Monthly Archives: September 2021

Critical Computation and Teaching

An article on the Verge, File Not Found, about issues in teaching computational skills resonates slightly. The User Interaction abstractions have made, in many cases, for sleek and shiny interfaces that hide the complexities of the software underneath. Lost a file? On a Mac, spotlight can find it. Need to use an app, just touch […]

September 30, 2021 – 9:28 am | By iain_emsley | Posted in teaching | Tagged , | Comments (0)

The Unheard City

Some time ago, I mentioned a project that was starting called the Unheard City to explore sonification of Internet of Things devices and the phone. Well, it is alive, or coming to be. The Unheard City website is coming into being with the sounds here and is the subject of a talk this Sunday at […]

September 17, 2021 – 8:42 am | By iain_emsley | Posted in Open Knowledge | Tagged | Comments (0)