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Technical Day 1.01: Introductions

Introduction to the Technical Day

Why programming?

A Manifesto for Change

Why Python?

• Think Python

Introduction to Computation (including performance) =

A small review of counting

• Quipu
• Oware

Minimalist Math

• Boolean Algebra

... [Y]ou can think of programming as the process of breaking a large, complex task into smaller and smaller subtasks until the subtasks are simple enough to be performed with one of these basic instructions.
ThinkPython, p. 3

Exercise

• Human Adding Machine

distribute ThinkPython

A brief introduction to Python

First exercise: A dialog with Python