Defector

‘The Chair Company’ Is A Show About How Fun It Is To Use The Computer

Throughout the first season of The Chair Company, the protagonist Ron Trosper (Tim Robinson) goes to many places that he ...
The Atlantic

Snap is trying to make computers fun again.

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Today, Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, one of the most popular social-media apps for teenage users, is announcing a new computer that you wear directly on ...
MLive

‘Computer science is hard.’ That doesn’t mean it can’t be fun, teacher says

KALAMAZOO, MI -- Many schools have all-star athletes. The Kalamazoo Area Math and Science Center has all-star coders. Shannon Houtrouw, a computer science teacher at the enrichment center, has been ...
InfoWorld

Kano Linux kit makes coding and hacking fun for kids

In today's open source roundup: The Kano Linux kit makes learning to build and use computers fun for children. Plus: Three streaming music clients for Linux, and the eNcade is a portable retro gaming ...
EurekAlert!

Playing computer games for fun and research

EVANSTON, Ill. --- A new $2.7 million, three-year grant from the John Templeton Foundation will support a one-of-a-kind project called Wordovators. Wordovators will combine mathematical modeling with ...