Podcast Episodes

Magic Ink by Bret Victor

Before the time-travelling talks, the programmable rooms, the ladders and rocket launchers, we had the first real Bret Victor essay: Magic Ink. It se…

3 years, 1 month ago

Worse is Better by Richard P. Gabriel

Following our previous episode on Richard P. Gabriel's Incommensurability paper, we're back for round two with an analysis of what we've dubbed the W…

3 years, 2 months ago

Structure of a Programming Language Revolution by Richard P. Gabriel

Today we're discussing the so-called "incommensurability" paper: The Structure of a Programming Language Revolution by Richard P. Gabriel.

In the pre…

3 years, 3 months ago

Personal Dynamic Media by Alan Kay & Adele Goldberg

There once was a podcast episode. It was about a very special kind of book: the Dynabook. The podcast didn't know whether to be silly, or serious. Ji…

3 years, 6 months ago

Augmenting Human Intellect by Doug Engelbart

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3 years, 7 months ago

Man-Computer Symbiosis by J.C.R. Licklider

Jimmy Miller joins the show as co-host. Together, we embark on a new series of episodes covering the most influential and interesting papers in the h…

3 years, 9 months ago

Ella Hoeppner: Vlojure

Today's guest is Ella Hoeppner, who first came onto the radar of our community back in the fall when she released a web-based visual Clojure editor c…

4 years ago

Scott Anderson: End-user Programming in VR

Scott Anderson has spent the better part of a decade working on end-user programming features for VR and the metaverse. He's worked on playful creati…

4 years, 2 months ago

Amjad Masad: Replit

The name Replit will be familiar to regular listeners of our show. The backstory and ambitions behind the project, however, I bet will be news to you…

4 years, 4 months ago

Toby Schachman: Cuttle, Apparatus, and Recursive Drawing

In this episode, I'll be talking to Toby Schachman, who many of you are surely familiar with thanks to an incredible string of projects he's released…

4 years, 5 months ago