Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Bret Victor: Inventing on Principle

http://vimeo.com/36579366
Principle: Creators need an immediate connection to their creation
2 golden rules of Information design
·         Show the data
·         Show comparisons
Ideas are precious, seeing ideas dying hurts, moral wrong, injustice.
Not an opportunity, a responsibility to do something about it.
Fight by inventing.
Larry Tesler
Approach
1.       Recognise a cultural wrong
2.       Envision a world without that wrong
3.       Dedicate themselves to fighting for a principle (inventing/organising)
Identity
Experience
Insight
Follow your principle and let it lead you to what you need to do.


Alan Kay and Bret Victor reply to blog post about how it applies to learning:
http://computinged.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/bret-victors-inventing-on-principle-and-the-trade-off-between-usability-and-learning/