Five ¢ents

Yahoo’s JavaScript architect Douglas Crockford has been participating in a five-event lecture series, entitled ‘Crockford on JavaScript.’ Opinionated and engaging, he aims to present an in-depth survey of the world’s most popular programming language.

This first installment illuminates the history of computing, including how this future-forward field has accumulated such detritus.

Perhaps my favorite takeaway comes from one of his first slides:

The people who should be the first to recognize the value of an innovation are often the last.

Watch and learn.