On to another point I tried to make at the Node forum, perhaps not too well.. That perhaps that the … More
Category: rant
What is embodied programming?
I had a great time at the Node Forum in Frankfurt this weekend. I got to meet my software art … More
We have no idea what we are doing: exclusion in free software culture
The following is a live post which includes some strong statements which I might temper later. If anyone asks, I … More
PhD Thesis: Artist-Programmers and Programming Languages for the Arts
With some minor corrections done, my thesis is finally off to the printers. I’ve made a PDF available, and here’s … More
Motivation
Now here’s an hour well spent, Bret Victor giving a talk on “Inventing on Principle”: He demos some really nice … More
Computational thinking
Some great news today that the UK school ICT programme is going to be replaced/updated with computer science. As far … More
There must be no generative, procedural or computational art
This blog entry feels like a work in progress, so feedback is especially encouraged. Lately I’ve been considering a dichotomy … More
Best known and wrong: Dreyfus and Dreyfus
Since dipping my toe into cross-disciplinary research, I’ve noticed that it seems the best known results of a field are … More
New old laptop
My old laptop was falling apart, but buying a new one presented all kinds of ethical problems of which I … More
Sonic boom
I’ve been peeved by this FT article, and failing to express my annoyance over on twitter, so time for a … More