Talking Turtle
By Caitrin McCullough
More from David Griffiths, author of the upcoming Head First Ruby on Rails:
I noticed that someone recently posted the 1983 documentary "Talking Turtle" (I think it was originally from the BBC series "Horizon") on Google video.It is about Seymour Papert's work with computers in schools.
I found this life changing at the time and it was the program that made me want to work in computers. Now, looking back on it after all this time, I can see how the principles Papert (and before him, Piaget) discussed could be applied today. Papert's book Mindstorms is also a great read (with a real Head First introduction to juggling...) and I can personally recommend the Mindstorms LEGO kit (thanks Dawn).
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Head First Ruby on Rails? Sweet!
When's it out?
Hi Henry,
Right now we're aiming to have Head First Ruby on Rails in print later in 2008, in the fall.
Sanders
Development Editor, Head First