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Once Upon a Punch Card - How Textiles Can Explain Why We Have the Web

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Explore the fascinating connection between textiles and computing in this JSConf conference talk. Discover how the history of textile looms operated by punch cards laid the foundation for modern computing, data storage, and digital communication. Learn about the speaker's journey from web development to knitting, which led to profound insights into the nature of binary data and its role in JavaScript. Gain a friendly, tactile understanding of fundamental computing concepts through the lens of textile crafts and knitting machines.

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Mariko Kosaka – Once upon a punch card - how textiles can explain why we have the web

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