For years I’ve tried to blend art and science in my work. Even with limited talent and limited success, over many years I’ve amassed a body of work some find interesting, and over time, as the master recommends, I will endeavor to put it all here for you to have. Here’s how Henry put it:

Revised: January 1, 2010

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Site History

Science is Not Enough: On the Creation of Software [script (pdf)][slides (6.8mb pdf)]

Extravagaria V—Photographing Conferences (Advanced), a 5-day workshop at OOPSLA

Fragile Ideas 2009, a workshop at Onward!

Designed as Designer, an essay on design and creativity

A Pattern of Language Evolution

Poem a Day Project (2009 poems now available, including a draft of a novel)

Design Beyond Human Abilities (3.3 mb pdf) (downsampled significantly)

The Commons as New Economy & What This Means for Research (small pdf) - Finalist for the Novática Award

Conscientious Software

The Poetry of Programming

The Art of Lisp & Writing

Patterns of Software (1.2 mb pdf)

Writers' Workshop (final typset version) (2.3 mb pdf)

Books I've written [New: Drive On (poetry); Innovation Happens Elsewhere (open source)–Jolt Productivity Award Winner; pdf of final typeset version of Writers' Workshop now available]