A very exciting book for me, because I see the complaints of the discontents as design challenges that can be overcome. The book contrasts the intimacy, transparency, and directness of “thinking with a pencil” to the helplessness and loss of connection inherent in black-box computational tools. I believe we can design a computational medium whose transparency and directness exceeds that of paper. It sure won't look like anything that exists today.

I suppose Turkle is also responsible for turning me on to scientific ethnography in general, along with Edwin Hutchins.

Ref: http://worrydream.com/#!/Links2013

 The freakiest thing I've read in years. Jaynes's thesis is that, until relatively recently, human beings had no sense of self, could not introspect, and made decisions by schizophrenically hallucinating voices of the gods. Muses literally sang! (The link is to an excellent summary by Erik Weijers; the book is here.) See also Snow Crash??

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 The freakiest thing I've read in years. Jaynes's thesis is that, until relatively recently, human beings had no sense of self, could not introspect, and made decisions by schizophrenically hallucinating voices of the gods. Muses literally sang! (The link is to an excellent summary by Erik Weijers; the book is here.) See also Snow Crash??

Ref: http://worrydream.com/#!/Links2013

@patrickc @swartable The full book is really interesting and fun, and the pdf is available for free. http://www.lulu.com/shop/julian-dibbell/my-tiny-life-crime-and-passion-in-a-virtual-world/ebook/product-17492539.html …

Ref: https://twitter.com/worrydream/status/681313525243850752

@worrydream Do Lakoff and Núñez provide evidence or examples? Interesting assertion, but many postmodern assertions are nothing more.

@jrk Yes, pretty much the entire book is (what they consider to be) evidence and examples.

Ref: https://twitter.com/worrydream/status/487041564405821441

@duncana_ Good question... I think he says it in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1zDuOPkMSw&index=31&list=PL2FF649D0C4407B30 … but I don't see it skimming Art of Doing Science book.

Ref: https://twitter.com/worrydream/status/607330876335091712

.@curious_reader This is a sketch I made based on Gershenfeld's mathematical modeling book. Needs a lot more work. http://worrydream.com/oatmeal/math-modeling-poster.pdf …

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@jamiiecb @dubroy I think of "Being There" as the go-to situated cog book. "Ecological Approach To Visual Perception" is also worth a look.

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@jamiiecb @dubroy I think of "Being There" as the go-to situated cog book. "Ecological Approach To Visual Perception" is also worth a look.

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 Stewart Brand is an incredible human being, and it's a privilege to share a planet with him. The “Long Now” message of long-term responsibility has resonated with me for years, but it wasn't until I read this book that I finally “got” the clock project.

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Just found out Jack Goody wrote "Domestication of the Savage Mind" at age 58. His most recent book was at age 91. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Goody 

Ref: https://twitter.com/worrydream/status/521177098808225793

... Jerome Bruner did "Man: A Course of Study" at age 50. His most recent book was at age 88. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Bruner …

Ref: https://twitter.com/worrydream/status/521178186705797120

Stuart Moulthrop's forward to @manjusrii's book is utterly amazing. I'm not sure he was fully awake when he wrote it.

Ref: https://twitter.com/worrydream/status/602591619280318464

.@michael_nielsen The Aleksandrov book is great in introducing every field of math w its origin in physical science.

Ref: https://twitter.com/worrydream/status/615981082098274305

This is my five-star list. This  are my favorite things in all the world. A few of the works have had an extraordinary effect on my life or way of thinking. They get a sixth star. 

Ref: http://worrydream.com/#!/Links

This is my five-star list. This  are my favorite things in all the world. A few of the works have had an extraordinary effect on my life or way of thinking. They get a sixth star. 

Ref: http://worrydream.com/#!/Links

This is my five-star list. This  are my favorite things in all the world. A few of the works have had an extraordinary effect on my life or way of thinking. They get a sixth star. 

Ref: http://worrydream.com/#!/Links

This is my five-star list. This  are my favorite things in all the world. A few of the works have had an extraordinary effect on my life or way of thinking. They get a sixth star. 

Ref: http://worrydream.com/#!/Links

This is my five-star list. This  are my favorite things in all the world. A few of the works have had an extraordinary effect on my life or way of thinking. They get a sixth star. 

Ref: http://worrydream.com/#!/Links

This is my five-star list. This  are my favorite things in all the world. A few of the works have had an extraordinary effect on my life or way of thinking. They get a sixth star. 

Ref: http://worrydream.com/#!/Links

For a great history of Engelbart's lab and the culture it was part of, I recommend John Markoff's dormouse book:

Ref:https://twitter.com/worrydream/status/352634314674024448a

In honor of the passing of Tom Apostol, check out his remarkable visual geometry book (published when he was 89!)

Ref: https://twitter.com/worrydream/status/730801745136259072

 The book that got me here

Ref: https://gist.github.com/nickloewen/10565777

How to think recursively. One of the most unique and effective pedagogic books ever written.

Ref: https://gist.github.com/nickloewen/10565777

The game design textbook. A comprehensive and insightful analysis of interactive design.

Ref: https://gist.github.com/nickloewen/10565777

History is the best distinguisher of fashion from fundamentals.

Ref: https://gist.github.com/nickloewen/10565777

A bizzare and fascinating tour de force of analytical design,

Ref: https://gist.github.com/nickloewen/10565777

The first comprehensive treatise on interface design.

Ref: https://gist.github.com/nickloewen/10565777

Memoirs of one of the founders of industrial design.

Ref: https://gist.github.com/nickloewen/10565777

Another classic analytic look at interface design.

Ref: https://gist.github.com/nickloewen/10565777

Manufacting is compatible with global ecology.

Ref: https://gist.github.com/nickloewen/10565777

How to present data, and the why of the how.

Ref: https://gist.github.com/nickloewen/10565777

A treasure of bit-manipulation algorithms.

Ref: https://gist.github.com/nickloewen/10565777

Why learning is fun, and fun is learning.

Ref: https://gist.github.com/nickloewen/10565777

The essence of software engineering.

Ref: https://gist.github.com/nickloewen/10565777

How to do great work. How to think.

Ref: https://gist.github.com/nickloewen/10565777

Biography of a language.

Ref: https://gist.github.com/nickloewen/10565777

Recommended

Ref: https:[email protected]_cherepitsa/bret-victor-bookshelf-transcribed-eae4d63aa493

Recommended on Github. Under the heading :Graphic Design, Information Design

The pedagogical potential of the comic form is vast and mostly untapped.

• ★ Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art – Scott McCloud
• Reinventing Comics: How Imagination and Technology Are Revolutionizing an Art Form – Scott McCloud
• Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga, and Graphic Novels – Scott McCloud

Ref: https://gist.github.com/nickloewen/10565777

Recommended on Github. Under the heading :Graphic Design, Information Design

‘[These are] the bibles of information design. Nothing comparable exits.’

• The Visual Display of Quantitative Information – Edward R. Tufte
• Envisioning Information – Edward R. Tufte
• Beautiful Evidence – Edward R. Tufte

Ref: https://gist.github.com/nickloewen/10565777

Recommended on Github. Under the heading :Graphic Design, Information Design

‘[These are] the bibles of information design. Nothing comparable exits.’

• The Visual Display of Quantitative Information – Edward R. Tufte
• Envisioning Information – Edward R. Tufte
• Beautiful Evidence – Edward R. Tufte

Ref: https://gist.github.com/nickloewen/10565777

Recommended on Github. Under the heading :Graphic Design, Information Design

The pedagogical potential of the comic form is vast and mostly untapped.

• ★ Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art – Scott McCloud
• Reinventing Comics: How Imagination and Technology Are Revolutionizing an Art Form – Scott McCloud
• Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga, and Graphic Novels – Scott McCloud

Ref: https://gist.github.com/nickloewen/10565777

Recommended on Github. Under the heading :Graphic Design, Information Design

‘[These are] the bibles of information design. Nothing comparable exits.’

• The Visual Display of Quantitative Information – Edward R. Tufte
• Envisioning Information – Edward R. Tufte
• Beautiful Evidence – Edward R. Tufte

Ref: https://gist.github.com/nickloewen/10565777

Recommended on Github. Under the heading :Graphic Design, Information Design

The pedagogical potential of the comic form is vast and mostly untapped.

• ★ Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art – Scott McCloud
• Reinventing Comics: How Imagination and Technology Are Revolutionizing an Art Form – Scott McCloud
• Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga, and Graphic Novels – Scott McCloud

Ref: https://gist.github.com/nickloewen/10565777

I like to revisit EWD637 from time to time. The third rule is one of the primary guides for my life. http://t.co/vEUekYv

I like to revisit EWD637 from time to time. The third rule is one of the primary guides for my life.

Kill Math featured in Fast Company: http://t.co/Iwruonl

★ How Many Households: redesigning a nytimes interactive graphic so it shows the data. http://t.co/fMhL6RF #publishtuesday