Latinoware 2012

Unusual situations of everyday life of a programmer are shown daily on site ‘Programmer’s Life’ by comic strips and a good dose of humor. On the 19th, at 10am, André Noel – author of the site – will share with the Latinoware audience his experiences and also show how to use free tools in production of content.

Lots of creativity, Inkscape and Gimp are enough for the work he does and that has followers all over the country “Everything is produced with free software. I did not have any difficulties because I already used them long before starting with ‘Programmer’s Life’. Of course, proprietary tools always offer some additional features more than the others, but I’ve never felt the need for them,” he says.

- Where did the idea to create the website come from? How long do you usually spend on graphics nowadays?

I wanted to make something that was humorous and that made people laugh. After considering a few different ideas, I thought I should focus on programming, which is what I understand best. Hence the content has been “sprouting” from things that I experienced, some stories of friends and soon began receiving many true stories from readers. Today I’m working only with the site and doing my Masters. So, content production and my Masters program are always fighting for my time …

- Is there a strip for Latinoware!?

Sure. I only do not know if I will have time to draw it live there because of the time constraints, but there will certainly be a special one.

Even the elections have become the subject of Andre’s strips and ‘Programmer’s Life’.

André Noel holds a BA in Computer Science from the State University of Maringá (UEM); Web developer and Linux User since 2002, and Ubuntu since 2005;he is a member of the Ubuntu-BR Community Council and author of the Programmer’s Life website.