I'm looking for examples of what I'd refer to as "progressive tutorials". Coding or other tech-related tutorials that introduce progressive ideas and themes, without being overtly political.
course in the coming weeks - designed for anyone who has never coded before. It will be run with small class numbers so I can support learners as needed.
🙋🏻♀️ If you have friends who might benefit - do share with them!
Slide deck for my #monkigras talk 💬 "I Didn't Grow Up Speaking Code": GitHub Copilot as a Programming as a Second Language Tool 💬 is now live and accessible via my website!
>nitter is dead
>twitter is going full #LearnToCode on Taylor Swift
Elon fucked up twitter, but ultimately limiting public viewing of twitter is a good thing. I don't give a fuck what people say on Instagram or Facebook or whatever, and now Twitter can enter that category of social media as well.
Ran across this site today, and let me tell you, the website is BAD, but the live training is AWESOME. Very welcoming to beginners and at an easy pace. Check their Twitch or YouTube channels.
UMaine New Media and Computer Science just finished a groundbreaking 4-month experiment comparing AI with traditional digital methods in creative tasks. From essay writing to game design, 50 students tested AI's capabilities head-to-head with conventional tools https://blog.still-water.net/ai-versus-old-school-creativity 🧵1/7
Over the past ten years or so, I experienced a gradual shift from (a frustrated) "to get the most out of free software, I'm going to HAVE TO LEARN TO CODE!" to (a gratified) "the more I learn to code the more I get out of free software."
In short, it was the cumulative, very high-feedback, very low-barrier-to-entry list of idiosyncratic desires for tweaking my #Org mode workflows, then customizing my #mu4e workflows ... before I knew it I had written a couple of major and minor modes to mitigate my own #ADD.
Happy Friday, Fediverse! 🎉 What cool stuff are you using or working on today?
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We’re especially interested in hearing about open source, edtech, local-first tech, privacy, learning to code, and things related to game development. 👀
As mentioned in our latest Kickstarter update, we'll continue live-streaming the creation of our #FujoGuide website tomorrow August 24th at 3PM PDT (timezone converter in replies).
Join us on Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/essentialrandomness) as we recreate our character cards using Astro Components. We’ll then pair these with Astro Content Collections to easily add more characters to the roster and keep up-to-date information for their artists, all across our website!