Articles and their respective points

GLOBAL

• Interactivity
• Direct manipulation
• Intuition
• See the data, see the changes

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http://worrydream.com/LadderOfAbstraction/

• Starting concrete
• Controlling time
• Controlling the algorithm
• Abstracting over time
• Stepping back down (and back up - the "ladder")
• Finally, abstracting the algorithm
• Abstracting the data
  • "small multiples", multiple representations
• Combining it all at once
  • Three steps up -- all time, all angles, all rates.
• Iterating the algorithm with our new tools
• Showing various abstractions together (appendix)
  • Concrete representation (picture)
  • Visual abstraction (graph)
  • Symbolic abstraction (math)
• Mapping across different mediums
  • All three modes mapped onto 3-d space

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http://worrydream.com/SimulationAsAPracticalTool/

• concrete modeling
• simulation
• visualization

Modeling the problem:

• Not arcane
• Not contrived
• Not abstract
• Understanding causes delight

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http://worrydream.com/ExplorableExplanations/

• Embedded contextually
• Reducing number of steps to goal

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http://worrydream.com/ScientificCommunicationAsSequentialArt/

• Break it down into discrete, visuals steps
• Tell the story with embedded examples through each "block" (sentence, paragraph, etc...)

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http://worrydream.com/DynamicPicturesMotivation/

• Replace static pictures with animated pictures
• Replace animated pictures with interactive pictures
• Evolution of dynamic pics
  • static image
  • static animation
  • dynamic image
  • interactive image
• Avoid juxtaposing contexts -- this is only a feeble attempt