Programming for everyone, that is my motto these days. And when I say all kids, I mean all kids. It is easy to think of all kids, but forget about kids with disabilities. One group of kids for whom it is really hard to program is kids that are blind and visually impaired. And I am […]
Awesome Speakers (that might speak at your conference)
I often get asked to suggest awesome female speakers, so I thought let’s make a list on my blog so it is easy for me to help people out that are looking for great women for their panel/conference/event. The list was compiled based on my memory and a shout out on Twitter. I have mainly […]
Code Phonology
If you have been following my posts and talks the last few months, you will have seen “programming is writing” in some places already (for example in this post or this video) In these posts I argue that the process of programming is like the process of writing. In both you create something from a […]
Experimental Methods in Neuroscience and Cognition – Igor Crk and Andrew Begel
This talk is about what we can learn from neuroscience and cognition. We humans have a part of the brain called the cerebral cortex for memory and speech processing and other things cats do not have 🙂 EEG By looking at what parts of the brain light up, we can learn what type of things […]
mBot – Building Tips & Tricks
mBot is a robot set powered by an Arduino, but, different from most Arduino sets this one comes with dedicated software based on Scratch like blocks. It is a really lovely set (see my video review here) but, putting it together can be a bit tricky. So this post has some tips to make it […]
