ICYMI - MiniComp and EdTech!
It’s here, it’s finally here! @roopikarisam.bsky.social and my special issue of Learning, Media and Technology on minimal computing and EdTech! www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjem20/4...
Learning, Media and Technology
Minimal Computing and Educational Technology. Guest Editors: Roopika Risam and Lee Skallerup Bessette. Volume 49, Issue 5 of Learning, Media and Technology
www.tandfonline.com
January 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
ICYMI - MiniComp and EdTech!
New diary format I'm testing in my minicomp this week: draw yourself talking with a fictional character.
Posting this as an example of what can be done. 📓
Very personal! I redacted a lot! Prompted by an intense week at work. I often feel out of place there!
Posting this as an example of what can be done. 📓
Very personal! I redacted a lot! Prompted by an intense week at work. I often feel out of place there!
October 8, 2026 at 4:56 PM
New diary format I'm testing in my minicomp this week: draw yourself talking with a fictional character.
Posting this as an example of what can be done. 📓
Very personal! I redacted a lot! Prompted by an intense week at work. I often feel out of place there!
Posting this as an example of what can be done. 📓
Very personal! I redacted a lot! Prompted by an intense week at work. I often feel out of place there!
Hey @elotroalex.bsky.social and @roopikarisam.bsky.social! 👋 Happy Friday! I made a starter pack for #minicomp folks, but I'm sure I left people out. Any suggestions for additions? go.bsky.app/L2Zas63
November 22, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Hey @elotroalex.bsky.social and @roopikarisam.bsky.social! 👋 Happy Friday! I made a starter pack for #minicomp folks, but I'm sure I left people out. Any suggestions for additions? go.bsky.app/L2Zas63
Want to know something else that's neat about making low-emission sites in 2025? They probably will last longer than the gas guzzlers.
#minicomp
#minicomp
We are featured in over 50 news outlets today: PhD student David Mahoney's research using web archives, @archive.org, to measure historic website emissions, offering a new method and open-source code for analysing & highlighting online environmental impact. www.energylivenews.com/2025/11/11/c...
COP websites emit 10 times more carbon than average webpages - Energy Live News
COP conference websites emit more carbon per page view than typical webpages
www.energylivenews.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Want to know something else that's neat about making low-emission sites in 2025? They probably will last longer than the gas guzzlers.
#minicomp
#minicomp
Questions of #minicomp, per @roopikarisam.bsky.social , particularly relevant rn, of course #bostondh25
April 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Questions of #minicomp, per @roopikarisam.bsky.social , particularly relevant rn, of course #bostondh25
My most digital humanities–coded trait (I am an extremely analog person, for the most part) is being a minicomp evangelist, because ⬇️
Sadly I think we're only going to need more low bandwidth mode sites in the near future.
aramzs.xyz/noteworthy/n...
aramzs.xyz/noteworthy/n...
NPR Stations Launch Text-Only Sites for Low Bandwidth Users in Crisis Areas
Microblog and feed from Aram Zucker-Scharff.
aramzs.xyz
October 11, 2024 at 5:37 PM
My most digital humanities–coded trait (I am an extremely analog person, for the most part) is being a minicomp evangelist, because ⬇️
since the last time I showed my graphic design stuff went surprisingly viral, here's some more of my stuff for an alternate timeline I'm working on (and yes, the dates are correct):
![The bootscreen for a fictional operating system named "Peach 3 (styled ]|[) System Software 6.0".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oxqknd5h73cdnefceup5tpi4/bafkreicc5zi2vljaaos4ak4hgpjaoiburzjfwjqpfahcfmbmcx7pmmh2ci)
January 31, 2025 at 6:14 AM
since the last time I showed my graphic design stuff went surprisingly viral, here's some more of my stuff for an alternate timeline I'm working on (and yes, the dates are correct):
I definitely read a minicomp vibe in his "passionate hobby" argument. Imho, I think that's right. Minicomp is the past and the future. Of course, I'm biased because in the Caribbean that's all we have had and will have for the foreseeable future. We've been post-apocalyptic for a minute now.
July 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I definitely read a minicomp vibe in his "passionate hobby" argument. Imho, I think that's right. Minicomp is the past and the future. Of course, I'm biased because in the Caribbean that's all we have had and will have for the foreseeable future. We've been post-apocalyptic for a minute now.
Minicomp review frame diary. 📓 Before this, I wrote out a few things I Did, Saw, and Heard. I also wrote a Question and one thing I'm Grateful for...
September 16, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Minicomp review frame diary. 📓 Before this, I wrote out a few things I Did, Saw, and Heard. I also wrote a Question and one thing I'm Grateful for...
Sorry, this is in response to that historian soliciting app advice post, and also to the many times that people have asked me for similar advice...expecting some fancy app answer. No, in this house we are analog, and #minicomp evangelists if we are anything tech
August 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Sorry, this is in response to that historian soliciting app advice post, and also to the many times that people have asked me for similar advice...expecting some fancy app answer. No, in this house we are analog, and #minicomp evangelists if we are anything tech
Because there aren't algorithms to push this into your feed, I'm reposting this with hashtags this time! #edtech #digitalpedagogy #minicomp #dhmakes
It’s here, it’s finally here! @roopikarisam.bsky.social and my special issue of Learning, Media and Technology on minimal computing and EdTech! www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjem20/4...
Learning, Media and Technology
Minimal Computing and Educational Technology. Guest Editors: Roopika Risam and Lee Skallerup Bessette. Volume 49, Issue 5 of Learning, Media and Technology
www.tandfonline.com
December 13, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Because there aren't algorithms to push this into your feed, I'm reposting this with hashtags this time! #edtech #digitalpedagogy #minicomp #dhmakes
Two review frames in the pocket minicomp. 📓 I have a two day streak. Day one doing Lynda Barry diary exercises always feels good, but day two feels amazing.
September 11, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Two review frames in the pocket minicomp. 📓 I have a two day streak. Day one doing Lynda Barry diary exercises always feels good, but day two feels amazing.
That said, I'm going to be working this whole year to learn how to deploy LLMs in minicomp environments. Some great conversations with @lucidbard.bsky.social and others about possibilities for the future.
January 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM
That said, I'm going to be working this whole year to learn how to deploy LLMs in minicomp environments. Some great conversations with @lucidbard.bsky.social and others about possibilities for the future.
Check it out. Frederik built a static site/minicomp digital collection using Pelican. For the Python crew.
March 23, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Check it out. Frederik built a static site/minicomp digital collection using Pelican. For the Python crew.
The GO::DH minimal computing folks are amazing and inspiring. I have learned so much from @elotroalex.bsky.social and the rest of the #minicomp crew. They inspired me to ditch #WordPress try #Jekyll and then #11ty. *
June 29, 2026 at 12:32 AM
The GO::DH minimal computing folks are amazing and inspiring. I have learned so much from @elotroalex.bsky.social and the rest of the #minicomp crew. They inspired me to ditch #WordPress try #Jekyll and then #11ty. *
so. i AI'd Ruler of Everything for a Minicomp.
and I think it learned how to BM.
and I think it learned how to BM.
October 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
so. i AI'd Ruler of Everything for a Minicomp.
and I think it learned how to BM.
and I think it learned how to BM.
It was not very difficult choosing which moment to draw and write about!
(I loved Coyote VS Acme. Laughing at slapstick cartoons with other adults in a theater feels good.)
(I loved Coyote VS Acme. Laughing at slapstick cartoons with other adults in a theater feels good.)
September 17, 2026 at 2:28 PM
It was not very difficult choosing which moment to draw and write about!
(I loved Coyote VS Acme. Laughing at slapstick cartoons with other adults in a theater feels good.)
(I loved Coyote VS Acme. Laughing at slapstick cartoons with other adults in a theater feels good.)
And now Zetta's awesome sticker is on my minicomp! 📓✨️🦁
December 13, 2024 at 8:39 PM
And now Zetta's awesome sticker is on my minicomp! 📓✨️🦁
New minicomp diary format! The four panel silent comic. 🍂🏰⛳
September 18, 2026 at 2:33 PM
New minicomp diary format! The four panel silent comic. 🍂🏰⛳
Good to hear you found our work and ideas useful. I myself turned to 11ty recently out of Jekyll. I'm almost done with a full migration of our journal archipelagos to 11ty. Much faster and elegant, still minicomp to the bone.
June 29, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Good to hear you found our work and ideas useful. I myself turned to 11ty recently out of Jekyll. I'm almost done with a full migration of our journal archipelagos to 11ty. Much faster and elegant, still minicomp to the bone.
Probably the best critique of the limits of minimal computing for thinking about energy. Hard to disagree with. If you ask me, minicomp focuses on solving small problems and painting with a thin brush. The big ones might require what @javiercha.bsky.social et al propose here—inter alia.
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June 2, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Probably the best critique of the limits of minimal computing for thinking about energy. Hard to disagree with. If you ask me, minicomp focuses on solving small problems and painting with a thin brush. The big ones might require what @javiercha.bsky.social et al propose here—inter alia.
Sunday at Furrest City! ✍🌈🎪🌃
September 24, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Sunday at Furrest City! ✍🌈🎪🌃
I got really into learning about minicomp aka minimal computing principles a few years ago because of this kind of shit. Ugh. I hope you have more success later this week!!
October 1, 2026 at 2:42 AM
I got really into learning about minicomp aka minimal computing principles a few years ago because of this kind of shit. Ugh. I hope you have more success later this week!!
