Seth Tisue

Reno, Nevada, USA

professional: mastodon github discord reddit linkedin

personal: email bluesky instagram flickr goodreads bandcamp letterboxd

Code

I like programming languages [since 1980], hacking on compilers and interpreters [since 1992], and building educational technology [1995–2015].

I’ve been involved with Scala since 2008. Lately I’m on the Scala Core Team [since 2024] and I moderate the Scala chat rooms [since 2015].

My Mastodon feed is mainly about programming. All my code is on GitHub.

Photos

I’m active on Instagram [since 2011] and Flickr [since 2005].

Music

Here’s a log of my recent listening (& reading, viewing), with occasional commentary.

Timeline

  • 2024: travels
  • 2023: travels
  • 2022: travels
  • 2021: travels
  • 2020: travels
  • 2019: travels
  • 2019: Moved to Reno, Nevada.
  • 2018: travels
  • 2016: Moved to San Francisco.
  • 2015–2025: On the Scala team at Typesafe/Lightbend/Akka.
  • 2014–2016: Co-host of the Scalawags podcast.
  • 2011–2016: Co-organizer of the Boston Scala Meetup and the Northeast Scala Symposium.
  • 2014–2015: Computer Scientist at McGraw-Hill Education, applying functional programming to educational technology.
  • 2008: Learned Scala and became involved in Scala community.
  • 2006: Moved to Boston.
  • 2001–2014: Lead developer of NetLogo, a open-source DIY programming language for kids, teachers, and scientists, written in Java and Scala.
  • 2000–2009: Photographer of live music performances. (Sporadically since, also.)
  • 1994–2009: Discographer and chronicler of Jandek.
  • 1994–2006: Discographer of Jim O’Rourke and Ken Vandermark.
  • 1995–2002: Maintainer of Chicago Now, a concert calendar for experimental and improvised music in Chicago.
  • 1995–2001: Graduate student and visiting lecturer at Northwestern’s computer science dept. Wrote a lot of Common Lisp; learned Java; taught data structures in C++.
  • 1992–1999: College radio DJ (WNUR, WHPK, WKDI). Jazz Music Director at WNUR. Here are some old playlists.
  • 1994–1995: Programmer at Argonne National Laboratory. Wrote C, Perl, and Delphi.
  • 1989–1993: Computer science & math student at University of Chicago. Learned Unix, C, and Common Lisp.
  • 1989: Moved to Chicago.
  • 1988–1992: Zine publisher, including The Roosevelt A-Word (high school underground newspaper) and Plaster Cramp Press, a xerox press that published experimental art and writing, including a big book by Bern Porter.
  • 1986–1988: Sysop of Electric Cafe BBS.
  • 1983: Learned Pascal.
  • 1980: Learned BASIC.
  • 1976: Moved to Wheaton, Illinois.
  • 1971: Born in Beloit, Wisconsin.

Seth