Ubiquitous Citizen Programming

Modern society is increasingly mediated by computers. The quantity and diversity of data generated daily is growing at an astounding rate. While the number of people with programming ability is also growing, the percentage of the population with such capability remains in the single digits. This means that we are witnessing a growing gap between need and capacity. Some of the need can be met by packages and apps that provide canned or predefined analysis, but these restrict analyses to those anticipated by the creators of those packages and apps.It is essential that in a data society nearly all citizens have a capacity to program. Therefore, it is critical that we find “programatic” analysis capabilty that is available and accessibly by most citizens.