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Wow! What an awesome critique. I'm in awe. First off, rather than just saying Khan Academy missed the point, Mr. Victor goes over in extreme detail with full e
by greggman 14y ago
Wow! What an awesome critique. I'm in awe.
First off, rather than just saying Khan Academy missed the point, Mr. Victor goes over in extreme detail with full examples with ideas on how to do it better.
Second, he really went into some detail about how to think about things. Not just the solutions but ideas and ways of thinking to come up with better solutions.
Third, he's set the bar for critiques higher than I've ever seen. Next time I want to critique something I'm going to feel at least some responsibility to give good and clear examples of both what I think is wrong and what I think would be better with reasons.
Fourth, even if I never write software to help learning programming or help programming advance in general I'll certainly be influenced in my API and system designs by this post.
Thank you Mr. Victor
- adambratt 14y agoI totally agree. Check out the rest of his site too, he is a genius.
- dirtyaura 14y agoI wasn't aware of Bret Victor before this post hit HN. I feel like I've found a hidden goldmine of interface design thinking. For example, his Magic Ink article about avoiding user interaction for information software is a contrarian gem: http://worrydream.com/MagicInk/ http://worrydream.com/MagicInk/