Satori moments and what they really mean

No - This is not a Japanese inspired post.  It's about the word and seemingly what it has replaced in my perception as of late.  So for those of us who are lazy : Satori.  Take a sec to go check this out - seriously I'll wait.


I had never heard this word before until several weeks ago in my Logic and Design weekly lecture.  Now the lectures are there to help maintain a human and explanation apart of the learning process, it is also extremely helpful to people who don't actually mind listening and learning as a process.  So satori is a moment of enlightenment and has very similar meaning to epiphany.  My professor giving the lectures refers to these moments a lot and also seems to put multiple explanations to it. 

A-HA! 

I seem to think that not only does Satori seem now like a bit more odd and unique for explaining this moment but it also serves as a conversation piece.  Hence here we are.  How many times have you ever heard this word?

In summary satori is a fancy way of saying A-HA and also a way to keep conversation grooving along.  Hope this either entertained you or satori-ed you. 

Week 3

So here we are again.  I'm in week 3 of my logic and design class and it mainly discusses how programming works.  So I've learned about binary, psuedocode, modules, boolean logic and rational and logical operators.  Three weeks ago this would have been mainly gibberish.... but now i feel mainly empowered to continually learn about how a good part of our society works.  Well how the computers and phones we spend so much of our time on.


So this new information combined with the things i learned in my game and programming simulation class makes me appreciate how gaming as a whole comes together.  How art and programming are married in many aspects with the entirety hinging on the user interface.  With out any programming being intuitive enough to use the program itself is not even worth building. 

On the note of building - alot of what i've been learning has been been likened to architecture and how its also a combination of art and science.  Exact measurements and a natural flow that you can't really find anywhere except gaming.

So what i really want to tell everyone is how positively beautiful and frustrating this can really be sometimes - thinking bout programming and how I can make it come together to make something entertaining and great.