Languages are languages

Ian Bogost has an interesting argument that computer languages are not languages, but systems. He starts off arguing that learning … More

The tyranny of deadline extensions

At least in my world, it has become normal and expected for deadlines to be extended by around a week. … More

The Text live coding workshop went really well, surprisingly well considering it was the first time anyone apart from me … More

I’ve updated Text a bit to improve the visual representation of higher order types (you’d probably need to full screen … More

I’ve been rather busy writing lately, my PhD funding runs out in April, and I hope by then I’ll have … More

Text is a experimental visual language under development. Code and docs will appear here at some point, but all I … More

This post dedicated to Olga, who went missing a few days ago. (she came back, after three weeks out in the … More

First a quick screencast of my new live coding environment called Text, which is I think a good proof of … More

I stopped using feedback.pl, a self-modifying live code editor written in Perl, some time ago, in favour of editing Haskell … More

I’ve been doing things a bit on the quiet lately, including Live Coding on the streets of Liverpool, and in … More