pdubroy

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by pdubroy 18y ago
Also, does this remind anyone else of Donnie Darko? The way the trail of an object is "projected into the future".
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by pdubroy 18y ago
More information about this system can be found here: http://www.aviz.fr/dimp/ , including a longer video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib_g7F6WKAA ) and paper from CHI 2008 ( http://www.aviz.fr/dimp/dimp-chi08.pdf )
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Amazing technique for browsing video by direct manipulation [video](youtube.com)
21 points by pdubroy 18y ago|12 comments
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by pdubroy 18y ago
You should check out Mako, a templating system for Python. Embedding Python (or Python-like) code in HTML is not as bad as one might think.
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by pdubroy 18y ago
I really doubt that touch typing on a touchscreen is feasible, especially for young children who have limited motor abilities. The existing XO keyboard is hard enough to type on as it is.
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by pdubroy 18y ago
I don't know how much I trust the $75 figure. Three years before its launch, the XO-1 was predicted to cost $100, but the manufacturing cost is currently upwards of $175. I have my doubts that the XO-1 will even be as cheap as $75 by 2008.
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by pdubroy 18y ago
Looks like an interesting concept, but it appears to be just that, a concept. Very cool though. In a lot of ways, it looks similar to BumpTop ( http://bumptop.com ), although without the physics.
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by pdubroy 18y ago
Don't you mean the B.B.C.? Or are we calling it the beebuk now? ;-)
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Stanford Human Computer Interaction seminar - free videos on iTunes(ixda.org)
1 points by pdubroy 18y ago|0 comments
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by pdubroy 18y ago
I don't find that surprising at all. For a given piece of functionality, if it is spread across more methods, it means: - more methods to look at, and more things to hold in your short term memory - more (possible) entry points to any given
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by pdubroy 18y ago
Do you mean that the Jeff Bay essay is a short method cargo cult? Or are you saying that I missed the point? The original article contains several suggestions that address things other than method length. Numbers 3, 4, 8, and 9 enforce extr
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by pdubroy 18y ago
As I said in the article, I definitely am not against object-oriented programming. What I am against is this notion that we should strive towards some kind of "pure OO style" where encapsulation and polymorphism become goals in and of the
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On object-oriented programming: "That which obscures my code is bad."(dubroy.com)
32 points by pdubroy 18y ago|22 comments
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by pdubroy 19y ago
Yeah. Jeff's article makes it sounds as though Tog later refutes the original quote. But all he does is mention that Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V are exceptions because you can use them while using the mouse . IMO, the post that Jeff linked to in the