I'm going to reference Wikipedia a lot in this course, because I think it's one of the best things that humanity has ever made, and I wish I'd had it when I was young. Also it's free - I hated it when teachers would reference books that I couldn't afford when I was at university.
1. The aim of this course (continued)
There is no homework for this course. I only ask that you pay attention and ask questions if you have them. I'd really encourage you to take the time to watch the films and read the references I put up. Think of them as cheat codes to get you to the next level quicker than I did.
To introduce lots of interesting concepts from many areas so that you know the magic word to search for if you want to know more. Obfuscation is a BIG problem.
Not to teach you how to code, but to start you on that path and point you in the right direction.
Not to teach the history of art, computing or graphic design.
1. The aim of this course (continued).
To teach you see problems at many levels (abstraction), break down problems (decomposition), find the order in them (pattern recognition), make solutions using a series of steps (algorithms) and realise that you might be able to use that solution in lots of areas (generalisation).
Most of all, to teach you to be autodidacts, and, as previously mentioned, to blow your mind at least once per lecture.