Writing
I write letters about the poetics of computing, children's education, and the stories we tell about technology.
I've been writing these letters since 2020. Here's where I'd start:
Teaching
Beginnings
The hundred languages of a child, six questions on technology, and why I started writing these letters.
Pancake Sorting
Why we teach history with dates and computers with pancakes.
Sesame Street
The most pedagogically radical TV show ever made.
Making
Playground Abacus
Designing Helsinki's computer playground — where Roman parallel computing meets a childs hands.
Time to Construct
Worldbuilding a computer playground, from sketches to concrete.
A Playground Arrives
The playground arrives in the city, with lessons baked into its curves.
Looking
Anni Albers
Woven circuits, textile memory, and the long thread from the loom to the computer.
On Drawing
What's inside a computer? Draw it to find out.
To See Like Hockney
A lesson in perspective, attention, and how seeing changes thinking.
Reading
Taste
Why algorithms fail at children's books, and what handpicked recommendations can do that feeds never will.
Endpapers
Book pairings, textures, and the joy of unexpected matches.
Books of 2024
A year of reading, arranged by theme and curiosity.
Remembering
Archaeological Algorithms
Reading old computer science papers as stories, not statements. A case for narrative in technical history.
Teaching Computer History
Why a timeline isn't the only way to remember technology.
Klara von Neumann
A portrait of a computer pioneer and the stories we overlook.
The Lost Coder
Hunting for Finland's forgotten female programmers, from keypunch operators to the woman who coded ESKO.
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