Charles Chamberlain

Sometimes I just want to quit everything, move to a lightly forested countryside, and write a mix of bash and ruby while sipping bourbon and thinking about what could have been

@janniksco @betaworks It's turned out to be a hack night rather than talks, but we'll have more!

@charlesetc @betaworks Will the talks be recorded? 👀

Don't miss the next NYC Future of Coding event at @betaworks next Wednesday! lu.ma/cam9g0nq

New newsletter published today! Filled with tons of system updates & new demo programs:

@charlesetc has been building tools to visualize and update vectors in Folk ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← →

@tobyshooters I love this. My answer: not creating or building anything. Passing your time in a slot that you landed in without thinking or enacting your own agency at all

a value is only good if there's an equally valid alternative; stability vs agility, accountability vs autonomy, uniqueness vs legibility— so the question to all the "world-builders" is, what is the opposite of it? what are you missing out on?

@dustingetz discuss.ocaml.org

Where are the best programming language communities? please recommend me an irc, discord, forums etc with advanced PL discussion

Just happily tapped my way through Fish, a subversive look at what it means to create and consume content on the internet robinsloan.com/fish/

@qualmist ooh what's boxer?

Finally publishing Apricot! A prototype of a structure editor for typing out user interfaces very quickly: inclouds.space/blog/apricot/

@_yogr Best way is through twitter or at the bottom of the page here! inclouds.space/blog/

@charlesetc This is really cool… How do I follow progress?

We put two million tv-sized, touch-screen displays, hooked up to computers, into classrooms around the world and used them to… simulate chalkboards?? 😳

computers are communication devices

@tobyshooters @inexactsciences Oh damn

"A tool addresses human needs by amplifying human capabilities." "A tool converts what we can do into what we want to do. A great tool is designed to fit both sides." worrydream.com/ABriefRantOnTh…

NYC Future of Coding July 2023 Meetup ⏰ Weds, July 12 at 5:30pm 📍@betaworks RSVP! Tell your friends! Bring your laptop & something to demo or share! lu.ma/aumr707h

@causalislands Projectors!

Which interface represents the future of computing?

VR tracks people (fingers, bodies, eyes) Tangible computing tracks objects (paper, tea cups, pens) A lot of people see tangible computing projects & ask "why do you need the IRL paper/tea cup/pen? Wouldn't it be *cleaner* in VR?" The mess of the real world Is The Point!

@polbaladas Yes! Tragic that our computers have no ability to plug in multiple mice and have multiple cursors

Shoulder-to-Shoulder computing Just walk into a room and start computing. Multiple mice (or none), multiple keyboards (or none).

@alanlaidlaw That is wild

@charlesetc Let’s talk strain gauges youtube.com/watch?v=qi_DFL… 16:52 in

Does anyone know where I can find a physical gauge like the one below that I can control with a computer?

Oh my goodness hackaday.com/2019/09/19/ana…