"Who can foresee the consequences of such an invention? The Analytical Engine weaves algebraic patterns just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves."

Ada, Countess Lovelace

"I have often been asked if I don't miss weaving and making. I realised that as in weaving, this change in medium also required a set of new skills. Making does not necessarily have to be confined to the physical world. The emergence of computation as a medium, rather than just a set of tools, suggests a growing correspondence between digital work and traditional craft."

Alicia Felberbaum