References for "Dynamic Displays and Dynamic Data" lecture

Bret Victor / May 6, 2014

Course handout (pdf)

Dynamic Displays

Summary & Detail

Our Choice, ch 1

Slice & Filter

How Many Households
Our Choice, ch 10

Narrative Context

Our Choice, ch 15
Our Choice, ch 1

Emotion

Our Choice, ch 4
Our Choice, ch 11

Dynamic Data

Black Box — Explanations of System Behavior

Explorable Explanations
Ten Brighter Ideas
Our Choice, ch 9
Our Choice, ch 3
Earth, a Primer (Chaim Gingold)

Open Box — Explanations of System Structure

Scientific Communication As
Sequential Art
Sight & Light (Nicky Case)
2d Visibility (Amit Patel)
Pathfinding for Tower
Defense (Amit Patel)

Representations for System Design

Media for Thinking the
Unthinkable
Inventing on Principle
Learnable Programming

Ladder of Abstraction

Up and Down the Ladder of
Abstraction