17K views · Jun 17, 2015 · 35:16 · 3 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2021–2025
Bret Victor's talk on Drawing Dynamic Visualizations. It argues that visualization tools offer either the directness of hand drawing or the dynamics of programmed graphics, and shows a tool that combines both.
Why Hacker News points people here: Counted among Bret Victor's best talks and recommended to anyone exploring direct-manipulation tools.
“My favorite Bret Victor talk ever is”HN comment, 2025
“My favorite Bret Victor talk ever is”
Favorite Bret Victor talk, inspired reverse engineering of the tool.
My favorite Bret Victor talk ever is „Drawing dynamic visualizations“ [1] that made me try to reverse engineer [2] the demonstrated tool that he sadly never released. [1]: this video [2]: link
“here’s an introduction into Bret”
Introduction to Bret Victor's ideas.
“Pharo is a … and immediate feedback.” The key that we should provide more often. Bret Victor has been discussing for over a decade. Can’t find them demo that i’m thinking of but here’s an introduction into Bret this video link His ideas go beyond “immediate feedback” …
“he gets more mentions than anyone else, usually”
One of Bret Victor's talks.
For the people asking who is Bret Victor: When "What are your favourite tech talks of all time?" is asked on HN, he gets more mentions than anyone else, usually. Some of his talks: Inventing on Principle link The Future of Programming link The Humane Representation of Thought link Media for Thinking the Unthinkable link Seeing Spaces link Drawing Dynamic Visualizations this video link
