Hi, I'm Alex. A picture of me looking out over the beach. Welcome!

I'm a programmer, writer, artist, and

PhD student at UC Santa Cruz.

I study writing technology, games, and critical AI literacy.

alexcalderw@gmail.com @xenoscope.bsky.social

Publications

Phraselette: A Poet's Procedural Palette November 2024

writing tools code paper language Arxiv Preprint

Phraselette November 2024

writing tools code paper system Arxiv Preprint

Journalism

Selected Art

Miscellaneous