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One heck of a bio
- rphlx 15y agoI remember using Lloyd radio in early 1999 and thinking, "WTF, why doesn't this just stream mp3s?". At that point, he was still 1 year behind being 2 years ahead of the times.
- athesyn 15y agoVery cool, but I have no idea what he does exactly. Programmer? Designer? Scientist?
- cdavoren 15y agoAll of the above. He trained as an electrical engineer first.
- sambeau 15y agoIt's not his CV it's a biography of the stuff you don't put in a CV. (his CV is on the site. http://worrydream.com/#!/cv/bret_victor_resume.pdf http://worrydream.com/#!/cv/bret_victor_resume.pdf He's a Hardware Designer + Programmer + UI Designer + Scientist + Electronics Engineer. Oh, and he designed the original UI for the iPad)
- Hitchhiker 15y agolol @ the sublime way you replied to the parent query .. it is his journey that is truly remarkable.. rare to see someone this multiskilled. The man's a diamond. Reminds me of Pavel Florensky[1] strangely. [1] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Florensky http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Florensky
- mmahemoff 15y agoIronically, the CV has no dates!
- rvschuilenburg 15y agoHonestly though, the text in the left column is kinda unreadable.
- chriseidhof 15y agoThe rest of the site is even more impressive, especially the reactive documents: http://worrydream.com/TenBrighterIdeas/ http://worrydream.com/TenBrighterIdeas/
- Tractiable 15y agoFavorite part: Hobo Time
- Radim 15y agoI've always had a few ideas to explore in the back of my mind, hoping I'd get to them once I retire or "have more time (tm)": * Understand the EE (lowest-level) part of computing. Work on embedded devices. * Getting rid of the nagging feeling there is something I'm missing about differential equations (this despite acing the respective uni math courses on solving them). * Explore cognitive science (the intersection of math/computing/psychology/NLP/communication). * Learn proper design, create a personal website I can be proud of. * Explore the low-frequency heartbeat of civilizations (cyclic patterns by which social structures act and react). Bret already did all that and much more. Plus he polished, published and (sometimes) sold it. This guy is phenomenal. His KillMath project is something I would actively support, if I better knew how... Btw, does Bret Victor have a HN account?
- bbq 15y ago"* Getting rid of the nagging feeling there is something I'm missing about differential equations (this despite acing the respective uni math courses on solving them)." Bret talks about this here (scroll down to 'A Possibly Embarassing Personal Anecdote'): http://worrydream.com/#!/KillMath http://worrydream.com/#!/KillMath
- ericbogs 15y agoHey Bret!
- tudorw 15y agoIt's cute but what you didn't learn is that ~10% of the world have issues with vision and therefore will not see or hear any of your admittedly nice words...
- mrkurt 15y agoAnd 63% of the world doesn't speak english!
- alperakgun 15y agomissing; quantity of carbon you absorbed and emitted, amount of dopamine you segregated..
- VMG 15y agoLong-Term Goal (paraphrased): Wants to destroy consumer culture and corporation's oligarchical control over employment, entertainment and creativity. Worked at: Apple.
- Radim 15y agokeep your friends close, your enemies closer :-) Seriously though, his experience at Apple seems to have left him somewhat jaded: http://worrydream.com/#!/Apple http://worrydream.com/#!/Apple
- zerostar07 15y agoAs mentioned above, he states working at Apple "was a mistake". I wonder how long these non-compete/disclosure agreements last. And another matter is, even if he could make use of these ideas, would it be better through a rival company or just out on the open internets?
- kragen 15y agoThat sounds surprisingly like my popular HN-comment-turned-blogpost, "Why I do not want to work at Google": http://lists.canonical.org/pipermail/kragen-tol/2011-August/000938.html http://lists.canonical.org/pipermail/kragen-tol/2011-August/... Except with Apple, and in the past tense. I should offer Bret crash space.
- vorbby 15y agoMr. Victor's personal site is one of the most impressive I've come across. It's borderline magical. Hate that he broke my back-button, though.
- akkartik 15y agoSeems to work for me. Where's it broken?
- thinkbohemian 15y agodoes anyone know what he used to generate those graphs/graphics? Page looks great, too bad almost nothing is clickable (i.e. few links to about/contact/blog/etc.)
- kiiski 15y agoIt looks good, but what exactly do I get out of that page as someone who wants to know who this guy is (which, as I understand, is the purpose of a bio)? It doesn't even say his _name_.
- slantyyz 15y agoYou can probably do what he did in most imaging/graphing software if you spend a lot of time doing the cosmetic tweaks. The interesting thing about the graphs is that they are in the same style and color scheme that you'd see in an Edward Tufte book.
- js2 15y agoworrydream.com has become an old friend around HN - http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=worrydream.com http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=worrydream.... (Not w/o good reason.)