Writing as Programming as Writing
Back in 2003, at the Digital Humanities conference in Athens, Georgia, Geoffrey Rockwell and I threw all caution to the wind and performed a live Brechto-Socratic dialogue on the relationship between programming and writing. People still ask us about it, but we've never been sure exactly what to do with it.
The intellectual glow of THATCamp must have put me in the mood, because this afternoon it came to me — the ideal forum for what Geoffrey and I privately refer to as "Untitled #4."
It was impossible to give Geoffrey's character his signature beard, but other than that, I would say it perfectly recreates the original performance (including our extraordinary range as "voice talents"). Enjoy!
[...] This playful exercise then led to Untitled #4 which led to our dialogue with the same name which led to the Animation! [...]
Does the fact that I kept laughing and smiling, approvingly, at this video prove that I am a true geek, even though I am illiterate in the science/computer fields to which this video directs its energies? This is great, I snuffle and hee-hee. I am cheering the whole time like a fanatic sports fan watching its team make a goal. What for? Why? Because this is, in short, so very close to heart.