Paper Bits

Oct 11

Up and Down the Ladder of Abstraction

“A Systematic Approach to Interactive Visualization”

One thing about Bret Victor: he doesn’t go in for halfway measures. You really have to get your hands on this thing and play with it.

Jun 13

“For over forty years, the Exploratorium has created exhibits that allow visitors to interact and experiment with physical, cognitive, and perceptual phenomena. When modern science operates at much larger scales and much longer timeframes, a different approach is required. We are convening a workshop to address the challenges of bringing scientific data visualizations to the museum floor—and making them as engaging and explorable as the rest of our collection.” Data Visualization Workshop | Exploratorium (via iamdanw)

(via iamdanw)

Jun 7

Audio and beat reaction No. 2 by Diana Lange

(via burningfp)

May 21

Kill Math

Kill Math is my umbrella project for techniques that enable people to model and solve meaningful problems of quantity using concrete representations and intuition-guided exploration. In the long term, I hope to develop a widely-usable, insight-generating alternative to symbolic math.

Worth reading.

May 18

Interactive Exploration of a Dynamical System (by Bret Victor)

A user interface for exploring systems of differential equations. Every variable is shown as a plot; every parameter has a knob that can be adjusted in realtime. This ubiquitous visualization and in-context-manipulation helps the user develop a sense for how the parameters of the system influence its behavior.

Part of the Kill Math project: worrydream.com/KillMath