we'll extend the course. If someone is changing their life and paying money to take this bootcamp, we're going to do our best to care of them.

For absolute beginners, we'll offer a different track. It's remarkable what you guys accomplish in a six-month program.

Re:Ruby on Rails Bootcamp in Seattle on Thursday January 10, 2013 @12:38PM (#5038393)
We'll have 20 students in the first bootcamp.
Re:Ruby on Rails Bootcamp in Seattle on Thursday January 10, 2013 @12:17PM (#5038214)
It's a selective program; the students will have some programming experience. We'll run a different track for absolute beginners.
Re:Ruby on Rails Bootcamp in Seattle on Thursday January 10, 2013 @12:02PM (#5038107)
There's http://www.bostonstartupschool.com/ and several if you can make it down to NYC.
Re:Ruby on Rails Bootcamp in Seattle on Thursday January 10, 2013 @12:01PM (#5038095)
Thanks--abeh, shop local with bitmaker!
Re:Ruby on Rails Bootcamp in Seattle on Thursday January 10, 2013 @11:52AM (#5038017)
Good question; I'll look into it and get back to you.
Re:Ruby on Rails Bootcamp in Seattle on Thursday January 10, 2013 @11:47AM (#5037970)
Agreed!
Re:Ruby on Rails Bootcamp in Seattle on Thursday January 10, 2013 @11:41AM (#5037921)
We're in Seattle, where the average Rails salary is more like $80-100k [1]. Our guarantee is at least a $60k job offer.

[1] http://www.simplyhired.com/a/salary/search/q-ruby+on+rails/l...

Re:Ruby on Rails Bootcamp in Seattle on Thursday January 10, 2013 @11:34AM (#5037862)
This a way for designers to learn to code. Our next bootcamp is in Javascript and we're aiming it at designers who are tired of handing over their comps for someone else to build. I'm a designer who learned to code, and want to help others do the same.
Re:Ruby on Rails Bootcamp in Seattle on Thursday January 10, 2013 @11:30AM (#5037836)
I hate it when sites don't say where the product is, too.

South Lake Union is one of the startup hubs of Seattle--Amazon has most of its buildings here, TechStars Seattle is here, and a bunch of great small and medium startups.

We're not accredited--you can't get student loans for the program. You need to bring a laptop to the bootcamp (we should mention that on the site...shoot).

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