Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 21:00:59 -0800
From: Bret Victor
Subject: autocompleting facts
I came up with this today; it's an "illustration" for the climate change essay that I'll be publishing next week.  I wanted to share it on its own because, well, I had forgotten how thrilling I find this kind of thing.  I guess it's been a while.

For context, this is a (mockup of a) word processor designed for typing in facts, not just words.  (It's got a bit of Dictionary-of-Numbers-in-reverse flavor.)

[autocompleting-facts.mov]

What you see is maybe 25% real, 75% faked.  I hope I didn't leave a boom mike in the shot.