Well son-of-a-gun. This morning I finally got around to reading last week’s New York Times Sunday Magazine. Turns out the day I was busy building Seymour was the day this article appeared on my doorstep: And now, the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is starting a dual-degree master’s program in journalism and computer science. [...]
Category Archives: Programming
Columbia University thinks journalists should be able to program their own tools
September 27, 2010 – 2:27 pm
Here’s a Thing I Made This Weekend
September 21, 2010 – 9:44 pm
All this talk of news sites and product design and user experience… it got me thinking: Wouldn’t it be fun to have a sandbox to play in? Wouldn’t it be pleasant to try out some ideas? This summer, in the depths of my obsession, I had a few conversations with Adam Bachman and Jesse Kriss. [...]
Art Heroes Radio
July 9, 2010 – 10:08 am
This week John T Unger invited me on his podcast Art Heroes Radio, a place where John tries to help artists and entrepreneurs become “heroes on their own terms.” I dig that. Anyway, here’s the page for our conversation: The competitive advantage of hiring artists, A conversation with Chris Ashworth Despite the specificity of the [...]
My 2 Bucks on Pricing
June 9, 2010 – 11:34 am
If you read this blog with any regularity, you know I have two primary social circles: indie software and indie theater. I’m writing this with both of you in mind, but I’m going to start out with the theater kids and bend it back around. Software kids, sit tight for a second. See, at the [...]
OS X as utility truck
June 2, 2010 – 7:07 am
Well, between you and me and the comments, it looks like we basically came to the right conclusion. Or, rather, we basically came to the same conclusion as Steve Jobs. Via Engadget: Walt: Is the tablet going to replace the laptop? Tell me what you think about where it’s going? Steve: You know… (long pause). [...]