Venkatesh Guru Rao

RT @Terranceus: Shit just got real on the subway. http://t.co/DK4CHiCf

. A couple of years ago, Wired Magazine published a cover story on push media. It argued that push was the future of online publishing: instead of having to go somewhere and pull content down, these media platforms push content to you, keeping you engaged and involved. Most of the various push media plays that were being hyped at that time have died. But email lists - the original, low-tech push media - continue to thrive. Email lists are better for building online community than Web-based threaded discussion or chat systems because they reach out to you and ask for your attention. Until you unsubscribe, the email keeps appearing in your in box. In an attention-deficit economy, proactive media are particularly effective.

I'd argue that the people who need to learn to code will be spurred on most of all by honesty, not religious faith in the truthiness of code as a universal good.