Thomas Chau

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Software

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Attributes of Beautiful Systems
Dynamic Typing
Alan Kay on putting yourself into the future
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The truly useful thing: a Programming Systems Product
P and NP
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The Deli Model of Software
Convenience
Indirection / Transformation
Explorable Systems: Inviting Experimentation
Square
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Abstraction
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Awesome style for sketching ui ideas
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In the future, stores won’t have shelves
Universal Programming Truth
State, Identify, Value, Time
Learning Curves
Design for Drunks
Jonathan Blow: Programming Aesthetics
View Control
John Carmack 1999
Good design disappears from the user's point of view
Lost Interview 1990
Ivan Sutherland's Sketchpad
The Bicycle for the Mind
Hackday: The Deploy Button
Hackday: The Deploy Button
re: inventing on principle
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Finally, Social Games that don't suck

Systems

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The Power of Small Improvements
Convenience
Square
Learning Curves
McLuhan
re: inventing on principle
The Biggest Lottery
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Finally, Social Games that don't suck

Extracurriculars

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BUT YOU NEVER SAY THANK YOU
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Adama eats noodles
How I feel every day
How I feel every day
three hundred
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lab
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Compiling
throwing away stuff = decisiveness
Rothko
If I Ever Start a Band...
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Quotes (to migrate to actual quote blog, not here)

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Quote by Ford
Modularity
The Eames Ethos
Lost Interview 1990
The Bicycle for the Mind
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