When you
start experimenting with code, you find
that the new tool helps you do
your job better. Just think of it like getting punched in the face for the first time--once it happens, you realize it’s not
that bad. A friend, formerly a competitive fighter, once asked me: “Have you ever been punched in the face?” He and I were about to get in a bar fight. He needed to know if I could handle myself: Apparently, the fear of getting punched in the face holds you back from being effective in a fight. But once you’ve been punched in the face, you realize it’s not so bad--it’s easy to fling yourself into a fight without hesitating. Similarly, learning how to
code can be intimidating if you’ve never done it before. But whatever you don’t know is bound to hold you back from learning. I’ve been hearing for years
that designers need to learn to code. At first I thought I’d just end up doing two jobs instead of one. But the better I get at coding, the more I understand how connected they are. As a designer in the digital spectrum, you realize
that your very work--your material, which exists in the world--is code. How can you design something if you don’t know how it works? So, designers, step into the ring.Read Full Story