Bret Victor: Inventing on Principle

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Post by jashkenas » Tue, Feb 14, 2012, 7:09 PM UTC

Bret Victor: Inventing on Principle
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Re: Bret Victor: Inventing on Principle

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Post by Griever » Tue, Feb 14, 2012, 8:31 PM UTC

Incredible. So many unique and well-executed ideas in one presentation. It's almost too much to take in at once.

With the iPad animation part in particular though, I got the same kind of feeling watching that as I do when I watch the original "mouse" videos on Youtube. Very exciting possibilities to say the least.

Re: Bret Victor: Inventing on Principle

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Post by jasonfried » Tue, Feb 14, 2012, 9:38 PM UTC

Bret is one of the smartest, most insightful designers of our time.

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Post by tree_of_item » Tue, Feb 14, 2012, 11:20 PM UTC

Every time Bret makes a new essay I feel like I've completely missed the point about what matters in technology. It's a strange mixture of frustration and inspiration. Amazing video.

Re: Bret Victor: Inventing on Principle

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Post by thesash » Wed, Feb 15, 2012, 12:14 AM UTC

This is so inspiring, especially after having read and followed some of Bret Victor's previous work. You can literally see the progression of his thoughts moving towards this, demonstrating that he really is driven by inventing along the principal of immediate feedback for creators.

http://worrydream.com/MagicInk/ http://worrydream.com/KillMath/ http://worrydream.com/InteractiveExplorationOfADynamicalSyst... http://worrydream.com/ScientificCommunicationAsSequentialArt... http://worrydream.com/DynamicPicturesMotivation/ http://worrydream.com/ExplorableExplanations/ http://worrydream.com/Tangle/

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Post by frou_dh » Wed, Feb 15, 2012, 1:01 AM UTC

It's embarrassing and inspiring how many orders of magnitude higher this guy is playing at. What a presentation.

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Post by gfodor » Wed, Feb 15, 2012, 3:33 AM UTC

Yeah, this right here is probably the Mother of All Demos for this generation. Truly stunning. Every time Bret posts something I think he's finally released his masterstroke, but then he one ups himself the next time. Can't wait to see what he does next.

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Post by Shuo » Wed, Feb 15, 2012, 5:01 AM UTC

Bret is always have some impressive ideas. I love his article and the way of thinking. He is the most insightful designer.

Re: Bret Victor: Inventing on Principle

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Post by robbrit » Wed, Feb 15, 2012, 2:33 PM UTC

CUSEC (the conference where this was filmed) is hands-down the best technology conference I've ever been to. If you're anywhere near Montreal, I'd definitely recommend that do what you can to get up there (it's only $100!) since every year they have amazing talks like this that remind you why you became a developer.

Re: Bret Victor: Inventing on Principle

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Post by brown9-2 » Wed, Feb 15, 2012, 4:18 PM UTC

robbrit wrote: post #9

CUSEC (the conference where this was filmed) is hands-down the best technology conference I've ever been to. If you're anywhere near Montreal, I'd definitely recommend that do what you can to get up there (it's only $100!) since every year they have amazing talks like this that remind you why you became a developer.

If you wouldn't mind - I'm curious to hear what some of the other talks you've heard at CUSEC were? This one is amazing and I'd love to make it up there some year if the rest are even half the caliber of this.