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Bret Victor - Drawing Dynamic Visualizations

Bret Victor - Drawing Dynamic Visualizations

Colin McDonnell
3 HN recommenders · discussed 2021–2025
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About this video

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.

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Counted among Bret Victor's best talks and recommended to anyone exploring direct-manipulation tools.

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From the Hacker News discussion

laszlokorte · 2025-11 · strong rec

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]: [VIDEO] [2]: [LINK]

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melling · 2021-07 · rec

“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 [VIDEO] [LINK] His ideas go beyond “immediate feedback” …

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yesenadam · 2023-01 · rec

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 [VIDEO] [LINK]

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