It’s Ada Lovelace day today, and it turns out my main influences lately have been two women. One is Sherry … More
Author: Alex McLean
Pure dyne
I’ve been through a few linux distros over the years, neatly getting progressively easier to install and configure as I … More
2000 to 2009
Inspired by Christof, here’s my roundup of 2000 to 2009, seriously inhibited by my terrible memory. Will add to this … More
Metaphors of javadoc
Conceptual metaphor theory holds that our understanding of the world is largely structured by metaphor. This presumably includes our … More
The iPhone and toilet paper freedom
Geoffg is playing a lawyer in declaring his interpretation of the GPL as the truth, lambasting the Free Software Foundation … More
Patterns of Movement in Live Languages
I’m giving a paper at the CHArt conference in Birkbeck tomorrow. I’ll edit it a little after the conference for … More
Acid sketching
I’ve been thinking about visual languages and the morphology of symbols (as opposed to words) for a while. I had … More
Transferring
Tom Armitage wrote a nice wired article interviewing us (slub) about live coding. I’m still working on my upgrade, hoping to … More
hackpact week 4
Ok the third fourth week of hackpact actually started yesterday, but I didn’t think my contribution then warranted a new … More
Hackpact week 3
It’s the third week of the hackpact. A few have fallen by the wayside, others are doing impressively well. Adam … More