About the Author

Tim is an award-winning writer and technologist who enjoys teaching tech to non-technical people. He has many years experience with web sites and applications in business, technical, and creative roles. He and his wife have two kids, now teenagers, who are mad about video games.

Llama Emoji

Who chooses new emojis? And what’s coming in the next batch?

April 2018 Learn More Links

Links from the bottom of all the April 2018 articles, collected in one place for you to print, share, or bookmark.

April 2018 News Wire

Interesting stories about computer science, software programming, and technology for April 2018.

What Time is It?

Learn about the origin of Unix time, the calendar system used by digital devices.

February 2018 Learn More Links

Links from the bottom of all the February 2018 articles, collected in one place for you to print, share, or bookmark.

February 2018 News Wire

Interesting stories about computer science, software programming, and technology for February 2018.

Rubber Duck Debugging

Ducks, dolls, and other stuff make great programmers. Here's how it works.

December 2017 Learn More Links

Links from the bottom of all the December 2017 articles, collected in one place for you to print, share, or bookmark.

December 2017 News Wire

Interesting stories about computer science, software programming, and technology for December 2017.

The Uncanny Valley

There might be a reason that too-real robot and video game character creeps you out.

STEAM Gift Guide 2017

30+ ideas for all age holiday gifts, from books to apps to board games to VR and more.

October 2017 Learn More Links

Links from the bottom of all the October 2017 articles, collected in one place for you to print, share, or bookmark.

October 2017 Tidbitz

Interesting stories about computer science, software programming, and technology for February 2017.

CamelCase

Software programming does neat things with language, in this case, mixing capital letters.

Don’t Feed the Trolls

There's lots you can do make your online experiences enjoyable AND safe.

August 2017 Learn More Links

Links from the bottom of all the August 2017 articles, collected in one place for you to print, share, or bookmark.

August 2017 News Wire

Interesting stories about computer science, software programming, and technology for February 2017.

Visions of Numberland

An amazing new book turns math problems into shapes and illustrations.

Cookies!

Most people love cookies. But these cookies are the kind that make the internet possible.

June 2017 Learn More Links

Links from the bottom of all the June 2017 articles, collected in one place for you to print, share, or bookmark.

June 2017 News Wire

Interesting stories about computer science, software programming, and technology for June 2017.

What’s a Font?

We all use fonts yet rarely notice they are designed. Here are some interesting details to help you notice fonts.

What is Design?

Design is about solving problems, from donuts to race cars, how we eat to what to wear in cold weather.

Seesaw

This iPad app is a creative tool kids can use to explore and record what they learn in school.

State

State is an important concept in computer science as well as our everyday lives.

April 2017 Learn More Links

Links from the bottom of all the April 2017 articles, collected in one place for you to print, share, or bookmark.

April 2017 News Wire

Interesting stories about computer science, software programming, and technology for April 2017.

Erase All Kittens

A new version of a fun Mario-like game that teaches kids coding has been released. Learn HTML and save kittens!

February 2017 Learn More Links

Links from the bottom of all the February 2017 articles, collected in one place for you to print, share, or bookmark.

February 2017 News Wire

Interesting stories about computer science, software programming, and technology for February 2017.