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Bret Victor talks are inspirational: - Inventing on Principal https://vimeo.com/36579366 https://vimeo.com/36579366 - Stop Drawing Dead Fish https://vimeo.com

by mythz 8y ago

Bret Victor talks are inspirational: - Inventing on Principal https://vimeo.com/36579366 https://vimeo.com/36579366 - Stop Drawing Dead Fish https://vimeo.com/64895205 https://vimeo.com/64895205

yesenadam 8y ago
Yep, I thought Inventing on Principle was the best computer-related talk I've ever watched. Not easy to describe what it's about! Design, tools, art, UI, visualization, invention, life.
- unixhero 8y ago
  It's like he has caught on to a kind of a zen thing. It is almost as if he isn't even there, while presenting about a technological topic at all. That is just the media for him to get an expanded wisdom across. What that message is is hard to identify. But there is a glance of it at the end of inventing on principle. It's a lot more profound than what the talk seems to be at the surface. I really wish he would publish more frequently He has inspired me greatly.
  - yesenadam 8y ago
    Yeah, I was marvelling half the time at the wisdom, it makes other speakers seem merely knowedgeable, clever, brilliant etc. I missed most of it in my summary before. I love the this is a cool way to live your life, according to some principle - this is mine; these are some other amazing people who had their own aspect of it. His creators should be able to see and control what they're doing as they do it principle is awesome, and he's maybe uniquely well-equipped to do something about that. I wanna get the synth he designed!
    - jonnydubowsky 8y ago
      What's the synth?
      - FelipeCortez 8y ago
        Alesis Ion, Micron and Fusion http://worrydream.com/Home2007/electronics.html http://worrydream.com/Home2007/electronics.html
    - nikofeyn 8y ago
      what is curious to me is that that synth is famous for being extremely unfriendly to program. its usability is pretty bad and goes against many of his principles. i love bret victor's thinking and work since he became independent though.
unixhero 8y ago
Fully agree. You forgot one! Brev Victor - The Future Of Programming https://vimeo.com/71278954 https://vimeo.com/71278954
mitchtbaum 8y ago
on one level, yes on another, they're down right scary and overwhelming, or at least dumbfounding and perplexing ..thinking specifically about The Humane Representation of Thought https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agOdP2Bmieg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agOdP2Bmieg I had to stop it half way through.. :-/ see also Seeing Spaces https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klTjiXjqHrQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klTjiXjqHrQ and Media for Thinking the Unthinkable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUaOucZRlmE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUaOucZRlmE

by mythz 8y ago

Bret Victor talks are inspirational: - Inventing on Principal https://vimeo.com/36579366 https://vimeo.com/36579366 - Stop Drawing Dead Fish https://vimeo.com/64895205 https://vimeo.com/64895205

yesenadam 8y ago

Yep, I thought Inventing on Principle was the best computer-related talk I've ever watched. Not easy to describe what it's about! Design, tools, art, UI, visualization, invention, life.

unixhero 8y ago
It's like he has caught on to a kind of a zen thing. It is almost as if he isn't even there, while presenting about a technological topic at all. That is just the media for him to get an expanded wisdom across. What that message is is hard to identify. But there is a glance of it at the end of inventing on principle. It's a lot more profound than what the talk seems to be at the surface. I really wish he would publish more frequently He has inspired me greatly.
- yesenadam 8y ago
  Yeah, I was marvelling half the time at the wisdom, it makes other speakers seem merely knowedgeable, clever, brilliant etc. I missed most of it in my summary before. I love the this is a cool way to live your life, according to some principle - this is mine; these are some other amazing people who had their own aspect of it. His creators should be able to see and control what they're doing as they do it principle is awesome, and he's maybe uniquely well-equipped to do something about that. I wanna get the synth he designed!
  - jonnydubowsky 8y ago
    What's the synth?
    - FelipeCortez 8y ago
      Alesis Ion, Micron and Fusion http://worrydream.com/Home2007/electronics.html http://worrydream.com/Home2007/electronics.html
  - nikofeyn 8y ago
    what is curious to me is that that synth is famous for being extremely unfriendly to program. its usability is pretty bad and goes against many of his principles. i love bret victor's thinking and work since he became independent though.

unixhero 8y ago

Fully agree. You forgot one! Brev Victor - The Future Of Programming https://vimeo.com/71278954 https://vimeo.com/71278954

mitchtbaum 8y ago

on one level, yes on another, they're down right scary and overwhelming, or at least dumbfounding and perplexing ..thinking specifically about The Humane Representation of Thought https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agOdP2Bmieg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agOdP2Bmieg I had to stop it half way through.. :-/ see also Seeing Spaces https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klTjiXjqHrQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klTjiXjqHrQ and Media for Thinking the Unthinkable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUaOucZRlmE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUaOucZRlmE