I wrote a screenplay for a programming language introduction, then wrote a program to turn that into a motion comic #WebOrigami #comics #webdev

It’s always useful for me at the end of the year to reflect back on the past year’s work. I think this has been a great year for the Web Origami project and the Origami language. Goals for 2024 At the start of the year I set some specific goals for the project, all in service of building awareness of the project. These were all in addition to the...

I’ve posted a new Origami intro screencast that covers some of the basics of the Origami language: This screencast doesn’t give a complete introduction yet, but I think the production process I’m using is itself interesting and worth sharing. Videos are a vital form of documentation but: Videos take forever to produce — for me, easily an hour or...

I’d love to find a few new people to try out the Origami programming language for creating websites — maybe you? Maybe you have any of these goals: Are thinking of making a site for a passion project but aren’t sure how Have an existing site you want to move off a platform (WordPress, say) to something you control Want to try rewriting a site to...

I am deeply touched by the warm response to my recent MomBoard: E-ink display for a parent with amnesia post. It got much more circulation on Mastodon that I usually get, and overnight someone posted it to Hacker News — where it shot to the #1 story. I discovered this after waking up and finding my inbox full of LinkedIn requests. The post stayed...

Today marks two years since I first set up an e-ink display in my mom’s apartment to help her live on her own with amnesia. The display has worked extremely well during those two years, so I’m sharing the basic set-up in case others find it useful for similar situations. Note: unless you have specific experience caring for someone who has amnesia...