Computer scientist and educator. Creator of ChessCraft. Senior computer scientist at Environment Canada.
Posted by Stuart Spence in ChessCraft
I just released version 1.1 which is my first patch for ChessCraft! Thanks everyone for the user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) feedback.
I had a hickup this morning where ChessCraft was briefly taken off Google Play but all seems fine now.
It seems …
Posted by Stuart Spence in ChessCraft
Today ChessCraft passed 100 active installs! That is, 100 people decided to install ChessCraft and (most importantly) did not decide to uninstall it. So that's quite nice. This makes ChessCraft the most popular game I've ever made. Except if we count Starcraft 1 and Warcraft 3 multiplayer maps I made …
Posted by Stuart Spence in ChessCraft
There is a possibility that ChessCraft will be used to teach artificial intelligence in a university course! My commandline interface already supports round robin tournaments, and a professor expressed some interest today. It occurred to me that if I prepare a package, lots of AI professors could use it. And …
Posted by Stuart Spence in ChessCraft
ChessCraft is now available on Google Play for the first time! The ChessCraft website has also been updated, and there's a launch trailer on YouTube.
The new ChessCraft 1.0 icon.
For some time, it was necessary to use a Google+ group to share private releases with …
Posted by Stuart Spence in Blog
When I post tutorial videos people often make suggestions on how to improve my computer code. Thank you for your code suggestions! However, we may have a problem.
I often find that code suggestions are not teaching suggestions. Almost all computer programmers are not experienced educators, so this is understandable …
Posted by Stuart Spence in Blog
Hidden Figures is a 2016 movie about the 1960s space race, the early days of computation, and segregation. It's an uplifting movie - described by some as "cheesy". However the cheese serves to distinguish it from other films in its genre which are typically very dark and gritty. It's an underdog …
Posted by Stuart Spence in Blog
Name one thing you liked about Trump's campaign. If you can't, consider the possibility that your political views are unbalanced and biased. If you look hard enough, you should never agree or disagree 100% with a political platform.
Name one thing you disliked about Clinton's campaign. If you can't, similar …
Posted by Stuart Spence in Blog
This is an incredible century to witness the births of technologies. The past couple weeks I've been observing the world's first augmented reality global hit. Enjoy the innocence while it lasts! In this post I'm going to talk about aspects of Pokemon Go that aren't being talked about much:
Posted by Stuart Spence in Blog
Are you excited about automation yet? You should be. Here's a great video to get us started:
But I'm tired of all these misconceptions about automation replacing jobs! Consider these statements:
Posted by Stuart Spence in Blog
What matters here is having a Prime Minister who wants us to stop laughing when the media asks a politician about science.
Justin Trudeau was jokingly asked to explain quantum computing at a university of Waterloo press event. The room full of reporters laughed. He …
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