Re: [SiliconBeach] Good programming books for a teenager

2011-08-02 Thread Sean McNamara
Scratch from MIT? Sean Sean McNamara MacAssist Apple Authorised Reseller 0414 270 132 s...@macassist.com.au (sent from my iPhone 4) On 02/08/2011, at 9:20, Max Kraynov wrote: > G'day fellow SBs, > > my 10 y/o son has expressed interest in learning programming (he want to > build the nex

Re: [SiliconBeach] Good programming books for a teenager

2011-08-01 Thread Derek Winter
lto:silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: [SiliconBeach] Good programming books for a teenager It may be a bit off topic for this list, but one thing to remember in general is that: Anything put on the Internet is there *forever*. I think that applies to us business/programm

Re: [SiliconBeach] Good programming books for a teenager

2011-08-01 Thread Dylan Jay
con-beach-australia@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [SiliconBeach] Good programming books for a teenager It may be a bit off topic for this list, but one thing to remember in general is that: Anything put on the Internet is there *forever*. I think that applies to us business/programmer types a

Re: [SiliconBeach] Good programming books for a teenager

2011-08-01 Thread Max Kraynov
Not if you want to hire your children as developers in a few years :) You can think of it as a part of a wider HR plan. On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Dylan Jay wrote: > I'd say it's a bit off topic for list unfortunately. > /mk -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

RE: [SiliconBeach] Good programming books for a teenager

2011-08-01 Thread Paul Hughes
silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [SiliconBeach] Good programming books for a teenager It may be a bit off topic for this list, but one thing to remember in general is that: Anything put on the Internet is there *forever*. I think that applies to us business/programmer ty

Re: [SiliconBeach] Good programming books for a teenager

2011-08-01 Thread Dominik Grabiec
It may be a bit off topic for this list, but one thing to remember in general is that: Anything put on the Internet is there *forever*. I think that applies to us business/programmer types as much as children. -Dominik On 2/08/2011 11:46 AM, Derek Winter wrote: Hi All, Can I broaden this qu

Re: [SiliconBeach] Good programming books for a teenager

2011-08-01 Thread Dylan Jay
I'd say it's a bit off topic for list unfortunately. --- Dylan Jay Technical Solutions Manager PretaWeb: reducing duplication in the government web. P: +612 80819071 | M: +61421477460 | twitter.com/djay75 | linkedin.com/ in/djay75 On 02/08/2011, at 11:46 AM, Derek Winter wrote: Hi All, Can

Re: [SiliconBeach] Good programming books for a teenager

2011-08-01 Thread Derek Winter
Hi All, Can I broaden this question out a little? (As I have children just entering the teenage years) I'd be interested in your thoughts on how to develop technically savvy children … programming yes, and great pointers thus far, but more broadly in the digital age, what to introduce them to

Re: [SiliconBeach] Good programming books for a teenager

2011-08-01 Thread Dylan Jay
I've head people say very good things about the google python course http://code.google.com/edu/languages/google-python-class/ but it does advertise it as suitable for those with a little programming experience. There are a bunch of links that come up for python for kids in google (http://ww

Re: [SiliconBeach] Good programming books for a teenager

2011-08-01 Thread Silvia Pfeiffer
Work for me still. My son (now 14) got into programming by learning about how to write games in python using pyglet and rabbyt. I'd say: find out what the best tool would be for him to use to achieve the task that he has set himself and find a good tutorial for him to get started in that directio

Re: [SiliconBeach] Good programming books for a teenager

2011-08-01 Thread Matt Allen
On 02/08/2011, at 9:54 AM, Matthieu Stone wrote: > Have a look at http://hackety-hack.com/ My seven year old enjoys playing on Hackety Hack. Me: Rightio mate, no more games Him: Can I do Hackety hack? Me: ... go on then. Worked on my mum back in the 80s, seems that it's a timeless argument.

Re: [SiliconBeach] Good programming books for a teenager

2011-08-01 Thread Matthieu Stone
Have a look at http://hackety-hack.com/ It started, I seem to recall reading somewhere, as a project to be used in schools to teach programming, trying to be non technical. You may have to help him set things up on a machine. On 2 August 2011 09:20, Max Kraynov wrote: > G'day fellow SBs, > > m

[SiliconBeach] Good programming books for a teenager

2011-08-01 Thread Max Kraynov
G'day fellow SBs, my 10 y/o son has expressed interest in learning programming (he want to build the next Minecraft and is inspired by a number of developers who started young). In the meantime I told him that he needs to learn the basics and to make up his mind what to do next. Are there any boo