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Many years ago I started a course in robotics and digital technology. At the time, I was almost IT-illiterate - I didn't even know how to save a file to a floppy disk. My interest in technology was driven not by computers, but by a childhood fondness for old Sci-Fi stories.
| konamacphee.com - my professional site |
| Perfect Blue - the website for my latest poetry collection |
| that elusive clarity - a blog design based on the flexible Atahualpa theme |
| break-step productions - I'm the Technical Director of this UK company |
| SceneReader - ground-breaking software for finding text in images |
| Foveola - a continuing endeavour to help machines see |
| ScotSkills - a site for one of our business activities |
| Cherub Ventures - a dark and glossy micro-site |
| PatrickAndrews.com - a simple site designed to be user-maintainable |
It didn't take long to discover the curiously addictive nature of programming. My first PC was an ancient, borrowed IBM XT. It sat on a plank supported by a few bricks, and I sat cross-legged on the floor in front of it, zen-style. Despite the discomfort, I found I could sit writing programs for literally hours at a time, oblivious to anything but my conversation with the machine.
Since then, I've learned that Programmer's Hypnosis is a dangerous blessing. You get a lot done, but you also lose touch with yourself: intense abstract thinking is scarily good at suppressing both painful and subtle emotions. I still get poisoned by it on a regular basis, and spending time making other things is the best antidote I've found.
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