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WYSIWYG

(What you see is what you get) does it still make sense?

Posted on September 4^th 2020

I am a little bit provocative. Word processing softwares are still important and have been a gateway to the use of computers. Nonetheless last 10-15 years have seen a great evolution in technology. Actually an evolution in the paradigm of use of technology: systems are smaller, more portable but mainly... [Read more]

Tags: technology accessibility evolution

Languages

Why the computer does not reply when you speak to it

Posted on August 25^th 2020

When we talked about pinning the tail on the donkey we said that coding consists in telling instructions, the problem is that the computer does not speak our language. [Read more]

Tags: coding programming language

Data and information

What's the difference?

Posted on August 18^th 2020

You probably know both words and probably use them interchangeably in your everyday life, but there’s actually a small but meaningful difference that is better to keep in mind. [Read more]

Pin the tail on the donkey

Turn a kids' game into a coding experience

Posted on August 1^st 2020

A problem and a simple set of instructions to solve it. A good starting point for a game but also for coding. One of the two players is blindfolded and must pin a paper tail in the right place. He can do only few actions: go up, down, left or... [Read more]

Tags: coding game

Happy birthday

You already know coding, you just didn't realize!

Posted on July 26^th 2020

Coding is giving instructions to a computer to solve a problem or complete a task. We can write more complex definitions and go deep with details but now I want to focus on what you already know. [Read more]

Tags: coding music