From the Desk of Josh Beckman (www.joshbeckman.org) home / blog / note-about-the-death-of-the-author Note about the death of the authorAnother good reason to begin documenting your Theory of The Program: it’s a way to combat the death of the author. If you have explicitly written down the intentions of some software, and what it assumed, then others cannot add assumptions onto you in the future. You are also forced into honesty about what you initially considered and how you perceived the world. (From reading ferd.ca’s thoughts on language and inclusiveness) Josh Beckman Reference 92.01 Publishing 2020, July 19 Edit Comment/Reply via email Widgets Network Graph Legend Insight This widget generates “insights” about a post - you can read about how it works. Generating Keyboard Shortcuts Key Action o Source e Edit i Insight r Random s or / Search Close www.joshbeckman.org/blog/deathoftheauthor