Post

all will become fidgetable

Oh my god this is how I learned math I literally had a bespoke computer program in elementary school (my parents got in on some stanford study ig) that let me click and drag elements and watch the syntax change while the semantics stayed the same

andrew blinn

@disconcision.com

ooo cool. curious if that program every surfaced publicly? dragon box is the main thing i know in that space. im also working on a math edu-ish thing powered by the same lib as above

11/7/26, 11:01 pm0 reposts5 likes

Siobhán 🪏

@shibbi.me

11 July

I did some AI-assisted research, and it turns out I was blending two memories. I did do probably an EPGY program, but the dragging mechanic I remember from Pacific Tech’s Graphing Calculator app for Mac.

a ton of crates

@tonofcrates.bsky.social

11 July

i've heard of this which is similar activities.graspablemath.com

Siobhán 🪏

@shibbi.me

11 July

I should have remembered, tbh; I was so enchanted by the usability of that graphing calculator that I paid my own money for a copy as an adult