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What do you think of Bret Victor's work? ( http://worrydream.com/ ) Or Rich Hickey? Who do you think are the people doing the most interesting work in user interface design today?
They collaborate together at YCR / HARC!
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Isn't the answer contained in the quote? Do a cost/benefit analysis of the "amount of time and energy" that would go "down these ratholes" versus the "the time not wasted in trying to fix other people’s not quite right tools."
But how can you assess this until you have gone down those rat holes?
You'll still be wrong, but perhaps less often.
I yearn to do great works of engineering and art, which I consider what you have done.
How do you come up with ideas?
Hi Alan, On the "worse is better" divide I've always considered you as someone standing near the "better" (MIT) approach, but with an understanding of the pragmatics inherent in the "worse is better" (New Jersey) approach too. What is your actual position on the "worse is better" dichotomy? Do you believe it is real, and if so, can there be a third alternative that combines elements from both sides? And if not, are w…
The real question is "does a hack reset 'normal'?" For most people it tends to, and this makes it very difficult for them to think about the actual issues.
A quote I made up some years ago is "Better and Perfect are the enemies of What-Is-Actually-Needed". The big sin so many people commit in computing is not really paying attention to "What-Is-Actually-Needed"! And not going below that.
Hi Alan, What do think about the current state of language design (Swift, Rust, Go)? Anything that makes you happy/annoys you?
How can I get my thinking out of the/my box?
box getThinkingOut