Part of Ignite, a series of 5-minute, rapid-fire presentations. Here, I talk about how to become literate with code, even as a non-programmer, by working visually with the open-source tool Processing. Image credits: Dinner check by Jim Reynolds: http://flickr.com/photos/revjim5000/2445394705/ LOGO-generated image graphic created by remi, logo source code created by Arbol01, via Wikimedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Remi_turtlegrafik.png Apple II image by Florian Eckerstorfer http://flickr.com/photos/florianeckerstorfer/1870727397/ Breakout art, as featured in Create Digital Motion: http://createdigitalmotion.com/2007/04/17/breakout-hacked-into-art-in-processing/ See also Game Mod: http://www.trsp.net/teaching/gamemod/ NOAA climate information from the National Weather Service: http://www.weather.gov/climate/ Vintage cookbooks by Patrick Q: http://flickr.com/photos/patrick_q/199986515/ All other images by the author