This footage from 1979 shows how much Health and Safety culture has changed in less than a generation. Not a safety harness or carabiner in… Read More »Not long ago; or, Little by little (7): Fred Dibnah, Steeplejack – health and safety edition
For a given learner and learning outcome, the learner must: Be safe, healthy and comfortable (enough); Be motivated; Engage in relevant activity towards the learning… Read More »Pedagogical Paradigm (1): a learning system
One question I like to ask everyone, I’ll just give you a moment to think about: how many software devs are there out there in… Read More »Peter Wang: Scripting Society (PyCon US Keynote, 2022) – how many programmers does the world need?
The evolution of Mickey Mouse’s appearance is interesting… but not nearly as interesting as his pre-history and the business and technical factors wrapped up in… Read More »Animation History: The Surprising History of Mickey Mouse
Disclaimer: I’m not a computer scientist or mathematician. This post is about what I’ve learnt so far about Lambda Calculus. Most of the resources I’ve… Read More »Lambda Calculus for people a step behind me (4): Reading list, playlist
Alan Becker breaks down key elements of animation from Thomas and Johnston’s Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life. Recommended. Slow in, Slow Out; or, (Sine)… Read More »Alan Becker: Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston’s 12 Principles of Animation (and a bit of the beauty of maths)
So, game designers sculpt a form of agency and embed it in a game. And players submerge themselves in that sculpted agency. Games, then, turn… Read More »C. Thi Nguyen: games and agency; games as art
Disclaimer: I’m not a computer scientist or mathematician. This post is about what I’ve learnt so far about Lambda Calculus. Most of the resources I’ve… Read More »Lambda Calculus for people a step behind me (3): Little Omega, Omega Combinator, Y-Combinator
Whether you are examining past societies or living and acting within one today, it’s important to distinguish between live and dead players. A live player… Read More »Samo Burja: Live and Dead Players
The Rules 1. Be kind: all else is details. 2. Remember that you are not your learners… 3. …that most people would rather fail than… Read More »Greg Wilson: Ten Rules for Teaching