https://github.com/andymatuschak/khan-academy-offer-acceptance-toy

The playful way that I joined Khan Academy.
https://github.com/andymatuschak/khan-academy-offer-acceptance-toy

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The playful way that I joined Khan Academy.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/andymatuschak/khan-academy-offer-acceptance-toy
• Owner: andymatuschak
• Created: 2014-07-05T15:18:58.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2014-07-05T23:35:00.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-21T06:24:44.753Z (8 months ago)
• Language: Objective-C
• Size: 535 KB
• Stars: 89
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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This was the playful way that I accepted my offer to become [Khan Academy's](http://khanacademy.org) lead mobile developer.

![Screenshot of §](https://github.com/andymatuschak/Khan-Academy-Offer-Acceptance-Toy/raw/master/Screenshot.jpg)

Check out [a video](http://life.khanacademy.org/post/87602482963/a-mobile-dev-sends-a-cryptic-message-a-k-a-proof) (it has extensive motion effects, too—difficult to capture on video).

Story

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I'd [been deliberating](http://blog.andymatuschak.org/post/90426060477/chasing-the-illustrated-primer) the difficult decision to leave Apple for months, over many hard conversations and much introspection. The night before I had promised Khan Academy an answer, I realized that a simple phone call seemed anticlimactic. So I stayed up all night to make this silly thing instead. I sent them an empty email the next morning with this code attached.

Why this?

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I was joining Khan Academy specifically to (try to) define the form for educational content on this rich, highly interactive medium. The whole idea is to make [primers that are dynamic and immersive](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Young_Lady%27s_Illustrated_Primer); where [the student's involvement in the material is active](http://blog.andymatuschak.org/post/8717186905/second-person-self-awareness); where [learning happens through play and discovery](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindstorms:_Children,_Computers,_and_Powerful_Ideas), not just through listening to prescription. Elements should cry out to be touched and played with. The spirit should be one of joy and messiness.

I wanted to make something that would communicate that feeling, both as a stake in the ground, and as a self-introduction to the folks at Khan Academy who hadn't yet met me or been involved in those discussions. And, well, I only had a night, but this is what I came up with.

Plug

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Want to work with [me](http://andymatuschak.org), [a preeminent designer](http://twitter.com/mayli), and [tons of other lovely people](https://www.khanacademy.org/about) to define the form for educational content on interactive media? Are you an outstanding engineer or designer? We need your help: [email protected].

Note about Yosemite

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There's currently a bug in the Xcode 6 beta that causes builds to fail for projects with special characters in them. This is one such project.