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, 2015

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Poem a Day Project (2014) (The Romance of Homelessness [pdf])

I Throw Itching Powder at Tulips [pdf]

The Structure of a Programming Language Revolution [pdf]

Waltz in Illinois [pdf]

Publication Culture in Computer Science and Software Engineering [pdf]

RPG 2012: A Sporadic Conference

Defamiliarization: Flarf, Conceptual Writing, and Using Flawed Software Tools as Creative Partners [workshop version: 1 mb pdf] [journal version: pdf]

Better Science Through Art (2.1 mb pdf)

Worse is Better, full paper, history, and responses

The Rise of Worse is Better, the part everyone talks about

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

Designed as Designer, an essay on design and creativity

A Pattern of Language Evolution

The Poetry of Programming

The Art of Lisp & Writing

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]

Blog of Disquiet