http://vvn.net/wp/2008/08/26/blue-monk-a-jazz-standard/ Anthropology, CompuScriptology, Epistemology,FOSSology, Technology, Vosology, Webdesignology Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:55:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://vvn.net/wp/2008/08/26/blue-monk-a-jazz-standard/comment-page-1/#comment-301 Vos Virtual Network » Jazz, Innovation, and Scripting Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:44:25 +0000 http://vvn.net/wp/?p=494#comment-301 [...] Nick Sieger (no relation to the Detroit rocker Bob Seger) wrote a great article in July called Jazzers and Programmers. I found Nick’s article while researching some things about Ruby on Rails, and JRuby. NIck describes the history and styles of Jazz and compares it to the history and styles of programming. He talks about jazz fundamentals, and compared the rhythm section (piano, bass, and drums)  to programming libraries, frameworks, and patterns. He compares Bass-Drums-Piano to Model-View-Controller. It’s really great stuff — and even includes a musical score from one of the jazz standards, Blue Monk. [...] [...] Nick Sieger (no relation to the Detroit rocker Bob Seger) wrote a great article in July called Jazzers and Programmers. I found Nick’s article while researching some things about Ruby on Rails, and JRuby. NIck describes the history and styles of Jazz and compares it to the history and styles of programming. He talks about jazz fundamentals, and compared the rhythm section (piano, bass, and drums)  to programming libraries, frameworks, and patterns. He compares Bass-Drums-Piano to Model-View-Controller. It’s really great stuff — and even includes a musical score from one of the jazz standards, Blue Monk. [...]

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