E9: What makes programming fun? With Steve Krouse of val.town

Steve Krouse is the founder of val.town, a social network where you write and run - and maybe poke - code? 

Steve's a fellow computer science education and developer tools enthusiast. We explore what makes programming fun - and how tools like val.town might just be able to recapture that joy we've all felt with computers before.

Shownotes:

• val.town
• Steve Krouse 
• Seymour Papert
• Mindstorms by Seymour Papert (book)
• Zachtronics
• Caveman Chemistry (book)
• Primitive Technology (book)
• Hack Club 

Creators & Guests

Host

Charlie Harrington

Computer programmer, cub novelist

Host

Oz Nova

Learn computer science with me: async via https://t.co/7DJHcrvyg1 or live via https://t.co/3txqrpBkwi. Or, https://t.co/pDTuKaskQZ

Guest

Steve Krouse

founder @ValDotTown, all the code that's fit to run

What is The CS Primer Show?

A show about computer science and computer science education by Charlie Harrington and Oz Nova.