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It is a general talk on following what you love, not a talk about design. HN returns to it as a go-to dose of motivation and perspective, for example when facing a career choice or a setback. https://www.youtube.com/embed/D1R-jKKp3NA 874 12446058 steve jobs commencement speech 2006-03-06T23:46:53Z yes 2026-08-01 monthly 0.9 https://www.designertube.app/watch/jB0vBmiTr6o/elevated-by-rgba-and-tbc-4k-intro-fullhd-1080p-demoscene-demo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jB0vBmiTr6o/hqdefault.jpg elevated by Rgba & TBC | 4k intro (FullHD 1080p demoscene demo) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jB0vBmiTr6o/hqdefault.jpg Elevated is a 4-kilobyte intro by Rgba and TBC that won the PC 4k competition at Breakpoint 2009. A flying camera tours a procedurally generated mountain landscape with music, and all of the visuals and sound are generated in real time by the 4096-byte executable. HN treats it as the standard example for introducing people to the demoscene and for showing how much a tiny program can do compared with bloated modern software. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jB0vBmiTr6o 216 317227 4k demoscene intro 2011-06-26T21:43:24Z yes 2026-03-01 monthly 0.9 https://www.designertube.app/watch/aVwxzDHniEw/the-beauty-of-bezier-curves https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aVwxzDHniEw/hqdefault.jpg The Beauty of Bézier Curves https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aVwxzDHniEw/hqdefault.jpg Freya Holmér builds up Bézier curves from scratch with animated, interactive visuals, starting from simple linear interpolation and working up to higher-order curves, derivatives and how they are used in graphics. It treats the topic as geometry you can see rather than a formula to memorize. HN treats it as one of the best educational videos on YouTube, the one that makes Bézier curves finally click through animation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aVwxzDHniEw 1466 2231661 bézier curves 2021-08-19T18:00:12Z yes 2026-08-01 monthly 0.9 https://www.designertube.app/watch/6avJHaC3C2U/the-art-of-code-dylan-beattie https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6avJHaC3C2U/hqdefault.jpg The Art of Code - Dylan Beattie https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6avJHaC3C2U/hqdefault.jpg Dylan Beattie's NDC conference talk is a story-driven tour of code as a creative and expressive medium. It touches on quines, live-coded music in Sonic Pi, and his joke language Rockstar, and argues that programming can be art. HN calls it one of the most captivating tech talks around, praised for its storytelling, its Sonic Pi demo and its ending. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6avJHaC3C2U 3649 4884181 code as creative art 2020-02-26T14:51:50Z yes 2025-10-01 monthly 0.8875 https://www.designertube.app/watch/VQKMoT-6XSg/iphone-1-steve-jobs-macworld-keynote-in-2007-full-presentation-80-mins https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VQKMoT-6XSg/hqdefault.jpg iPhone 1 - Steve Jobs MacWorld keynote in 2007 - Full Presentation, 80 mins https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VQKMoT-6XSg/hqdefault.jpg Steve Jobs's full Macworld 2007 keynote introducing the first iPhone, running about 80 minutes. It shows the multitouch interface live, with scrolling, pinch to zoom and visual voicemail, and frames the phone as three devices in one. HN regards it as the benchmark product launch, a moment when multitouch interaction felt like magic to the audience. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VQKMoT-6XSg 4751 17300846 original iPhone launch keynote 2013-05-16T20:16:25Z yes 2025-06-01 monthly 0.875 https://www.designertube.app/watch/PUv66718DII/bret-victor-inventing-on-principle https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PUv66718DII/hqdefault.jpg Bret Victor - Inventing on Principle https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PUv66718DII/hqdefault.jpg Bret Victor's talk argues that creators need an immediate connection to what they are creating. He demonstrates tools where code, animation and drawings respond live as you change them, then turns to the idea of living by a guiding principle. HN treats it as the most-cited talk on immediate feedback in creative tools, and the one that changed minds about visual and live programming. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PUv66718DII 3260 338980 immediate feedback in creative tools 2012-02-22T14:28:38Z yes 2026-02-01 monthly 0.875 https://www.designertube.app/watch/xAoljeRJ3lU/a-better-default-colormap-for-matplotlib-scipy-2015-nathaniel-smith-and-stefan https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xAoljeRJ3lU/hqdefault.jpg A Better Default Colormap for Matplotlib | SciPy 2015 | Nathaniel Smith and Stéfan van der Walt https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xAoljeRJ3lU/hqdefault.jpg Nathaniel Smith and Stéfan van der Walt present the thinking behind Matplotlib's new default colormap, viridis, at SciPy 2015. They show why the old jet rainbow map distorts data, explain perceptual uniformity and color spaces, and cover how the new map holds up under color blindness and in greyscale. HN points to it as the clearest account of why rainbow colormaps mislead and how to build perceptually uniform, accessible ones. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xAoljeRJ3lU 1149 177544 perceptually uniform colormaps 2015-07-08T22:12:52Z yes 2026-08-01 monthly 0.875 https://www.designertube.app/watch/aMcJ1Jvtef0/8-bit-and-8-bitish-graphics-outside-the-box https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aMcJ1Jvtef0/hqdefault.jpg 8 Bit & '8 Bitish' Graphics-Outside the Box https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aMcJ1Jvtef0/hqdefault.jpg Mark Ferrari, the pixel artist behind LucasArts adventure games, gives a GDC 2016 talk on making 8-bit and 8-bit-looking graphics. He shows how tight palette limits, dithering and palette tricks such as color cycling produced images that look richer than the hardware should allow. HN sees it as a favorite GDC talk and the best demonstration of what limited-palette pixel art can do. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aMcJ1Jvtef0 5134 568527 limited-palette pixel art 2017-01-10T22:37:25Z yes 2026-06-01 monthly 0.875 https://www.designertube.app/watch/hUhisi2FBuw/the-ingenious-design-of-the-aluminum-beverage-can https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hUhisi2FBuw/hqdefault.jpg The Ingenious Design of the Aluminum Beverage Can https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hUhisi2FBuw/hqdefault.jpg Bill Hammack, the Engineer Guy, explains how the aluminum beverage can is designed and manufactured. He walks through the forming process, the necked-in top, and the pull tab that opens a pressurized can. HN loves it as a clear example of how a mundane object hides clever, elegant solutions, with the pull tab as the favorite detail. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hUhisi2FBuw 699 19484672 design of the aluminum can 2015-04-14T11:42:57Z yes 2025-01-01 monthly 0.8500000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/nJPERZDfyWc/everything-is-a-remix-original-series https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nJPERZDfyWc/hqdefault.jpg Everything is a Remix (Original Series) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nJPERZDfyWc/hqdefault.jpg Kirby Ferguson's video series argues that creative work is built by copying, transforming and combining existing ideas, with examples from music, film and technology. It also criticizes how copyright and patent law treat that process. HN treats it as the best explanation of how creativity actually works, for example when discussing copying in design, generative art and AI. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nJPERZDfyWc 2251 925292 creativity as remixing 2016-05-17T03:55:05Z yes 2026-09-01 monthly 0.8375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Fy0aCDmgnxg/juice-it-or-lose-it-a-talk-by-martin-jonasson-and-petri-purho https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Fy0aCDmgnxg/hqdefault.jpg Juice it or lose it - a talk by Martin Jonasson & Petri Purho https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Fy0aCDmgnxg/hqdefault.jpg Martin Jonasson and Petri Purho take a plain game prototype and add small effects one at a time, such as tweening, particles, screen shake and sound. The talk shows how much feel and fun come from this kind of feedback and polish. HN treats it as the standard talk on game juice, useful for anyone who wants interactive things, games or UI, to feel good. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Fy0aCDmgnxg 938 616151 game juice and feedback 2012-05-24T11:40:30Z yes 2025-11-01 monthly 0.825 https://www.designertube.app/watch/jbkSRLYSojo/hans-rosling-s-200-countries-200-years-4-minutes-the-joy-of-stats-bbc https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jbkSRLYSojo/hqdefault.jpg Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - The Joy of Stats - BBC https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jbkSRLYSojo/hqdefault.jpg In this clip from the BBC's The Joy of Stats, Hans Rosling animates health and wealth data for 200 countries over 200 years in four minutes, using moving bubble charts. He narrates the animation like a sports commentator. HN uses it mainly as a short, persuasive picture of global progress, and it doubles as a classic example of data visualization at work. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jbkSRLYSojo 288 11496390 animated data storytelling 2010-11-26T17:47:18Z yes 2023-06-01 monthly 0.825 https://www.designertube.app/watch/8pTEmbeENF4/bret-victor-the-future-of-programming https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8pTEmbeENF4/hqdefault.jpg Bret Victor The Future of Programming https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8pTEmbeENF4/hqdefault.jpg Bret Victor's talk looks at where programming has been and where it might go, staged as if it were given in 1973. He argues that the field keeps repeating its assumptions and that it should explore very different ways of programming. HN sees it as a classic that opens up how programming could be more interactive and direct, and cites it in threads on no-code, Smalltalk and live programming. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8pTEmbeENF4 1976 304821 the future of programming 2013-07-31T13:36:45Z yes 2024-11-01 monthly 0.8125 https://www.designertube.app/watch/qJEWOTZnFeg/money-doesn-t-interest-me-ton-roosendaal-2017-interview https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qJEWOTZnFeg/hqdefault.jpg "Money doesn't interest me" - Ton Roosendaal 2017 Interview https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qJEWOTZnFeg/hqdefault.jpg Blender Guru's Andrew Price interviews Ton Roosendaal, Blender's creator and long-time chairman. They cover the history of Blender, how it was bought back and made open source through crowdfunding, and how the project is run. HN recommends it for the story of Blender's open-source rescue and for Roosendaal's user-driven approach to developing creative software. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qJEWOTZnFeg 6411 1188118 blender history and open source 2018-02-26T22:58:35Z yes 2025-09-01 monthly 0.8125 https://www.designertube.app/watch/dKx1wnXClcI/music-software-and-bad-interface-design-avid-s-sibelius https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dKx1wnXClcI/hqdefault.jpg Music Software & Bad Interface Design: Avid’s Sibelius https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dKx1wnXClcI/hqdefault.jpg Composer and designer Tantacrul, who later led design for MuseScore, takes apart the user interface of Avid's Sibelius music notation software. He walks through specific screens and workflows to show where it breaks basic UI and UX principles. HN calls it the most entertaining serious UI critique on YouTube, a funny and on-point crash course in bad UX that works even if you do not do music. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dKx1wnXClcI 1295 1730818 ui critique of sibelius 2018-11-15T18:18:28Z yes 2026-09-01 monthly 0.8 https://www.designertube.app/watch/sWblpsLZ-O8/a-mind-is-born-256-bytes https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sWblpsLZ-O8/hqdefault.jpg A Mind Is Born (256 bytes) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sWblpsLZ-O8/hqdefault.jpg A recording of A Mind Is Born, a Commodore 64 demo by Linus Åkesson that fits its music and visuals into 256 bytes of code. It plays for more than two minutes. HN holds it up as the extreme case of what tiny code can do, both as a size feat and as a compelling piece of music. https://www.youtube.com/embed/sWblpsLZ-O8 142 1189523 256-byte c64 demo 2017-04-19T09:27:20Z yes 2025-11-01 monthly 0.7875000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/k2h2lvhzMDc/ed-catmull-pixar-keep-your-crises-small https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k2h2lvhzMDc/hqdefault.jpg Ed Catmull, Pixar: Keep Your Crises Small https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k2h2lvhzMDc/hqdefault.jpg Ed Catmull, president of Pixar, speaks at Stanford's business school about how Pixar runs its creative teams. He talks about learning from success, surfacing problems early and keeping crises small. HN treats it as a top talk on building creative organizations, mainly for the point that success hides problems and good teams work through them. https://www.youtube.com/embed/k2h2lvhzMDc 3251 216624 managing creative organizations 2009-07-28T18:20:40Z yes 2017-07-01 monthly 0.7875000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/jvPPXbo87ds/the-continuity-of-splines https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jvPPXbo87ds/hqdefault.jpg The Continuity of Splines https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jvPPXbo87ds/hqdefault.jpg Freya Holmér gives a long, animated tour of splines, covering the different kinds, the equations behind them and why derivatives and continuity matter when joining curves. It goes well beyond Bézier curves to explain how smooth paths are built. HN rates it as one of the most informative math videos around, the one that finally made spline derivatives and Bézier splines make sense. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jvPPXbo87ds 4430 1891440 splines and curve continuity 2022-12-07T19:00:08Z yes 2026-10-01 monthly 0.7875000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/jVkLVRt6c1U/mike-monteiro-f-ck-you-pay-me https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jVkLVRt6c1U/hqdefault.jpg Mike Monteiro: F*ck You, Pay Me https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jVkLVRt6c1U/hqdefault.jpg Mike Monteiro's CreativeMornings talk is a blunt, funny lecture for designers on contracts and getting paid. He explains why every job needs a written contract, with a lawyer's help, and how to deal with clients who stall on payment. HN calls it the definitive video on getting paid and sends it to every freelancer or consultant who asks about contracts and late-paying clients. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jVkLVRt6c1U 2274 859411 freelance contracts and getting paid 2012-07-07T19:48:06Z yes 2026-03-01 monthly 0.7875000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/8--5LwHRhjk/painting-a-character-with-maths https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8--5LwHRhjk/hqdefault.jpg Painting a Character with Maths https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8--5LwHRhjk/hqdefault.jpg Inigo Quilez live-codes a portrait of a character in a shader, building the whole image from mathematical formulas and signed distance fields. He narrates the process, so viewers see how shapes, shading and color come from code. HN points to it as the mind-blowing introduction to signed distance fields and to making art from pure math, with the live coding more impressive than the result. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8--5LwHRhjk 1486 457655 shader art with signed distance fields 2020-11-28T00:58:28Z yes 2025-08-01 monthly 0.775 https://www.designertube.app/watch/oKg1hTOQXoY/alan-kay-at-oopsla-1997-the-computer-revolution-hasnt-happened-yet https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oKg1hTOQXoY/hqdefault.jpg Alan Kay at OOPSLA 1997 - The computer revolution hasnt happened yet https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oKg1hTOQXoY/hqdefault.jpg Alan Kay's keynote at OOPSLA 1997, arguing that the computer revolution has not happened yet. He talks about how to build large systems and think about objects, how ideas and learning scale, and where the web and software had gone wrong. HN people implore others to watch it as evergreen thinking that anticipated today's web and software complexity, citing it in threads on web design and new ideas for building software. https://www.youtube.com/embed/oKg1hTOQXoY 3873 126712 alan kay computer revolution 2013-02-12T05:15:03Z yes 2025-04-01 monthly 0.7625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/umJsITGzXd0/apple-knowledge-navigator-video-1987 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/umJsITGzXd0/hqdefault.jpg Apple Knowledge Navigator Video (1987) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/umJsITGzXd0/hqdefault.jpg Apple's 1987 Knowledge Navigator concept video, a dramatised vision of a tablet-style computer with a conversational digital assistant that manages a professor's calendar, messages and research. It was a concept piece, not a working product. HN cites it as the long-standing picture of a talking, agent-style assistant, and compares today's AI assistants to it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/umJsITGzXd0 346 235582 Apple Knowledge Navigator concept video 2012-03-04T14:36:11Z yes 2026-07-01 monthly 0.75 https://www.designertube.app/watch/BFld4EBO2RE/i-painted-a-landscape-with-mathematics https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BFld4EBO2RE/hqdefault.jpg I painted a Landscape with Mathematics https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BFld4EBO2RE/hqdefault.jpg Inigo Quilez live-codes a whole ray-marched landscape in a pixel shader, using only math and signed distance fields. He builds up terrain, lighting, sky and atmosphere from formulas and explains each step as he goes. HN offers it as a look at what a master of shader art can do and as the advanced next step after his beginner procedural graphics videos. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BFld4EBO2RE 2520 812189 ray-marched landscape in a shader 2022-04-10T19:31:42Z yes 2026-06-01 monthly 0.7375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/l_F9jxsfGCw/darius-kazemi-tiny-subversions-xoxo-festival-2014 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/l_F9jxsfGCw/hqdefault.jpg Darius Kazemi, Tiny Subversions - XOXO Festival (2014) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/l_F9jxsfGCw/hqdefault.jpg Darius Kazemi, the bot maker behind Reverse OCR, gives a satirical XOXO 2014 talk in the form of success advice from a lottery winner. The joke makes the point that advice from people who made it usually confuses luck with method, and it separates advice on how to win from advice on how to buy more tickets. HN keeps linking it as the sharpest take on survivorship bias and luck in creative and startup success stories. https://www.youtube.com/embed/l_F9jxsfGCw 1300 81789 luck versus advice in creative careers 2014-10-21T16:56:58Z yes 2025-04-01 monthly 0.7375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/_Cp-BGQfpHQ/boltr-juicero-cold-press-juicer-for-rich-weirdos https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_Cp-BGQfpHQ/hqdefault.jpg BOLTR: Juicero, Cold Press Juicer for Rich Weirdos https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_Cp-BGQfpHQ/hqdefault.jpg AvE takes apart a Juicero cold-press juicer and comments on its parts as he goes, covering the machining, plastics and electronics. His take is that the design is far more elaborate and expensive than the job needs. It is a long video with strong language. HN rates it as the best product teardown, valued for its insight into design for manufacture and over-engineering and why the startup failed. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_Cp-BGQfpHQ 2499 2463372 juicero teardown 2017-05-19T20:14:30Z yes 2024-02-01 monthly 0.7375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/oP3c1h8v2ZQ/kurt-vonnegut-on-the-shapes-of-stories https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oP3c1h8v2ZQ/hqdefault.jpg Kurt Vonnegut on the Shapes of Stories https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oP3c1h8v2ZQ/hqdefault.jpg Kurt Vonnegut lectures on the shapes of stories, drawing simple curves on a blackboard that plot the fortunes of a main character over time. He shows how familiar story types, such as man in a hole or Cinderella, follow recognizable emotional arcs. HN people return to it as a witty, simple way to understand narrative structure, and refer to it whenever story shape comes up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/oP3c1h8v2ZQ 277 2212208 Vonnegut's shapes of stories 2010-10-30T12:25:04Z yes 2024-02-01 monthly 0.7375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/uknEhXyZgsg/alto-system-project-dan-ingalls-demonstrates-smalltalk https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uknEhXyZgsg/hqdefault.jpg Alto System Project: Dan Ingalls demonstrates Smalltalk https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uknEhXyZgsg/hqdefault.jpg At the Computer History Museum, Dan Ingalls demonstrates Smalltalk-76 running on a restored Xerox Alto and answers questions about it. The session runs about two hours and shows early overlapping windows, menus and a programmable desktop. HN files it with the classic Xerox PARC demos as the place to see how much the first GUIs and live programming environments achieved on tiny hardware. https://www.youtube.com/embed/uknEhXyZgsg 7682 35891 smalltalk on the xerox alto 2019-03-12T17:08:10Z yes 2024-02-01 monthly 0.7250000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/7Hk9jct2ozY/dna-animation-2002-2014-by-drew-berry-and-etsuko-uno-wehi-tv-scienceart https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7Hk9jct2ozY/hqdefault.jpg DNA animation (2002-2014) by Drew Berry and Etsuko Uno wehi.tv #ScienceArt https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7Hk9jct2ozY/hqdefault.jpg Drew Berry and Etsuko Uno of WEHI present a collection of their 3D molecular animations from 2002 to 2014, showing DNA replication and gene transcription as busy machinery inside the cell. The work sits between science visualization and art. HN likes it for making molecular biology feel mechanical and visible, and notes the care taken to make molecular motion look random and chaotic. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7Hk9jct2ozY 440 7296617 molecular biology animation 2018-07-17T00:59:04Z yes 2026-07-01 monthly 0.7125 https://www.designertube.app/watch/yJDv-zdhzMY/the-mother-of-all-demos-presented-by-douglas-engelbart-1968 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yJDv-zdhzMY/hqdefault.jpg The Mother of All Demos, presented by Douglas Engelbart (1968) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yJDv-zdhzMY/hqdefault.jpg Douglas Engelbart's 1968 live demonstration of the oNLine System (NLS) at the Fall Joint Computer Conference. It shows the mouse, windows, hypertext links, shared-screen collaboration, outlining and video conferencing, all framed as tools to augment human intellect. HN treats it as the essential starting point for computing history and the radical idea of computers as tools for knowledge workers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yJDv-zdhzMY 6053 1187328 Engelbart's NLS demo of 1968 2012-07-09T13:54:02Z yes 2026-05-01 monthly 0.7125 https://www.designertube.app/watch/LLCF7vPanrY/a-time-lapse-map-of-every-nuclear-explosion-since-1945-by-isao-hashimoto https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LLCF7vPanrY/hqdefault.jpg A Time-Lapse Map of Every Nuclear Explosion Since 1945 - by Isao Hashimoto https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LLCF7vPanrY/hqdefault.jpg Isao Hashimoto's animation plots every nuclear explosion from 1945 to 1998 on a world map, flashing each test as it happens and keeping a running count for each country. It is a short piece that turns a data set into a time-lapse. HN keeps resubmitting it and sharing it as a stark way to see the scale and pace of nuclear testing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LLCF7vPanrY 865 15802178 nuclear test time-lapse map 2010-10-24T20:49:09Z yes 2023-07-01 monthly 0.7125 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Wpv-Qb-dB6g/plover-thought-to-text-at-240-wpm https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Wpv-Qb-dB6g/hqdefault.jpg Plover: Thought to Text at 240 WPM https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Wpv-Qb-dB6g/hqdefault.jpg Mirabai Knight, a stenographer and programmer, presents Plover at PyCon 2013, an open-source stenography engine that lets a steno machine or keyboard type at court-reporter speeds. She ends with a live demo of coding with it. HN likes it as the practical case for chorded steno input as a faster and less strain-prone alternative to typing, including for programmers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Wpv-Qb-dB6g 2061 108872 stenography as text input 2013-03-21T02:23:14Z yes 2023-04-01 monthly 0.7 https://www.designertube.app/watch/VscdPA6sUkc/diablo-a-classic-game-postmortem https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VscdPA6sUkc/hqdefault.jpg 'Diablo': A Classic Game Postmortem https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VscdPA6sUkc/hqdefault.jpg David Brevik, who led the original Diablo, gives a GDC 2016 postmortem on how the game was made. He tells how it started as a turn-based dungeon crawl inspired by X-COM, how the switch to real-time combat changed everything, and how the small team became Blizzard North. HN calls it a fantastic piece of game development history and the best source for how the action RPG came about. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VscdPA6sUkc 4663 1115447 diablo development postmortem 2016-05-11T17:02:05Z yes 2023-07-01 monthly 0.7 https://www.designertube.app/watch/UEfP1OKKz_Q/british-plugs-are-better-than-all-other-plugs-and-here-s-why https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UEfP1OKKz_Q/hqdefault.jpg British Plugs Are Better Than All Other Plugs, And Here's Why https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UEfP1OKKz_Q/hqdefault.jpg Tom Scott walks through the design of the British plug and socket, such as the built-in fuse, the shuttered socket and the insulated pins. He argues that these choices make it safer than other national plug designs. HN shares it every time plugs and sockets come up, as the standard breakdown of how a well-considered everyday object is designed. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UEfP1OKKz_Q 266 7595048 design of the british plug 2014-07-07T13:00:07Z yes 2023-09-01 monthly 0.7 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ORzNZUeUHAM/stroads-are-ugly-expensive-and-dangerous-and-they-re-everywhere-st05 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ORzNZUeUHAM/hqdefault.jpg Stroads are Ugly, Expensive, and Dangerous (and they're everywhere) [ST05] https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ORzNZUeUHAM/hqdefault.jpg Not Just Bikes explains the stroad, the road and street hybrid common in North America: wide, fast arterials lined with driveways and businesses. The video argues that stroads are dangerous, costly to maintain and bad for the businesses on them compared with real streets and real roads. HN uses it as the standard primer on why car-oriented road design fails, and cites it in threads on road safety and urban planning. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ORzNZUeUHAM 1094 8260945 stroads and street design 2021-04-26T19:00:17Z yes 2025-12-01 monthly 0.7 https://www.designertube.app/watch/db-7J5OaSag/riftsketch-live-coding-in-vr-with-the-oculus-rift-firefox-webvr-javascript-and https://i.ytimg.com/vi/db-7J5OaSag/hqdefault.jpg RiftSketch: Live coding in VR with the Oculus Rift, Firefox WebVR, JavaScript and Three.js https://i.ytimg.com/vi/db-7J5OaSag/hqdefault.jpg Brian Peiris demonstrates RiftSketch, a live-coding environment inside an Oculus Rift built with JavaScript and Three.js and running in Firefox WebVR. He edits code while wearing the headset, and the 3D scene around him changes as he types. HN credits it with convincing people to buy into VR and WebVR, as the clearest picture of programming the environment you are standing in. https://www.youtube.com/embed/db-7J5OaSag 636 273061 live coding in vr 2014-10-04T22:05:32Z yes 2021-07-01 monthly 0.7 https://www.designertube.app/watch/AJdEqssNZ-U/jan-willem-nijman-vlambeer-the-art-of-screenshake-at-indigo-classes-2013 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AJdEqssNZ-U/hqdefault.jpg Jan Willem Nijman - Vlambeer - "The art of screenshake" at INDIGO Classes 2013 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AJdEqssNZ-U/hqdefault.jpg Jan Willem Nijman of Vlambeer takes a plain shooter prototype and adds many small tweaks one after another, such as screenshake, recoil, bigger effects and sound. Each tweak changes how the game feels, so the talk shows how polish works in practice. HN considers it one of the best game dev talks on game feel and juice, the one that shows how much room there is for polish in interactions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AJdEqssNZ-U 2650 385679 screenshake and game feel 2013-12-16T12:11:32Z yes 2025-09-01 monthly 0.7 https://www.designertube.app/watch/AnrlSqtpOkw/alan-kay-s-tribute-to-ted-nelson-at-intertwingled-festival https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AnrlSqtpOkw/hqdefault.jpg Alan Kay's tribute to Ted Nelson at "Intertwingled" Festival https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AnrlSqtpOkw/hqdefault.jpg At the Intertwingled festival, Alan Kay pays tribute to Ted Nelson and shows a revived Xerox PARC Alto system at work. The demo includes documents, graphics and tools that pass information to each other, as well as the anecdote that the script for Tron was edited on an Alto. HN points to it as proof of how user-programmable and composable 1970s desktop computing was, and of what today's application-bound systems lost. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AnrlSqtpOkw 1053 41167 alan kay on ted nelson and the alto 2014-11-01T03:19:25Z yes 2025-07-01 monthly 0.7 https://www.designertube.app/watch/AvEqfg2sIH0/1-how-buildings-learn-stewart-brand-1-of-6-flow https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AvEqfg2sIH0/hqdefault.jpg 1. How Buildings Learn - Stewart Brand - 1 of 6 - “Flow” https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AvEqfg2sIH0/hqdefault.jpg The first of six episodes of Stewart Brand's BBC series How Buildings Learn, based on his book, titled Flow. Brand looks at how buildings change over time as people use and adapt them, and at how architects and the way buildings are built often ignore that. HN people call it an eye-opening documentary on buildings that also holds lessons for software architecture, and point to it in threads on office design, zoning and building design. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AvEqfg2sIH0 1776 115276 how buildings adapt over time 2012-06-10T19:36:37Z yes 2022-10-01 monthly 0.7 https://www.designertube.app/watch/72y2EC5fkcE/tomorrow-corporation-tech-demo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/72y2EC5fkcE/hqdefault.jpg Tomorrow Corporation Tech Demo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/72y2EC5fkcE/hqdefault.jpg A demo of the in-house tools Tomorrow Corporation (World of Goo, Little Inferno) built for making games, shown by Allan Blomquist. It shows hot reloading of code and graphics, a time-travel debugger and replay of recorded play, all on a custom language and engine. HN treats it as the ideal of a tight developer feedback loop and the closest thing to a perfect debugger. https://www.youtube.com/embed/72y2EC5fkcE 846 107198 game dev tooling with time-travel debugging 2023-02-21T20:14:44Z yes 2026-08-01 monthly 0.6875 https://www.designertube.app/watch/LKnqECcg6Gw/computer-color-is-broken https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LKnqECcg6Gw/hqdefault.jpg Computer Color is Broken https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LKnqECcg6Gw/hqdefault.jpg A minutephysics explainer on why blending colors in ordinary RGB gives wrong results, such as the dark band in the middle of a gradient. It explains that stored pixel values are a nonlinear function of light intensity, so averaging them has to be done in linear light. HN treats it as the classic short explanation of gamma errors in blending, resizing and gradients, the one to send to anyone working with color or images. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LKnqECcg6Gw 254 4263545 gamma and color blending errors 2015-03-20T19:32:14Z yes 2026-06-01 monthly 0.6875 https://www.designertube.app/watch/dP1xVpMPn8M/a-tour-of-the-acme-editor https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dP1xVpMPn8M/hqdefault.jpg A Tour of the Acme Editor https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dP1xVpMPn8M/hqdefault.jpg Russ Cox demonstrates Acme, the mouse-driven text editor from Plan 9, showing how it treats text on screen as commands and works with external programs. He shows an editor that is a user interface for programmers rather than an IDE. HN considers it one of the clearest technical demos around and recommends it to anyone curious about editors or interfaces built from plain text and the mouse. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dP1xVpMPn8M 1396 150580 acme text editor 2012-09-17T15:25:27Z yes 2025-06-01 monthly 0.6875 https://www.designertube.app/watch/NdSD07U5uBs/alan-kay-2015-power-of-simplicity https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NdSD07U5uBs/hqdefault.jpg Alan Kay, 2015: Power of Simplicity https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NdSD07U5uBs/hqdefault.jpg Alan Kay's 2015 talk on the power of simplicity, a version of a lecture he gave several times. He argues that computing has not yet found its fundamental rules, as physics found Maxwell's equations, and that much software complexity is accidental and avoidable. HN lists it among the most thought-provoking tech talks, one that changed how some programmers think about complexity and simplicity. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NdSD07U5uBs 3067 144872 simplicity in computing 2015-08-10T08:56:01Z yes 2024-06-01 monthly 0.6875 https://www.designertube.app/watch/RVU62CQTXFI/ted-nelson-struggles-with-uncomprehending-radio-interviewer-1979 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RVU62CQTXFI/hqdefault.jpg Ted Nelson struggles with uncomprehending radio interviewer, 1979 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RVU62CQTXFI/hqdefault.jpg A 1979 radio interview in which Ted Nelson tries to explain personal computing and his ideas about hypertext to a host who does not understand what he is describing. The audio is a record of how strange these ideas sounded before the personal computer era. HN treats it as the best Ted Nelson interview, a view of his prophetic vision for computers and the skepticism it met. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RVU62CQTXFI 1548 19068 ted nelson on personal computing 2016-12-22T02:49:16Z yes 2025-07-01 monthly 0.6875 https://www.designertube.app/watch/0fKBhvDjuy0/powers-of-tentm-1977 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0fKBhvDjuy0/hqdefault.jpg Powers of Ten™ (1977) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0fKBhvDjuy0/hqdefault.jpg Powers of Ten is the 1977 short film by Charles and Ray Eames, made with physicist Philip Morrison. It starts on a picnic blanket, zooms out by a factor of ten every few seconds to the edge of the known universe, then zooms back in to the scale of a proton. It runs about nine minutes. HN points to it as a classic of visual explanation, the one to see if you care about data visualization or a sense of scale. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0fKBhvDjuy0 541 9481340 visualizing scale 2010-08-27T03:56:22Z yes 2025-11-01 monthly 0.6875 https://www.designertube.app/watch/id1WShzzMCQ/how-to-invent-the-future-i-stanford-cs183f-startup-school https://i.ytimg.com/vi/id1WShzzMCQ/hqdefault.jpg How to Invent the Future I - Stanford CS183F: Startup School https://i.ytimg.com/vi/id1WShzzMCQ/hqdefault.jpg Alan Kay's first lecture in a two-part Stanford startup series on how to invent the future. He draws on how Xerox PARC found its ideas to discuss choosing problems and seeing past the present. HN recommends the pair to anyone who needs inspiration for choosing a problem or finding original ideas. https://www.youtube.com/embed/id1WShzzMCQ 3482 40100 alan kay on inventing the future 2017-05-25T22:46:49Z yes 2024-01-01 monthly 0.6875 https://www.designertube.app/watch/YThelfB2fvg/mouse-cursor-history-and-why-i-made-my-own https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YThelfB2fvg/hqdefault.jpg Mouse Cursor History (and why I made my own) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YThelfB2fvg/hqdefault.jpg Posy goes through the history of mouse cursors, from early designs to the Mac and Windows pointers, and the problems with some of the standard ones. He then explains why he drew his own cursor set and shows how it fixes them. HN considers it the best video on mouse cursors, a favorite on pixel-level icon design and on how Apple's and Windows' cursors differ in care. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YThelfB2fvg 909 2951551 mouse cursor design history 2018-11-05T17:21:17Z yes 2026-05-01 monthly 0.675 https://www.designertube.app/watch/8Ab3ArE8W3s/stop-writing-dead-programs-by-jack-rusher-strange-loop-2022 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8Ab3ArE8W3s/hqdefault.jpg "Stop Writing Dead Programs" by Jack Rusher (Strange Loop 2022) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8Ab3ArE8W3s/hqdefault.jpg Jack Rusher's Strange Loop 2022 talk argues that most programming is stuck in a batch, edit-compile-run model, and that programs should be live and modifiable while they run. He draws on Lisp and Smalltalk-style environments and REPL-driven work to show what better programming could look like. HN cites it as the best case for live development and for shorter feedback loops, especially in Lisp threads. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8Ab3ArE8W3s 2584 468302 live programming environments 2022-10-11T14:17:52Z yes 2025-09-01 monthly 0.675 https://www.designertube.app/watch/RTB5XhjbgZA/segmented-displays https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RTB5XhjbgZA/hqdefault.jpg Segmented Displays https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RTB5XhjbgZA/hqdefault.jpg Posy surveys segmented displays, from the familiar seven-segment digits to displays with more segments, and looks at the shapes designers chose for numbers and letters on them. The video is a calm, detailed look at an everyday kind of lettering. HN returns to it whenever seven-segment displays come up, as a favorite video on how digit shapes are designed and varied. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RTB5XhjbgZA 835 7244691 segmented display design 2022-04-30T13:44:41Z yes 2026-07-01 monthly 0.675 https://www.designertube.app/watch/hVimVzgtD6w/the-best-stats-you-ve-ever-seen-hans-rosling https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hVimVzgtD6w/hqdefault.jpg The best stats you've ever seen | Hans Rosling https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hVimVzgtD6w/hqdefault.jpg Hans Rosling, the Swedish physician and statistician, uses animated charts from Gapminder to show how health and wealth have changed around the world. He uses the data to take apart the idea of a divide between developed and developing countries. HN rates it one of the best TED talks ever, and sends people to it for a fact-based view of how the world has improved. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hVimVzgtD6w 1236 4410588 animated statistics and world progress 2007-01-16T22:47:37Z yes 2026-05-01 monthly 0.675 https://www.designertube.app/watch/1OfxlSG6q5Y/the-antique-toaster-that-s-better-than-yours https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1OfxlSG6q5Y/hqdefault.jpg The Antique Toaster that's Better than Yours https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1OfxlSG6q5Y/hqdefault.jpg Technology Connections' Alec Watson examines a 1960s Sunbeam Radiant Control toaster and explains how it works. It senses the bread's browning, lowers and raises the bread automatically, and does all of this with analog mechanical parts and no electronics. HN holds it up as an example of elegant, user-friendly product design, and a toaster that does more than modern ones with no chips. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1OfxlSG6q5Y 1108 3382896 mechanical design of a vintage toaster 2019-04-19T16:12:58Z yes 2025-04-01 monthly 0.675 https://www.designertube.app/watch/J7E-aoXLZGY/stephen-fry-kinetic-typography-language https://i.ytimg.com/vi/J7E-aoXLZGY/hqdefault.jpg Stephen Fry Kinetic Typography - Language https://i.ytimg.com/vi/J7E-aoXLZGY/hqdefault.jpg A kinetic typography animation set to Stephen Fry speaking about language. He argues that English has always changed, that pedantry about grammar misses the point, and that people should use language freely and with delight. It runs about six minutes. HN returns to it for Fry's argument against pedantry and for the way the animated type carries the words. https://www.youtube.com/embed/J7E-aoXLZGY 394 3036064 kinetic typography on language 2010-09-30T09:53:26Z yes 2025-07-01 monthly 0.675 https://www.designertube.app/watch/yY1FSsUV-8c/andrew-sorensen-keynote-the-concert-programmer-oscon-2014 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yY1FSsUV-8c/hqdefault.jpg Andrew Sorensen Keynote: "The Concert Programmer" - OSCON 2014 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yY1FSsUV-8c/hqdefault.jpg Andrew Sorensen's OSCON 2014 keynote, in which he live-codes music on stage using his Impromptu and Extempore environments. He writes and changes code while it plays, treating programming as a live performance. HN people hold it up as the best demo of live-coding music and as inspiration for programming as a creative, real-time instrument. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yY1FSsUV-8c 623 157031 live coding music 2014-07-24T18:21:47Z yes 2025-12-01 monthly 0.6625000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/FvmTSpJU-Xc/alan-kay-normal-considered-harmful https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FvmTSpJU-Xc/hqdefault.jpg Alan Kay - Normal Considered Harmful https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FvmTSpJU-Xc/hqdefault.jpg Alan Kay lectures on why the normal way of doing things in computing and software is not good enough. He argues that computing is not yet a mature field and that people who do not know the history and fundamentals of their craft end up with inferior solutions. HN shares it as a starting point for Kay's thinking and as an explanation of why so much software is useless or unreliable. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FvmTSpJU-Xc 4046 59892 alan kay on the state of computing 2012-03-25T11:17:13Z yes 2025-11-01 monthly 0.6625000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/YdHTlUGN1zw/walt-disney-s-multiplane-camera-filmed-feb-13-1957 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YdHTlUGN1zw/hqdefault.jpg Walt Disney's MultiPlane Camera (Filmed: Feb. 13, 1957) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YdHTlUGN1zw/hqdefault.jpg Footage filmed in 1957 in which Walt Disney demonstrates the multiplane camera, a rig that shoots several layers of artwork at different distances to create depth in animation. HN people share it as a fascinating, incredible look at Disney explaining his own camera, as a classic piece of early animation craft. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YdHTlUGN1zw 441 1798381 disney multiplane camera 2008-08-13T00:14:41Z yes 2026-06-01 monthly 0.6625000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/MBT1OK6VAIU/pitfall-classic-postmortem-with-david-crane-panel-at-gdc-2011-atari-2600 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MBT1OK6VAIU/hqdefault.jpg Pitfall Classic Postmortem With David Crane Panel at GDC 2011 (Atari 2600) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MBT1OK6VAIU/hqdefault.jpg A GDC 2011 postmortem panel in which David Crane, designer of the Atari 2600 game Pitfall!, explains how it was made. He covers working within the tiny hardware limits and how so many screens were fitted into so little space, followed by audience Q&A. HN people recommend it as a first-hand account from the original designer of how Pitfall squeezed a whole world into 4k, and for anyone who likes tricks on tiny platforms. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MBT1OK6VAIU 3612 75908 pitfall atari 2600 postmortem 2011-03-08T05:01:03Z yes 2025-10-01 monthly 0.6625000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/4bM3Gut1hIk/4-2-1-christopher-domas-the-future-of-re-dynamic-binary-visualization https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4bM3Gut1hIk/hqdefault.jpg 4 2 1 Christopher Domas The future of RE Dynamic Binary Visualization https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4bM3Gut1hIk/hqdefault.jpg Christopher Domas presents cantor.dust, a tool that visualizes binary files with space-filling curves so reverse engineers can see structure at a glance and pick out blocks interactively. The talk is a demo of a visual interface for exploring raw data. HN says it still feels futuristic years later, a rare demonstration of a new interface paradigm that fits its task. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4bM3Gut1hIk 2919 58633 binary visualization for reverse engineering 2012-10-03T16:59:30Z yes 2026-08-01 monthly 0.6625000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/xNjI03CGkb4/let-s-go-whaling-tricks-for-monetising-mobile-game-players-with-free-to-play https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xNjI03CGkb4/hqdefault.jpg Let’s go whaling: Tricks for monetising mobile game players with free-to-play https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xNjI03CGkb4/hqdefault.jpg A game industry conference talk on how free-to-play mobile games are built to monetize players, especially the small group of heavy spenders known as whales. The speaker explains the tactics openly from the developer side. HN people cite it as the infamous, must-see talk that shows how pay-to-win monetization deliberately preys on certain players, often in discussions of dark patterns in games. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xNjI03CGkb4 1189 757610 free-to-play monetization tactics 2016-10-03T11:43:16Z yes 2025-11-01 monthly 0.6625000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/iG9CE55wbtY/do-schools-kill-creativity-sir-ken-robinson-ted https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iG9CE55wbtY/hqdefault.jpg Do schools kill creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson | TED https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iG9CE55wbtY/hqdefault.jpg Sir Ken Robinson's TED talk argues that schools educate creativity out of children, put academic ability above everything else, and need to treat creativity as seriously as literacy. He makes the case with humor and personal stories. HN returns to it in education threads as a favorite on fitting education to the student rather than forcing every child into one mold. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iG9CE55wbtY 1204 25082489 creativity and education 2007-01-07T05:00:34Z yes 2024-10-01 monthly 0.6625000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ip641WmY4pA/diy-haptic-input-knob-bldc-motor-round-lcd https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ip641WmY4pA/hqdefault.jpg DIY haptic input knob: BLDC motor + round LCD https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ip641WmY4pA/hqdefault.jpg Scott Bezek demonstrates SmartKnob, an open-source haptic input knob built from a brushless motor and a round LCD. Because the feel is set in software, the knob can have virtual detents and end stops that change from one mode to the next. HN likes it as the model for a software-defined physical control, and cites it in threads about screens replacing knobs in cars. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ip641WmY4pA 131 2869622 software-defined haptic knob 2022-03-11T06:00:42Z yes 2026-01-01 monthly 0.65 https://www.designertube.app/watch/94swlF55tVc/how-a-blind-developer-uses-visual-studio https://i.ytimg.com/vi/94swlF55tVc/hqdefault.jpg How A Blind Developer Uses Visual Studio https://i.ytimg.com/vi/94swlF55tVc/hqdefault.jpg A short talk by Saqib Shaikh, a blind developer at Microsoft, showing how he writes, navigates and debugs code in Visual Studio using a screen reader and audio feedback. HN people share it as a concrete demonstration of an expert doing everyday developer work by ear, especially for developers who are losing their sight. https://www.youtube.com/embed/94swlF55tVc 429 155519 blind developer coding workflow 2018-03-01T17:30:01Z yes 2026-05-01 monthly 0.65 https://www.designertube.app/watch/YyIQKBzIuBY/alan-kay-programming-and-scaling https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YyIQKBzIuBY/hqdefault.jpg Alan Kay - Programming and Scaling https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YyIQKBzIuBY/hqdefault.jpg Alan Kay's 2011 talk on programming and scaling covers the limits of code size, engineering versus tinkering, and the Viewpoints Research STEPS project, which tries to build a whole system in a tiny amount of code. It asks how software complexity can be reduced radically. HN counts it among Kay's best talks, for its challenge to how the industry builds and scales software. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YyIQKBzIuBY 3399 36211 alan kay on software scaling 2015-06-17T08:33:33Z yes 2026-07-01 monthly 0.65 https://www.designertube.app/watch/SqFu5O-oPmU/jonathan-blow-video-games-and-the-human-condition https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SqFu5O-oPmU/hqdefault.jpg Jonathan Blow: Video Games and the Human Condition https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SqFu5O-oPmU/hqdefault.jpg Jonathan Blow, creator of Braid, gives a talk at Rice University on what games do to the people who play them. He criticizes social games tuned by A/B testing for addictiveness and profit, and discusses the designer's responsibility to make games with real value. HN cites it as the best critique of manipulative design in games, on addiction mechanics and ethically responsible game design. https://www.youtube.com/embed/SqFu5O-oPmU 6249 158112 game design ethics and addiction 2011-03-08T16:42:19Z yes 2018-11-01 monthly 0.65 https://www.designertube.app/watch/7IsMeKl-Sv0/why-american-cities-are-broke-the-growth-ponzi-scheme-st03 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7IsMeKl-Sv0/hqdefault.jpg Why American Cities Are Broke - The Growth Ponzi Scheme [ST03] https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7IsMeKl-Sv0/hqdefault.jpg Not Just Bikes explains why low-density car-oriented development costs cities more to maintain than it brings in through taxes, so new growth is used to pay for old infrastructure. The video draws on the Strong Towns analysis of municipal finances. HN recommends it as a good introduction to the hidden costs of suburban sprawl and to who pays for low-density infrastructure. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7IsMeKl-Sv0 579 3849396 suburban sprawl and city finances 2021-01-11T20:00:10Z yes 2024-06-01 monthly 0.65 https://www.designertube.app/watch/agOdP2Bmieg/bret-victor-the-humane-representation-of-thought https://i.ytimg.com/vi/agOdP2Bmieg/hqdefault.jpg Bret Victor - The Humane Representation of Thought https://i.ytimg.com/vi/agOdP2Bmieg/hqdefault.jpg Bret Victor argues that tools for thinking should use the whole human body, with movement, touch and spatial memory, instead of reducing everything to pictures under glass. The talk is the context for his Dynamicland and RealTalk work. HN calls it the accessible overview of his ideas on humane, multi-sensory representations, and cites it in threads on interfaces that have lost their senses. https://www.youtube.com/embed/agOdP2Bmieg 3382 57874 humane representation of thought 2015-06-17T06:04:21Z yes 2026-07-01 monthly 0.65 https://www.designertube.app/watch/l0GA901oGe4/what-can-seattle-learn-from-dutch-street-design https://i.ytimg.com/vi/l0GA901oGe4/hqdefault.jpg What can Seattle learn from Dutch street design? https://i.ytimg.com/vi/l0GA901oGe4/hqdefault.jpg A talk by Seattle landscape architect Fred Young, hosted by UniversityGreenways, giving a visual tour of Dutch street and cycling design. It covers the many small measures, from road materials and narrower lanes to junction layouts, that make cycling safe and pleasant, and asks how Seattle could adapt them. HN people recommend it as the most thorough single explanation of how the Netherlands gets safe cycling without relying on lower speed limits, treating it as a tech talk for urban planning. https://www.youtube.com/embed/l0GA901oGe4 3918 328027 dutch street design 2013-02-23T21:42:10Z yes 2021-11-01 monthly 0.65 https://www.designertube.app/watch/pUF5esTscZI/a4-paper-is-too-perfect https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pUF5esTscZI/hqdefault.jpg A4 Paper Is Too Perfect https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pUF5esTscZI/hqdefault.jpg A CGP Grey video, originally titled Metric Paper and Everything in the Universe, about the A-series paper sizes, where each sheet cut in half keeps the same proportions. It uses paper as a way into the metric system and zooms through scales from the smallest lengths to the observable universe. HN people share it as a beautiful, educational and visually striking explainer on metric paper, one commenter calling it the most psychedelic experience possible without drugs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/pUF5esTscZI 524 10530833 a4 paper and metric scale 2021-03-26T21:00:14Z yes 2026-04-01 monthly 0.6375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/2B-XwPjn9YY/the-lost-1984-video-young-steve-jobs-introduces-the-macintosh https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2B-XwPjn9YY/hqdefault.jpg The Lost 1984 Video: young Steve Jobs introduces the Macintosh https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2B-XwPjn9YY/hqdefault.jpg Rediscovered 1984 footage of a young Steve Jobs introducing the original Macintosh. In it the computer itself speaks, a moment that stands out in the presentation. HN people share it as a favorite piece of Macintosh history, remembered for the moment the computer first spoke with a personality of its own. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2B-XwPjn9YY 311 12557116 steve jobs introduces macintosh 2009-01-24T07:01:56Z yes 2025-08-01 monthly 0.6375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/NugRZGDbPFU/where-good-ideas-come-from-by-steven-johnson https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NugRZGDbPFU/hqdefault.jpg WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROM by Steven Johnson https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NugRZGDbPFU/hqdefault.jpg A short animated video of Steven Johnson's book Where Good Ideas Come From. It argues that ideas come from connecting hunches and from the kinds of environments people work in, not from lone flashes of insight. HN passes it on to anyone asking how to come up with ideas, and one commenter says the book changed their daily work routine. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NugRZGDbPFU 247 5798409 where good ideas come from 2010-09-17T16:22:19Z yes 2016-07-01 monthly 0.6375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/RSTNhvDGbYI/old-fashioned-rice-cookers-are-extremely-clever https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RSTNhvDGbYI/hqdefault.jpg Old-fashioned rice cookers are extremely clever https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RSTNhvDGbYI/hqdefault.jpg Technology Connections' Alec Watson explains how a simple analog rice cooker works. When the water boils away the pot temperature rises above 100 degrees C, and a magnetic switch that loses its magnetism at a set temperature cuts the heat and drops the cooker to warm mode. HN passes it around as the clear breakdown of how clever a dumb rice cooker really is, combining thermodynamics and magnetism in a very simple design. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RSTNhvDGbYI 671 3228801 how analog rice cookers work 2020-01-15T15:25:09Z yes 2025-10-01 monthly 0.6375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/1MGjFKs9bnU/farewelletaoinshrdlu https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1MGjFKs9bnU/hqdefault.jpg FarewellEtaoinShrdlu https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1MGjFKs9bnU/hqdefault.jpg A documentary from the late 1970s on the last day the New York Times was set in hot metal on Linotype machines before the move to computer typesetting. It follows the whole process from the newsroom to the press. HN recommends it as the best look at how linotype typesetting worked and at the engineering behind it, filmed as the era ended. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1MGjFKs9bnU 1726 259555 last day of linotype at the new york times 2016-07-14T02:35:14Z yes 2026-08-01 monthly 0.6375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/KJe9H6qS82I/smoothlifel https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KJe9H6qS82I/hqdefault.jpg SmoothLifeL https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KJe9H6qS82I/hqdefault.jpg A video of SmoothLife, a continuous version of Conway's Game of Life created by Stephan Rafler, which uses real-valued cells instead of on and off. The result is smooth, organic-looking patterns that move and evolve. HN brings it up in every Game of Life thread as the must-see continuous evolution of Life. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KJe9H6qS82I 217 312185 smoothlife continuous cellular automata 2012-10-09T16:49:52Z yes 2024-01-01 monthly 0.6375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/iRkZcTg1JWU/moleman-2-demoscene-the-art-of-the-algorithms-2012 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iRkZcTg1JWU/hqdefault.jpg Moleman 2 - Demoscene - The Art of the Algorithms (2012) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iRkZcTg1JWU/hqdefault.jpg Moleman 2 is a Hungarian documentary on the demoscene, covering its history, its culture and the creative process behind demos and intros. This is the English version, from 2012. HN recommends it as the best visual guide to what the demoscene is, with an opening that commenters call pure magic. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iRkZcTg1JWU 5399 329132 demoscene documentary 2012-04-06T17:39:09Z yes 2023-10-01 monthly 0.6375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/oSCX78-8-q0/a-boy-and-his-atom-the-world-s-smallest-movie https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oSCX78-8-q0/hqdefault.jpg A Boy And His Atom: The World's Smallest Movie https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oSCX78-8-q0/hqdefault.jpg IBM's short stop-motion film in which a boy plays with a single atom, made by moving individual atoms with a scanning tunneling microscope and capturing each position as a frame. It was promoted as the world's smallest movie. HN people share it as an entertaining showpiece of atom-scale stop-motion, and many simply submitted it as worth watching. https://www.youtube.com/embed/oSCX78-8-q0 94 28178240 atom-scale stop-motion film 2013-04-30T14:29:02Z yes 2022-04-01 monthly 0.6375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/YKuRkGkf5HU/voice-driven-development-who-needs-a-keyboard-anyway-by-emily-shea https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YKuRkGkf5HU/hqdefault.jpg "Voice Driven Development: Who needs a keyboard anyway?" by Emily Shea https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YKuRkGkf5HU/hqdefault.jpg Emily Shea explains how she writes code by voice using Talon after developing RSI, and demonstrates it live, including driving vim in Ruby. The talk covers the setup, the tweaking it took and the state of voice coding. HN points to it as proof that voice coding is much better than people expect, and as the talk to watch for anyone interested in hands-free input. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YKuRkGkf5HU 2478 34552 coding by voice 2019-09-14T17:22:52Z yes 2023-02-01 monthly 0.6375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/rtR63-ecUNo/how-to-draw-mushrooms-on-an-oscilloscope-with-sound https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rtR63-ecUNo/hqdefault.jpg How To Draw Mushrooms On An Oscilloscope With Sound https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rtR63-ecUNo/hqdefault.jpg A video on drawing pictures, including mushrooms, on an oscilloscope by feeding it sound. It shows how splitting the audio channels into x and y coordinates makes the beam trace shapes, and builds intuition for waveforms. HN people find it mesmerizing and recommend it as an approachable starting point for waveform intuition and oscilloscope fun. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rtR63-ecUNo 187 2380555 oscilloscope drawing with sound 2014-03-26T00:21:23Z yes 2022-05-01 monthly 0.6375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/98LdFA-_zfA/christopher-alexander-patterns-in-architecture https://i.ytimg.com/vi/98LdFA-_zfA/hqdefault.jpg Christopher Alexander - Patterns in Architecture https://i.ytimg.com/vi/98LdFA-_zfA/hqdefault.jpg Christopher Alexander's 1996 talk on patterns in architecture, given to a software audience at an ACM event. He discusses his pattern work and his move toward more fundamental, intrinsic ideas about what makes a place feel alive. HN people call it a prescient must-watch for software people, showing Alexander moving past patterns just as programmers were adopting them. https://www.youtube.com/embed/98LdFA-_zfA 3816 134645 christopher alexander patterns 2013-09-09T00:18:57Z yes 2026-07-01 monthly 0.6375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/5wAo54DHDY0/myhouse-wad-inside-doom-s-most-terrifying-mod https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5wAo54DHDY0/hqdefault.jpg MyHouse.WAD - Inside Doom's Most Terrifying Mod https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5wAo54DHDY0/hqdefault.jpg A documentary-style video by Power Pak about MyHouse.wad, a Doom II mod that starts as a house map and grows into a surreal horror experience. It walks through the mod's content and the story behind it. HN people urge even non-gamers to watch it as one of the best YouTube rides, an incredible art piece in the spirit of House of Leaves. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5wAo54DHDY0 6121 19420139 myhouse.wad doom mod 2023-05-11T12:54:21Z yes 2025-06-01 monthly 0.625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Z1PCtIaM_GQ/jackie-chan-how-to-do-action-comedy https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z1PCtIaM_GQ/hqdefault.jpg Jackie Chan - How to Do Action Comedy https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z1PCtIaM_GQ/hqdefault.jpg An Every Frame a Painting video essay on how Jackie Chan stages and films action comedy. It looks at clear framing and cutting that let you follow the choreography, and at how his setups put him at a disadvantage, in contrast with the fast-cut style of Hollywood action. HN people recommend it as the best explanation of why Chan's action is easy to follow and fun, and why it makes much of modern action filmmaking look worse. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z1PCtIaM_GQ 544 25407601 jackie chan action comedy 2014-12-03T00:00:52Z yes 2022-08-01 monthly 0.625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/S-rj8m7Ssow/kowloon-walled-city-documentary-english-subtitles https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S-rj8m7Ssow/hqdefault.jpg Kowloon Walled City Documentary (English Subtitles) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S-rj8m7Ssow/hqdefault.jpg A documentary on Kowloon Walled City, the dense, unplanned settlement in Hong Kong that housed tens of thousands of people. This version has English subtitles and footage taken inside the buildings. HN rates it among the better Kowloon documentaries because it shows everyday life rather than sensationalism. https://www.youtube.com/embed/S-rj8m7Ssow 2337 909816 kowloon walled city 2016-09-06T22:58:22Z yes 2026-05-01 monthly 0.625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/3GVO-MfIl1Q/pop-an-ollie-and-innovate-rodney-mullen-ted https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3GVO-MfIl1Q/hqdefault.jpg Pop an ollie and innovate! | Rodney Mullen | TED https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3GVO-MfIl1Q/hqdefault.jpg Skateboarder Rodney Mullen's TED talk on innovation. He talks about how skateboard tricks are invented and shared, and compares the culture of skating, with its trespassing and collaborative building on each other's ideas, to hacking and open-source communities. HN people recommend it as an inspiring talk on following your creativity, and as the right person drawing the comparison between skaters and hackers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3GVO-MfIl1Q 1097 3089185 innovation in skateboarding 2015-02-02T22:18:31Z yes 2023-03-01 monthly 0.625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/j02b8Fuz73A/nextstep-release-3-demo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/j02b8Fuz73A/hqdefault.jpg NeXTSTEP Release 3 Demo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/j02b8Fuz73A/hqdefault.jpg Steve Jobs gives a half-hour demonstration of NeXTSTEP Release 3 from around 1992. It shows the object-oriented environment and its interface builder for assembling graphical applications that talk to a database. HN points to it as a look at an impressive early-1990s environment, and at Jobs honing his demo style. https://www.youtube.com/embed/j02b8Fuz73A 2109 624543 nextstep demo 2006-02-04T08:16:28Z yes 2025-12-01 monthly 0.625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/wpOxbesRNBc/dasher-information-efficient-text-entry https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wpOxbesRNBc/hqdefault.jpg Dasher: information-efficient text entry https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wpOxbesRNBc/hqdefault.jpg A Google Tech Talk on Dasher, a text-entry interface that works by steering through a stream of letters, with probable letters given more room. It is presented by its inventor, David MacKay, and builds on information theory and arithmetic coding. HN treats it as the standard explanation of how Dasher works and why a different input idea can beat the keyboard for people who cannot type. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wpOxbesRNBc 3226 7058 dasher text entry 2007-10-09T02:26:34Z yes 2025-06-01 monthly 0.625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Eq3bUFgEcb4/notation-must-die-the-battle-for-how-we-read-music https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Eq3bUFgEcb4/hqdefault.jpg Notation Must Die: The Battle For How We Read Music https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Eq3bUFgEcb4/hqdefault.jpg A long Tantacrul video, made by the UX designer who leads MuseScore, on the history of Western music notation and the many attempts to replace or simplify it. It explains the tradeoffs behind the current system and why alternative notations have mostly failed. HN people call it the obligatory long-form watch on notation, a great account of why attempts to make music easier to read fail, told by someone with UX design expertise. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Eq3bUFgEcb4 4581 1805000 music notation design 2023-11-03T14:00:18Z yes 2026-10-01 monthly 0.6125 https://www.designertube.app/watch/040ejWnFkj0/how-self-driving-cars-will-destroy-cities-and-what-to-do-about-it https://i.ytimg.com/vi/040ejWnFkj0/hqdefault.jpg How Self-Driving Cars will Destroy Cities (and what to do about it) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/040ejWnFkj0/hqdefault.jpg A Not Just Bikes video arguing that self-driving cars would worsen car-centric cities even if the technology works. It looks at the second-order effects on urban form, policy and the position of pedestrians and cyclists, and sets out a path toward a dystopian future before suggesting alternatives like trams and rail. HN people recommend it in self-driving car threads as the strongest argument that autonomous vehicles would deepen car dependence, even if some find it a bit doomerist. https://www.youtube.com/embed/040ejWnFkj0 3277 2410804 self-driving cars and cities 2024-11-10T17:54:01Z yes 2026-08-01 monthly 0.6125 https://www.designertube.app/watch/0lvMgMrNDlg/steve-jobs-rare-footage-conducting-a-presentation-on-1980-insanely-great https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0lvMgMrNDlg/hqdefault.jpg Steve Jobs rare footage conducting a presentation on 1980 (Insanely Great) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0lvMgMrNDlg/hqdefault.jpg Rare 1980 footage of a young Steve Jobs presenting Apple's story and intentions up to that point. The clip is titled Insanely Great. HN people share it as proof that Jobs had a polished, natural speaking style almost from the beginning, as a companion to his later keynotes. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0lvMgMrNDlg 1380 2831629 steve jobs 1980 presentation 2011-12-12T08:10:20Z yes 2021-02-01 monthly 0.6125 https://www.designertube.app/watch/LRhbcDzbGSU/get-lamp-the-text-adventure-documentary https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LRhbcDzbGSU/hqdefault.jpg GET LAMP: The Text Adventure Documentary https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LRhbcDzbGSU/hqdefault.jpg Jason Scott's documentary about the history of text adventure games and interactive fiction, including interviews with people who made them, among them former Infocom developers. This upload is hosted on the Google TechTalks channel. HN people link it as the obligatory documentary for fans of text adventures, MUDs and Infocom, and as a good history for anyone who came after that era. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LRhbcDzbGSU 7278 244110 text adventure game history 2011-03-10T21:59:06Z yes 2026-01-01 monthly 0.6125 https://www.designertube.app/watch/XuBdf9jYj7o/how-the-dutch-got-their-cycle-paths https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XuBdf9jYj7o/hqdefault.jpg How the Dutch got their cycle paths https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XuBdf9jYj7o/hqdefault.jpg A short BicycleDutch video on how the Netherlands got its cycle paths. It covers the postwar rise of car traffic, the protest movement against child deaths on the roads in the 1970s, and the shift toward building dedicated bicycle infrastructure. HN people recommend it as a quick, excellent history of how Dutch cycling infrastructure came about, showing that the Dutch also had to make space with effort. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XuBdf9jYj7o 390 1221947 history of dutch cycle paths 2011-10-09T22:54:15Z yes 2021-11-01 monthly 0.6125 https://www.designertube.app/watch/X2wLP0izeJE/ira-glass-on-storytelling-3 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/X2wLP0izeJE/hqdefault.jpg Ira Glass on Storytelling 3 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/X2wLP0izeJE/hqdefault.jpg A clip of Ira Glass on the gap between taste and skill in creative work. Beginners have good taste, so they can see their own work falls short, and he says the only way through is to produce a large volume of work. In the clip he also plays and critiques one of his old broadcasts. HN people go back to it whenever their own side projects or creative work look bad, treating it as the definitive pep talk on perseverance when taste outpaces skill. https://www.youtube.com/embed/X2wLP0izeJE 321 145651 taste versus skill gap 2009-07-11T17:40:26Z yes 2025-07-01 monthly 0.6125 https://www.designertube.app/watch/prXuyMCgbTc/exploring-the-tech-and-design-of-noita https://i.ytimg.com/vi/prXuyMCgbTc/hqdefault.jpg Exploring the Tech and Design of Noita https://i.ytimg.com/vi/prXuyMCgbTc/hqdefault.jpg A GDC talk by the developers of Noita on the tech and design of the game, in which every pixel is simulated. It covers the Falling Everything Engine for pixel physics and terrain deformation, and design lessons including early prototypes. HN people call it legendary for pixel physics and falling-sand simulation, and cite it as the model for their own game engine architectures. https://www.youtube.com/embed/prXuyMCgbTc 1860 287752 noita pixel physics engine 2020-01-02T15:17:59Z yes 2026-08-01 monthly 0.6125 https://www.designertube.app/watch/X9RYuvPCQUA/everything-is-a-remix-2023-edition https://i.ytimg.com/vi/X9RYuvPCQUA/hqdefault.jpg Everything is a Remix (2023 Edition) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/X9RYuvPCQUA/hqdefault.jpg Kirby Ferguson's updated 2023 edition of his Everything is a Remix series. It argues that creativity works by copying, transforming and combining existing ideas, with examples from film, music and technology. HN people link it whenever the question of originality comes up, in discussions of pop culture and of generative AI, as the standard case that all culture is remixed. https://www.youtube.com/embed/X9RYuvPCQUA 3844 327927 creativity as remixing 2023-03-21T16:41:57Z yes 2026-09-01 monthly 0.6125 https://www.designertube.app/watch/1qSTcxt2t74/captain-disillusion-world-s-greatest-blenderer-live-at-the-blender-conference https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1qSTcxt2t74/hqdefault.jpg Captain Disillusion: World's Greatest Blenderer - Live at the Blender Conference 2018 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1qSTcxt2t74/hqdefault.jpg A comedic talk by VFX debunker Captain Disillusion at the Blender Conference 2018 on using Blender to make his videos. It includes an extended, jokey takedown of Blender's then-notorious interface. HN people call it an essential, hilarious Blender watch for inspiration, and credit its interface critique with possibly nudging the big UI changes in Blender 2.8. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1qSTcxt2t74 2504 2821521 blender interface critique 2018-11-08T15:00:05Z yes 2025-09-01 monthly 0.6125 https://www.designertube.app/watch/r2CbbBLVaPk/the-user-is-drunk https://i.ytimg.com/vi/r2CbbBLVaPk/hqdefault.jpg The User is Drunk https://i.ytimg.com/vi/r2CbbBLVaPk/hqdefault.jpg A short talk by Will Dayble of Squareweave on designing as if the user is drunk, meaning they have the attention and vision of a drunk person. The aim is interfaces that stay clear, simple and forgiving when users are distracted or impaired. HN people recommend it as a way for designers and developers to be more sympathetic to users who miss obvious details, and as a favorite startup video. https://www.youtube.com/embed/r2CbbBLVaPk 263 274636 designing for distracted users 2013-01-16T04:46:55Z yes 2021-02-01 monthly 0.6000000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/7vfqkvwW2fs/the-marvel-symphonic-universe https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7vfqkvwW2fs/hqdefault.jpg The Marvel Symphonic Universe https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7vfqkvwW2fs/hqdefault.jpg An Every Frame a Painting video essay arguing that Marvel film music is forgettable. It looks at how temp music and the habit of editing to placeholder tracks push composers toward imitation, and compares the result with more memorable scores such as Star Wars and James Bond. HN people recommend it as an excellent explanation of why some film scores stick and others fade, noting its insights hold even if you have not seen any Marvel films. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7vfqkvwW2fs 815 7951342 film music and temp tracks 2016-09-12T15:46:37Z yes 2026-06-01 monthly 0.6000000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/VZQoAKJPbh8/in-search-of-tomorrow https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VZQoAKJPbh8/hqdefault.jpg In Search of Tomorrow https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VZQoAKJPbh8/hqdefault.jpg Chris Granger, creator of the Light Table editor, on what programming could look like in ten years. He walks through iterations of his research prototypes for a more human-friendly programming environment, the work that became Eve, ending with a demo of a semantic wiki and personal knowledge tool. HN people list it among their favorite tech talks on new approaches to programming, praising the prototype iterations as innovative and promising, and its semantic-wiki demo as a model for personal knowledge tools. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VZQoAKJPbh8 3387 17547 future of programming environments 2015-12-11T22:14:35Z yes 2018-11-01 monthly 0.6000000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/U4FNBMZsqrY/doom-behind-the-music https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U4FNBMZsqrY/hqdefault.jpg DOOM: Behind the Music https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U4FNBMZsqrY/hqdefault.jpg Mick Gordon's GDC 2017 talk on composing and sound-designing the music for DOOM (2016). He shows the experiments, synthesizers, effects chains and instrument design behind the soundtrack, and tells stories about the process. HN people call it one of the best conference talks, a master of his craft letting loose and explaining how he built the sounds, a lesson in process and change. https://www.youtube.com/embed/U4FNBMZsqrY 3657 1788187 doom 2016 sound design 2017-08-22T16:40:05Z yes 2026-08-01 monthly 0.6000000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/p2LZLYcu_JY/alan-kay-doing-with-images-makes-symbols-full-version https://i.ytimg.com/vi/p2LZLYcu_JY/hqdefault.jpg Alan Kay: Doing with Images Makes Symbols (Full Version) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/p2LZLYcu_JY/hqdefault.jpg A full-length lecture by Alan Kay from the 1980s, Doing with Images Makes Symbols, on how people learn through doing, images and symbols. It includes demos of Smalltalk and other interactive systems, among them programs written by children. HN people name it a favorite tech talk, a rich summary of software systems with good ideas, and the proof that old, forgotten software could be far more inspiring than today's. https://www.youtube.com/embed/p2LZLYcu_JY 5865 44371 alan kay learning and interfaces 2015-04-29T08:35:31Z yes 2023-10-01 monthly 0.6000000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/y_SXXTBypIg/the-truth-about-american-cities-part-1-strong-towns-st01 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/y_SXXTBypIg/hqdefault.jpg The Truth about American Cities - Part 1 - Strong Towns [ST01] https://i.ytimg.com/vi/y_SXXTBypIg/hqdefault.jpg The first part of a Not Just Bikes series summarizing the ideas of Strong Towns. It argues that spread-out, car-oriented American development costs cities more to maintain than it brings in, which makes it financially unsustainable. HN people point to the series as the best introduction to why suburban sprawl and parking mandates are bad for cities, and as an eye-opener for people who only know car-centric infrastructure. https://www.youtube.com/embed/y_SXXTBypIg 332 858073 strong towns and suburban sprawl 2020-11-02T18:59:52Z yes 2025-09-01 monthly 0.6000000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/6orsmFndx_o/ivan-sutherland-sketchpad-demo-1963 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6orsmFndx_o/hqdefault.jpg Ivan Sutherland Sketchpad Demo 1963 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6orsmFndx_o/hqdefault.jpg A film demonstration of Ivan Sutherland's Sketchpad, the software from his 1963 MIT thesis for drawing on a screen with a light pen. It shows constraints, snapping to objects and reusable drawings, early ideas of interactive graphics. HN treats it as the origin of interactive computer graphics and direct-manipulation interfaces, which took decades to reach the mainstream. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6orsmFndx_o 1160 136412 sketchpad 1963 demo 2012-05-30T10:36:59Z yes 2025-12-01 monthly 0.6000000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/bnKIVX968PQ/the-lively-and-liveable-neighbourhoods-that-are-illegal-in-most-of-north-america https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bnKIVX968PQ/hqdefault.jpg The Lively & Liveable Neighbourhoods that are Illegal in Most of North America https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bnKIVX968PQ/hqdefault.jpg A Not Just Bikes video on mixed-use, human-scale neighbourhoods of low-rise buildings and narrow streets that support walking, cycling and local shops. It explains why zoning rules make them illegal in most of North America, and pushes back on the idea that old cities were simply built for walking. HN people send it to anyone who thinks the only options are a dense city or car-dependent suburbs, as a clear case for gentle density and better ways of building cities. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bnKIVX968PQ 439 1958563 walkable mixed-use neighbourhoods 2020-06-29T07:59:52Z yes 2022-07-01 monthly 0.6000000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/yMjPqr1s-cg/ted-nelson-s-eulogy-for-douglas-engelbart https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yMjPqr1s-cg/hqdefault.jpg Ted Nelson's Eulogy for Douglas Engelbart https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yMjPqr1s-cg/hqdefault.jpg Ted Nelson delivers a eulogy for his friend Douglas Engelbart at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. He remembers Engelbart's vision of augmenting human intellect and how little of it the computer industry took on. HN reads it as a moving tribute that shows Engelbart's most important ideas were ignored in the computing that followed. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yMjPqr1s-cg 446 16827 engelbart eulogy 2013-12-14T19:02:16Z yes 2023-04-01 monthly 0.6000000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/wh4aWZRtTwU/brown-color-is-weird https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wh4aWZRtTwU/hqdefault.jpg Brown; color is weird https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wh4aWZRtTwU/hqdefault.jpg A Technology Connections video on the colour brown. It explains that brown is not a distinct colour of light but orange or yellow seen in context next to brighter surroundings, and what that means for how screens and RGB represent colour. HN people recommend it as a fun, understandable demonstration of how strange colour perception is, and cite it in threads on CSS colours and colour spaces. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wh4aWZRtTwU 1275 5279253 the colour brown 2020-02-13T21:40:13Z yes 2025-02-01 monthly 0.6000000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/z_dt7NG38V4/eric-bier-demonstrates-cedar https://i.ytimg.com/vi/z_dt7NG38V4/hqdefault.jpg Eric Bier Demonstrates Cedar https://i.ytimg.com/vi/z_dt7NG38V4/hqdefault.jpg Eric Bier of Xerox PARC demonstrates Cedar, the integrated programming and document environment built at PARC, in a Computer History Museum session. It shows early features such as text selection with copy and move commands and active Tioga documents. HN people treat it as time travel to a world of live, whole-system environments, holding it up as what a modern desktop OS should look like. https://www.youtube.com/embed/z_dt7NG38V4 6967 7597 xerox parc cedar environment 2019-04-17T22:43:32Z yes 2022-02-01 monthly 0.6000000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/wfm2xCKOCNk/why-japan-looks-the-way-it-does-zoning https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wfm2xCKOCNk/hqdefault.jpg Why Japan Looks the Way it Does: Zoning https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wfm2xCKOCNk/hqdefault.jpg A Life Where I'm From video on Japan's zoning system and how it shapes the look of Japanese cities. It explains how broad, permissive zones allow mixed uses, small businesses, narrow streets and affordable housing side by side. HN people send it as the primer on how Japan's lax zoning enables walkable, livable and affordable neighbourhoods, usually as a comparison point in debates about zoning and housing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wfm2xCKOCNk 875 639202 japanese zoning and city form 2021-10-10T14:55:06Z yes 2026-01-01 monthly 0.5875 https://www.designertube.app/watch/QMYfkOtYYlg/ascii-fluid-dynamics-ioccc2012-endoh1-c https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QMYfkOtYYlg/hqdefault.jpg ASCII fluid dynamics -- IOCCC2012 endoh1.c https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QMYfkOtYYlg/hqdefault.jpg A video of Yusuke Endoh's winning entry to the 2012 International Obfuscated C Code Contest: a tiny C program that turns its own source text into a running fluid simulation rendered in ASCII. The source file shown at the start is the program, and it can be fed to itself as input. HN keeps pointing to it as the most astonishing piece of code-as-art, a full fluid sim in a few lines of obfuscated C. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QMYfkOtYYlg 189 1687570 ASCII fluid simulation in obfuscated C 2013-11-24T11:41:50Z yes 2023-08-01 monthly 0.5875 https://www.designertube.app/watch/17jymDn0W6U/the-known-universe-by-amnh-datavisualization https://i.ytimg.com/vi/17jymDn0W6U/hqdefault.jpg The Known Universe by AMNH #datavisualization https://i.ytimg.com/vi/17jymDn0W6U/hqdefault.jpg A visualization from the American Museum of Natural History that flies outward from Earth through the solar system and galaxy to the edge of the observable universe, using astronomical survey data. HN people share it as a mind-boggling, eye-opening sense of cosmic scale, often alongside other scale-of-the-universe visualizations. https://www.youtube.com/embed/17jymDn0W6U 391 17259435 known universe data visualization 2009-12-15T14:58:00Z yes 2021-02-01 monthly 0.5875 https://www.designertube.app/watch/niKblgZupOc/cga-graphics-not-as-bad-as-you-thought https://i.ytimg.com/vi/niKblgZupOc/hqdefault.jpg CGA Graphics - Not as bad as you thought! https://i.ytimg.com/vi/niKblgZupOc/hqdefault.jpg The 8-Bit Guy on how the IBM CGA graphics card really looked in its day. He shows that its four-colour modes and the composite-monitor artifacting tricks gave games far better colour than the garish palettes people remember from digital RGB monitors. HN people use it as the go-to description of what CGA was really like, explaining how developers exploited composite signals and why many CGA games look worse on modern setups. https://www.youtube.com/embed/niKblgZupOc 687 2379586 cga graphics and artifacting 2016-03-26T18:43:45Z yes 2021-11-01 monthly 0.5875 https://www.designertube.app/watch/49p1JVLHUos/10-bullets-by-tom-sachs https://i.ytimg.com/vi/49p1JVLHUos/hqdefault.jpg 10 Bullets. By Tom Sachs https://i.ytimg.com/vi/49p1JVLHUos/hqdefault.jpg 10 Bullets is a video by artist Tom Sachs laying out the working principles of his studio, a set of rules for how to work, care for tools and treat others. It is known in part for the principle Always Be Knolling. HN people treat it as a studio manual worth borrowing from for offices, noting that one submission calls it required viewing for new employees, and cite its knolling rule. https://www.youtube.com/embed/49p1JVLHUos 1268 1100500 studio work principles 2010-12-06T23:29:43Z yes 2024-08-01 monthly 0.5875 https://www.designertube.app/watch/uTdyb-RWNKo/general-magic-official-trailer https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uTdyb-RWNKo/hqdefault.jpg GENERAL MAGIC - Official Trailer https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uTdyb-RWNKo/hqdefault.jpg The official trailer for the documentary General Magic, about the 1990s Apple spin-off that tried to build a handheld communicator years before the smartphone. It features many of the team who later shaped companies across Silicon Valley. This is the trailer, not the full film. HN people recommend the film as a pretty good story of the team that tried to build an iPhone-like device from 1989, and as an Apple side story that seeded much of Silicon Valley. https://www.youtube.com/embed/uTdyb-RWNKo 146 354828 general magic handheld device 2018-07-11T16:50:08Z yes 2024-12-01 monthly 0.5875 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Z1qyvQsjK5Y/immediate-mode-graphical-user-interfaces-2005 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z1qyvQsjK5Y/hqdefault.jpg Immediate-Mode Graphical User Interfaces - 2005 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z1qyvQsjK5Y/hqdefault.jpg Casey Muratori's 2005 video lecture and demo on immediate-mode graphical user interfaces, a way of writing UI code where the interface is described each frame instead of being kept as retained widget state. It includes a description of minimal-state button logic. HN people point to it as the origin of immediate-mode GUIs and the clearest explanation of the technique, recommended whenever Dear ImGui and similar libraries come up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z1qyvQsjK5Y 2412 149859 immediate-mode gui 2016-05-12T07:47:24Z yes 2024-07-01 monthly 0.5875 https://www.designertube.app/watch/LIIBRr31DIU/making-of-second-reality-future-crew https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LIIBRr31DIU/hqdefault.jpg Making of Second Reality / Future Crew https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LIIBRr31DIU/hqdefault.jpg A making-of film from 1993 about Second Reality, the demo by the demoscene group Future Crew. It shows the young team working on one of the most famous PC demos of all time, on hardware with little memory and CPU. HN people share it as rare footage of the legendary demo's creation, and as a window into what young coders could do with tiny machines. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LIIBRr31DIU 564 184333 making of second reality 2010-08-09T21:32:29Z yes 2024-03-01 monthly 0.5875 https://www.designertube.app/watch/gV5obrYaogU/symbolics-s-packages-3d-graphics-and-animation-demo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gV5obrYaogU/hqdefault.jpg SYMBOLICS S-PACKAGES 3D GRAPHICS AND ANIMATION DEMO https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gV5obrYaogU/hqdefault.jpg A demo of the Symbolics S-Packages, a 3D graphics and animation software suite that ran on Symbolics Lisp machines. It shows modelling, painting and animation tools from the Lisp-machine era. HN people share it as a shock that so much of modern 3D and image tooling was already done, and done well, on 1980s Lisp machines, often alongside Xerox PARC demos. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gV5obrYaogU 1756 14162 symbolics lisp machine 3d graphics 2013-08-08T06:43:30Z yes 2024-10-01 monthly 0.5875 https://www.designertube.app/watch/suRDUFpsHus/mad-men-the-carousel-higher-quality https://i.ytimg.com/vi/suRDUFpsHus/hqdefault.jpg Mad Men - The Carousel (Higher Quality) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/suRDUFpsHus/hqdefault.jpg The Kodak Carousel pitch scene from the TV series Mad Men, the season one finale, in which ad man Don Draper pitches Kodak's slide projector by turning it into an appeal to nostalgia. It is a clip of fiction, but a widely admired lesson in selling an experience rather than a product. HN people hold it up as one of the best pitches ever made and use it to explain how nostalgia and emotion sell products. https://www.youtube.com/embed/suRDUFpsHus 206 2426499 mad men kodak carousel pitch 2008-05-16T00:29:20Z yes 2022-07-01 monthly 0.5875 https://www.designertube.app/watch/CTV-wwszGw8/cities-aren-t-loud-cars-are-loud https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CTV-wwszGw8/hqdefault.jpg Cities Aren't Loud: Cars Are Loud https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CTV-wwszGw8/hqdefault.jpg A Not Just Bikes video arguing that the noise people blame on cities mostly comes from cars. It compares the soundscape of quiet Dutch and European streets with car-heavy ones, and looks at noise sources such as mopeds and at how traffic noise could be reduced. HN people recommend it as an eye-opening case that traffic noise is something we take for granted and that proven fixes exist, often when noise and car-centric planning come up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CTV-wwszGw8 1028 2345258 car noise in cities 2021-06-28T19:00:13Z yes 2025-12-01 monthly 0.5875 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Hy4QjmKzF1c/how-to-make-an-attractive-city https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Hy4QjmKzF1c/hqdefault.jpg How to Make an Attractive City https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Hy4QjmKzF1c/hqdefault.jpg A School of Life video essay on what makes cities attractive or ugly. It argues that beauty in cities comes from shared rules on how buildings look, as in Amsterdam or Barcelona, rather than leaving the look of the city to property developers. HN people say it explains why some cities are beautiful and others ugly, and that it changed their opinions on city planning and building guidelines. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hy4QjmKzF1c 861 3195289 what makes a city attractive 2015-01-26T13:22:46Z yes 2018-06-01 monthly 0.5875 https://www.designertube.app/watch/bglWCuCMSWc/the-wrong-way-to-set-speed-limits-st06 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bglWCuCMSWc/hqdefault.jpg The Wrong Way to Set Speed Limits [ST06] https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bglWCuCMSWc/hqdefault.jpg Not Just Bikes explains why posted speed limits and the 85th percentile method don't control how fast people drive. He argues that road design sets real speeds, and that streets need to be built so the safe speed is the natural one. HN people cite it as the video that made them see street design, not rules, as what governs driver behavior. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bglWCuCMSWc 669 2100003 street design versus speed limits 2021-09-06T19:00:12Z yes 2024-05-01 monthly 0.5875 https://www.designertube.app/watch/1jHUY3qoBu8/learn-low-poly-modeling-in-blender-2-9-2-8 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1jHUY3qoBu8/hqdefault.jpg Learn Low Poly Modeling in Blender 2.9 / 2.8 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1jHUY3qoBu8/hqdefault.jpg Imphenzia's beginner-friendly Blender tutorial on low poly modeling, made for Blender 2.8 and 2.9. It walks through the core modeling tools and workflow by building simple low poly objects, with the aim of getting a newcomer comfortable with the program. HN people say it is the video that finally made Blender click for them, because it teaches the tools rather than a rote project. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1jHUY3qoBu8 4996 2083911 low poly 3D modeling in Blender 2020-06-25T03:05:44Z yes 2025-08-01 monthly 0.5875 https://www.designertube.app/watch/2u6HTG8LuXQ/nintendo-putting-play-first https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2u6HTG8LuXQ/hqdefault.jpg Nintendo - Putting Play First https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2u6HTG8LuXQ/hqdefault.jpg Mark Brown of Game Maker's Toolkit examines how Nintendo designs its games by starting from a core mechanic and finding what makes it fun before building a game around it. He draws on Miyamoto's comments and examples from Nintendo's games to show this play-first, iterate-on-the-fundamentals approach. HN people use it as the go-to explanation of Nintendo's mechanic-first, iterative design philosophy. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2u6HTG8LuXQ 722 996979 Nintendo's play-first game design process 2016-11-11T11:10:10Z yes 2025-01-01 monthly 0.5875 https://www.designertube.app/watch/8JOD1AQGqEg/the-web-that-never-was-dylan-beattie https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8JOD1AQGqEg/hqdefault.jpg The Web That Never Was - Dylan Beattie https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8JOD1AQGqEg/hqdefault.jpg Dylan Beattie's NDC talk, The Web That Never Was, an entertaining alternate history of the web that imagines how it might have turned out differently. It opens with a poem before the talk proper. HN people link it whenever someone talks about forking or rebuilding the web, as the favorite take on a hypothetical alternative web, though one finds it loose on some details. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8JOD1AQGqEg 3706 95726 alternate history of the web 2018-11-13T13:35:13Z yes 2026-05-01 monthly 0.5875 https://www.designertube.app/watch/VAhHkJQ3KgY/dwarf-fortress-creator-explains-its-complexity-and-origins-noclip-interview https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VAhHkJQ3KgY/hqdefault.jpg Dwarf Fortress Creator Explains its Complexity & Origins | Noclip Interview https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VAhHkJQ3KgY/hqdefault.jpg A /noclip interview with Tarn Adams, co-creator of Dwarf Fortress, about the game's origins, its enormous simulation depth and how it has been developed over many years. It stays at the level of game design and history rather than technical implementation. HN recommends it as the best window into how deep and emergent Dwarf Fortress is and how slowly and obsessively it was built. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VAhHkJQ3KgY 1400 2027166 Dwarf Fortress and emergent simulation design 2020-06-09T17:09:29Z yes 2022-11-01 monthly 0.575 https://www.designertube.app/watch/E8Lhqri8tZk/1-500-slot-machines-walk-into-a-bar-adventures-in-quantity-over-quality https://i.ytimg.com/vi/E8Lhqri8tZk/hqdefault.jpg 1,500 Slot Machines Walk into a Bar: Adventures in Quantity Over Quality https://i.ytimg.com/vi/E8Lhqri8tZk/hqdefault.jpg A GDC 2019 talk about a studio that churned out more than 1,500 slot-machine apps from the same Unity-based shovelware, generating the variants procedurally. A humorous account of quantity over quality in the app stores, including their joking anti-retention model. HN people call it one of the best GDC talks, recommended as a funny way to see how bad the app-store and ad-driven game market could get. https://www.youtube.com/embed/E8Lhqri8tZk 3627 183608 mass-produced slot machine apps 2019-06-25T16:32:41Z yes 2024-10-01 monthly 0.575 https://www.designertube.app/watch/AxFzf6yIfcc/jonathan-blow-game-design-the-medium-is-the-message https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AxFzf6yIfcc/hqdefault.jpg Jonathan Blow: Game design: the medium is the message https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AxFzf6yIfcc/hqdefault.jpg Jonathan Blow, creator of Braid, on how the medium shapes the message in game design. He starts from television, where commercial constraints shape what shows get made, and moves to free-to-play and micro-payment games and how their business model distorts design. HN people send it as the sharpest critique of free-to-play, showing how payment models decide the structure and quality of games, using the comparison of 70s TV and HBO. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AxFzf6yIfcc 2907 118915 free-to-play and game design 2013-11-03T11:03:45Z yes 2020-06-01 monthly 0.575 https://www.designertube.app/watch/pnv5iKB2hl4/why-city-flags-may-be-the-worst-designed-thing-you-ve-never-noticed-roman-mars https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pnv5iKB2hl4/hqdefault.jpg Why city flags may be the worst-designed thing you've never noticed | Roman Mars https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pnv5iKB2hl4/hqdefault.jpg Roman Mars of 99% Invisible gives a short TED talk on why many city flags are poorly designed. He uses the principles of good flag design, drawing on vexillology and Ted Kaye's work, to contrast memorable flags such as Chicago's with cluttered seal-on-a-bedsheet designs. HN people treat it as the must-watch short talk whenever flag, logo or rebrand design comes up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/pnv5iKB2hl4 1099 5169044 principles of good flag design 2015-05-14T16:19:02Z yes 2026-06-01 monthly 0.575 https://www.designertube.app/watch/KdnGPQaICjk/computers-for-cynics-0-the-myth-of-technology https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KdnGPQaICjk/hqdefault.jpg Computers for Cynics 0 - The Myth of Technology https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KdnGPQaICjk/hqdefault.jpg The opening episode of Ted Nelson's Computers for Cynics series, in which the hypertext pioneer talks straight to the camera about what 'technology' really means. He argues that much of what we call technology is packaging and arbitrary historical decisions, not inevitability. HN treats it as a witty, contrarian reframing that exposes how arbitrary many computing decisions were. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KdnGPQaICjk 886 33255 technology as packaging and arbitrary choices 2012-05-22T09:20:51Z yes 2024-05-01 monthly 0.575 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Cn4vC80Pv6Q/xerox-star-user-interface-1982-1-of-2 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Cn4vC80Pv6Q/hqdefault.jpg Xerox Star User Interface (1982) 1 of 2 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Cn4vC80Pv6Q/hqdefault.jpg A 1982 demonstration, part one of two, of the Xerox Star user interface. It shows the desktop, icons, windows and mouse use, together with dedicated keys for commands such as copy, find and repeat. HN people point to it as the way to get a complete picture of the Star, a system where complex tasks needed almost no learning curve. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Cn4vC80Pv6Q 522 337084 xerox star interface 2009-08-28T19:59:01Z yes 2019-11-01 monthly 0.575 https://www.designertube.app/watch/KPoeNZZ6H4s/giving-personality-to-procedural-animations-using-math https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KPoeNZZ6H4s/hqdefault.jpg Giving Personality to Procedural Animations using Math https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KPoeNZZ6H4s/hqdefault.jpg A video by t3ssel8r on giving procedural animation personality with a simple mathematical system that has adjustable parameters. Tuning it produces motion with springy overshoot and anticipation instead of stiff movement, shown with game-style examples. HN people point to the creator as the example of procedural animation done with fantastic results, and many submitted the video itself. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KPoeNZZ6H4s 930 3142409 procedural animation with math 2022-06-29T12:10:43Z yes 2025-01-01 monthly 0.575 https://www.designertube.app/watch/5V1ynVyud4M/eve-by-chris-granger https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5V1ynVyud4M/hqdefault.jpg "Eve" by Chris Granger https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5V1ynVyud4M/hqdefault.jpg Chris Granger's Strange Loop 2015 talk on Eve, his project to rethink programming for humans after Light Table. It shows early prototypes, including a table-based one that the project later moved away from. HN people list it as an interesting look at one of the most serious attempts at Bret Victor-style programming tools, including how those approaches fail in practice. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5V1ynVyud4M 2764 26605 eve programming environment 2015-09-28T13:19:42Z yes 2023-01-01 monthly 0.575 https://www.designertube.app/watch/90NsjKvz9Ns/mark-dimarco-user-interface-algorithms-jsconf2014 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/90NsjKvz9Ns/hqdefault.jpg Mark DiMarco: User Interface Algorithms [JSConf2014] https://i.ytimg.com/vi/90NsjKvz9Ns/hqdefault.jpg Mark DiMarco's JSConf 2014 talk on algorithms for user interfaces. It shows how techniques such as Voronoi diagrams can make small or thin hover targets easier to hit, and argues that algorithms matter in front-end work. HN people cite it for the Voronoi-diagram approach to hover targets and as proof that algorithms play a real role in front-end engineering. https://www.youtube.com/embed/90NsjKvz9Ns 1662 52486 algorithms for user interfaces 2014-06-11T09:53:37Z yes 2015-07-01 monthly 0.5625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/HLRdruqQfRk/uppestcase-and-lowestcase-letters-advances-in-derp-learning https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HLRdruqQfRk/hqdefault.jpg Uppestcase and Lowestcase Letters [advances in derp learning] https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HLRdruqQfRk/hqdefault.jpg Tom Murphy VII (suckerpinch) presents his SIGBOVIK 2021 research on inventing new letterforms past upper and lowercase, using machine learning to generate 'uppestcase' and 'lowestcase' letters. It is a comic but surprisingly thorough exploration of how letters can be represented and extrapolated. HN people call it pure gold, among the most entertaining and educational things on letterforms and machine learning. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HLRdruqQfRk 1453 476925 generating new letterforms with machine learning 2021-04-01T23:30:00Z yes 2024-03-01 monthly 0.5625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/f4s1h2YETNY/an-introduction-to-shader-art-coding https://i.ytimg.com/vi/f4s1h2YETNY/hqdefault.jpg An introduction to Shader Art Coding https://i.ytimg.com/vi/f4s1h2YETNY/hqdefault.jpg A tutorial by kishimisu that teaches shader art from scratch, building up a colourful animated fragment shader step by step. It covers the shader mindset, coordinates, distance functions, palettes and iteration, written as GLSL in the browser. HN people treat it as the friendliest entry point to making art with shaders, often listed next to The Book of Shaders. https://www.youtube.com/embed/f4s1h2YETNY 1360 1300386 introduction to shader art coding 2023-05-20T08:07:19Z yes 2024-09-01 monthly 0.5625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/lnnsDi7Sxq0/classic-game-postmortem-ultima-online https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lnnsDi7Sxq0/hqdefault.jpg Classic Game Postmortem: Ultima Online https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lnnsDi7Sxq0/hqdefault.jpg The GDC 2018 postmortem of Ultima Online, given by members of the original team for the game's 20th anniversary. They tell candid stories about building one of the first big MMOs, including the origin of the shard model and how players broke or protested the systems they designed. HN people call it a must-watch for anyone interested in MMOs, with frank stories of players defying designers' plans. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lnnsDi7Sxq0 3587 183611 Ultima Online postmortem 2018-09-25T16:37:20Z yes 2024-08-01 monthly 0.5625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/7Nw6qyyrTeI/suburbia-is-subsidized-here-s-the-math-st07 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7Nw6qyyrTeI/hqdefault.jpg Suburbia is Subsidized: Here's the Math [ST07] https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7Nw6qyyrTeI/hqdefault.jpg Part 7 of Not Just Bikes' Strong Towns series. It walks through the math of why low-density, car-dependent suburbs bring in less tax revenue than it costs to maintain their roads and utilities, with denser inner-city areas covering the gap. HN people use it as the go-to explanation that suburbs are subsidized by city cores, often when arguing about sprawl, zoning and downtown tax revenue. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7Nw6qyyrTeI 616 1460012 suburban subsidies and city finances 2022-03-07T20:00:09Z yes 2026-02-01 monthly 0.5625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/8SkdfdXWYaI/using-python-to-code-by-voice https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8SkdfdXWYaI/hqdefault.jpg Using Python to Code by Voice https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8SkdfdXWYaI/hqdefault.jpg Tavis Rudd's PyCon 2013 talk and demo of writing Python by voice. After severe RSI, he built a system on Dragon speech recognition and custom Python scripts that lets him code and edit in Emacs with a made-up spoken command language. HN people recommend it to anyone with RSI or who cannot type, and as the amazing starting point that helped them build their own voice-coding systems. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8SkdfdXWYaI 1697 347842 programming by voice 2013-03-21T00:39:57Z yes 2025-04-01 monthly 0.5625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/5q-BH-tvxEg/machine-with-concrete-arthur-ganson https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5q-BH-tvxEg/hqdefault.jpg Machine with Concrete - Arthur Ganson https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5q-BH-tvxEg/hqdefault.jpg Machine with Concrete is a kinetic sculpture by Arthur Ganson. A motor drives a chain of worm-gear pairs, each cutting the speed to one fiftieth, so the last gear, embedded in concrete, turns far too slowly to see. HN people share it as a fun, punchline-driven companion to gear-ratio demos, liking how Ganson's work often hides a joke in the mechanism. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5q-BH-tvxEg 60 1248426 gear reduction kinetic sculpture 2008-11-29T23:22:39Z yes 2026-01-01 monthly 0.5625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/whPWKecazgM/world-building-in-blender-ian-hubert https://i.ytimg.com/vi/whPWKecazgM/hqdefault.jpg World Building in Blender - Ian Hubert https://i.ytimg.com/vi/whPWKecazgM/hqdefault.jpg Ian Hubert's Blender Conference talk on how he builds large 3D environments quickly from simple shapes and clever tricks. Topics include photogrammetry, camera projection and projection mapping, which let a single artist produce film-looking worlds. HN people recommend it as proof that one person with simple tools can build rich, convincing 3D worlds fast. https://www.youtube.com/embed/whPWKecazgM 2145 2228889 fast 3D environment building in Blender 2019-10-24T12:02:43Z yes 2026-03-01 monthly 0.5625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/6Cf7IL_eZ38/a-day-made-of-glass-made-possible-by-corning-2011 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6Cf7IL_eZ38/hqdefault.jpg A Day Made of Glass... Made possible by Corning. (2011) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6Cf7IL_eZ38/hqdefault.jpg A 2011 concept film from Corning imagining a day in a world where glass displays and touch surfaces are everywhere, from the home to the car to school and work. HN people love it as an inspiring future-vision ad whose everyday examples feel more believable than other glass-world concepts. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6Cf7IL_eZ38 333 27341191 future vision of ubiquitous glass displays 2011-02-07T14:54:13Z yes 2023-08-01 monthly 0.5625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/6h3RJhoqgK8/mike-monteiro-fuck-you-pay-me-pt-br https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6h3RJhoqgK8/hqdefault.jpg Mike Monteiro - "Fuck you pay me" (PT Br) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6h3RJhoqgK8/hqdefault.jpg Mike Monteiro's talk 'Fuck You, Pay Me', aimed at designers and other freelancers, on why you need a written contract, how to handle scope creep, and how to get paid. This is a Portuguese-subtitled upload of the well-known talk. HN people treat it as the must-watch pep talk on contracts and getting paid for anyone starting a consultancy or freelancing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6h3RJhoqgK8 2320 298869 contracts and getting paid as a designer 2013-05-09T02:31:57Z yes 2017-11-01 monthly 0.5625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/-5zeJyQ31rM/macintosh-1984-promotional-video-with-bill-gates https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-5zeJyQ31rM/hqdefault.jpg Macintosh 1984 Promotional Video - with Bill Gates! https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-5zeJyQ31rM/hqdefault.jpg A promotional video for the original Apple Macintosh from 1984, which features Bill Gates. It shows how Apple presented the new computer, including its portability. HN people mostly resubmit it as a piece of Macintosh history, and one cites it as an early take on selling portability. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-5zeJyQ31rM 172 7551593 macintosh 1984 promo 2011-10-15T17:17:50Z yes 2024-04-01 monthly 0.5625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/H8eP99neOVs/focusing-is-about-saying-no-steve-jobs-wwdc-97 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/H8eP99neOVs/hqdefault.jpg "Focusing is about saying no" - Steve Jobs (WWDC'97) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/H8eP99neOVs/hqdefault.jpg A clip from Steve Jobs's WWDC 1997 Q&A. Asked about OpenDoc, he explains that focus means saying no to many good ideas, and why Apple was cutting projects. HN people call it a fascinating, classic video, the reference for the idea that focus is saying no and for why Apple killed OpenDoc. https://www.youtube.com/embed/H8eP99neOVs 186 2300630 focus is saying no 2011-06-26T16:00:40Z yes 2023-07-01 monthly 0.5625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/_ve4M4UsJQo/honda-the-cog https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_ve4M4UsJQo/hqdefault.jpg Honda - The Cog https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_ve4M4UsJQo/hqdefault.jpg Honda's 2003 Accord commercial, The Cog, shows a long Rube Goldberg chain reaction built entirely from car parts. The stunt was filmed for real, without CGI, over many takes. HN people hold it up as one of the great car commercials and as proof that a real, painstaking stunt beats effects. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_ve4M4UsJQo 120 14593464 honda cog commercial 2009-07-30T01:21:25Z yes 2025-03-01 monthly 0.5625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/o4-YnLpLgtk/symbolics-lisp-machine-demo-jan-2013 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/o4-YnLpLgtk/hqdefault.jpg Symbolics Lisp Machine demo Jan 2013 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/o4-YnLpLgtk/hqdefault.jpg Kalman Reti, a former Symbolics engineer, demonstrates a Symbolics Lisp Machine environment (Open Genera) in a short walkthrough. He shows interacting with the Listener and debugging running code, including mixed Lisp and C, in a system where the whole environment is live and inspectable. HN points to it as the clearest look at what working inside an interactive Lisp Machine was like, from an expert who used one. https://www.youtube.com/embed/o4-YnLpLgtk 823 51974 Symbolics Lisp Machine interactive environment 2013-08-18T18:25:06Z yes 2022-11-01 monthly 0.5625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/gTAghAJcO1o/founder-school-session-the-future-doesn-t-have-to-be-incremental https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gTAghAJcO1o/hqdefault.jpg Founder School Session: The Future Doesn't Have to Be Incremental https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gTAghAJcO1o/hqdefault.jpg Alan Kay's talk at the DEMO Founder School, arguing that real invention is different from incremental innovation and that the future does not have to be an extension of the present. He draws on the research environments that produced the personal computer to show what thinking bigger looks like. HN people call it one of the most insightful talks on invention versus innovation and recommend it to builders stuck in incremental thinking. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gTAghAJcO1o 2630 46638 invention versus incremental innovation 2014-04-04T03:07:01Z yes 2017-10-01 monthly 0.5625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/En_2T7KH6RA/ted-nelson-demonstrates-xanadu-space https://i.ytimg.com/vi/En_2T7KH6RA/hqdefault.jpg Ted Nelson demonstrates Xanadu Space https://i.ytimg.com/vi/En_2T7KH6RA/hqdefault.jpg A short close-up demonstration by Ted Nelson of Xanadu Space as it existed in 2008, showing his alternative model of connected, non-sequential text with visible links between documents. It illustrates his long-held idea of hypertext against the web as it turned out. HN people treat it as the most direct look at Nelson's alternative to the web and the idea of deeply interlinked content. https://www.youtube.com/embed/En_2T7KH6RA 452 84295 Ted Nelson's Xanadu Space demo 2008-09-06T16:54:51Z yes 2016-10-01 monthly 0.5625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/gWVmPtr9O0g/titan-overdrive-2-rgb-50fps-sega-mega-drive-revision-2017-1st-place https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gWVmPtr9O0g/hqdefault.jpg TiTAN - Overdrive 2 (RGB 50fps) - SEGA Mega Drive - Revision 2017 (1st Place) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gWVmPtr9O0g/hqdefault.jpg TiTAN's demoscene production Overdrive 2, which took first place at Revision 2017, shown in a capture from real Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) hardware at 50 fps. It pulls off effects and 3D graphics never before seen on that console, in ways emulators struggle to reproduce. HN people use it as the favorite example of what skilled people can make old hardware do, with effects they find hard to believe. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gWVmPtr9O0g 504 304866 Overdrive 2 Mega Drive demoscene production 2017-04-16T17:57:41Z yes 2026-07-01 monthly 0.5625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Y3n3c_8Nn2Y/fr-08-the-product-by-farbrausch-64k-intro-2000-720p-hq-demoscene-demo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y3n3c_8Nn2Y/hqdefault.jpg fr-08: .the .product by farbrausch | 64k intro (2000) (720p HQ demoscene demo) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y3n3c_8Nn2Y/hqdefault.jpg A high-quality capture of fr-08 .the .product, a 64 kilobyte demoscene intro released by the group farbrausch in 2000. The roughly 11-minute real-time audiovisual piece shows how much animation, 3D scenes and music fit in a tiny executable. HN people hold it up as the benchmark 64k demo, proof that tight limits inspire efficiency and a contrast to bloated modern software. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y3n3c_8Nn2Y 662 197222 64k demoscene intro by farbrausch 2011-06-26T10:50:55Z yes 2024-01-01 monthly 0.5625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/9yjZpBq1XBE/disney-s-fastpass-a-complicated-history https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9yjZpBq1XBE/hqdefault.jpg Disney's FastPass: A Complicated History https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9yjZpBq1XBE/hqdefault.jpg A Defunctland documentary on the history of Disney's FastPass system and its successors, covering how Disney tried to manage lines in its parks. It also uses a statistical model to show how the modern versions work out for park guests. HN people recommend it as a feature-length lesson in queueing theory and systems engineering that applies well beyond theme parks. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9yjZpBq1XBE 6180 27273951 Disney FastPass and queue design 2021-11-21T22:00:02Z yes 2025-04-01 monthly 0.55 https://www.designertube.app/watch/X-iSQQgOd1A/coding-adventure-ant-and-slime-simulations https://i.ytimg.com/vi/X-iSQQgOd1A/hqdefault.jpg Coding Adventure: Ant and Slime Simulations https://i.ytimg.com/vi/X-iSQQgOd1A/hqdefault.jpg Sebastian Lague's Coding Adventure on building ant and slime simulations. He builds agents that follow pheromone trails and uses compute shaders to scale up to millions of slime agents, which produce organic, evolving patterns. HN people say it renewed their joy of coding, and cite it as a good showcase of compute shaders and trail-based emergent behavior. https://www.youtube.com/embed/X-iSQQgOd1A 1074 2193678 ant and slime simulations with compute shaders 2021-03-25T12:06:41Z yes 2025-01-01 monthly 0.55 https://www.designertube.app/watch/XGo4PJd1lng/how-i-designed-a-free-music-font-for-5-million-musicians-musescore-3-6 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XGo4PJd1lng/hqdefault.jpg How I Designed a Free Music Font for 5 Million Musicians (MuseScore 3.6) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XGo4PJd1lng/hqdefault.jpg Tantacrul of MuseScore tells how he designed a new free music notation font for MuseScore 3.6. He explains why a notation font is hard to make and gives a short history of the Score program. HN likes it for making music notation and font design interesting, and for what it says about software obsolescence and open source. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XGo4PJd1lng 1180 608442 music notation font design 2021-01-15T14:02:46Z yes 2023-03-01 monthly 0.55 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ataGotQ7ir8/pac-man-ghost-ai-explained https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ataGotQ7ir8/hqdefault.jpg Pac-Man Ghost AI Explained https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ataGotQ7ir8/hqdefault.jpg Retro Game Mechanics Explained breaks down how the four ghosts in Pac-Man choose where to go, including each ghost's targeting rule and the scatter and chase modes. Visual overlays show how a handful of simple rules produce distinct personalities. HN people recommend it as the clear, visual explanation of how the ghost behavior works. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ataGotQ7ir8 1174 1650915 how Pac-Man's ghosts decide where to go 2019-07-13T17:12:48Z yes 2025-09-01 monthly 0.55 https://www.designertube.app/watch/vVX-PrBRtTY/gall-peters-projection https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vVX-PrBRtTY/hqdefault.jpg Gall--Peters Projection https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vVX-PrBRtTY/hqdefault.jpg A scene from the TV drama The West Wing in which advocates of the Gall-Peters projection take on the familiar Mercator map. It shows how map projections distort the size and position of countries. HN keeps reaching for it as the quickest, most memorable way to teach how classic world maps misrepresent reality. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vVX-PrBRtTY 240 2491323 map projections 2010-07-30T23:16:43Z yes 2025-09-01 monthly 0.55 https://www.designertube.app/watch/iw17c70uJes/future-crew-second-reality-1993-60fps https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iw17c70uJes/hqdefault.jpg Future Crew - Second Reality (1993) [60fps] https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iw17c70uJes/hqdefault.jpg Second Reality, the 1993 demoscene production by Finnish group Future Crew, captured at 60fps. It is a classic MS-DOS demo of real-time effects, music and visuals running on PC hardware of the early 90s. HN people hold it up as the demo that amazed a generation and the one to cite for the impact of the early-90s demoscene. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iw17c70uJes 979 241034 1993 demoscene classic 2015-02-07T21:13:50Z yes 2023-10-01 monthly 0.55 https://www.designertube.app/watch/WFCvkkDSfIU/animations-of-unseeable-biology-drew-berry-ted https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WFCvkkDSfIU/hqdefault.jpg Animations of unseeable biology | Drew Berry | TED https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WFCvkkDSfIU/hqdefault.jpg Drew Berry, a biomedical animator, shows his scientifically accurate animations of molecular processes inside cells at TED, including DNA replication. He explains how data from research is turned into visuals that make the invisible machinery of life understandable. HN people recommend it for the molecular animations, which give a lasting appreciation of cells as trillions of tiny protein machines. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WFCvkkDSfIU 549 2703735 scientific animation of cell biology 2012-01-12T16:14:56Z yes 2025-07-01 monthly 0.55 https://www.designertube.app/watch/_KRb_qV9P4g/smoother-animation-better-animation-read-pinned-comment https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_KRb_qV9P4g/hqdefault.jpg Smoother animation ≠ Better animation [read pinned comment] https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_KRb_qV9P4g/hqdefault.jpg Noodle, an animation creator, explains why frame interpolation and motion smoothing make animation look worse rather than better. He argues that frame rate and timing are deliberate artistic choices, and that adding generated in-between frames breaks the intended timing and can produce incoherent images. HN people use it as the go-to explanation of why interpolation, motion smoothing and AI frame boosting harm hand-made animation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_KRb_qV9P4g 785 16130399 why frame interpolation harms animation 2021-04-16T16:00:30Z yes 2024-07-01 monthly 0.55 https://www.designertube.app/watch/1iAJPoc23-M/douglas-adams-hyperland https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1iAJPoc23-M/hqdefault.jpg Douglas Adams - Hyperland https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1iAJPoc23-M/hqdefault.jpg Hyperland is a 1990 BBC documentary written by and starring Douglas Adams, in which a software agent played by Tom Baker guides him through hypertext and hypermedia. Ted Nelson and other computing figures appear to show early ideas of interactive media. HN people treat it as a cheesy but prescient early-90s vision of hypertext and software agents, worth watching by anyone interested in UI and UX. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1iAJPoc23-M 2962 55355 hypertext and software agents 2014-03-23T16:03:53Z yes 2026-05-01 monthly 0.55 https://www.designertube.app/watch/lIFE7h3m40U/the-art-of-the-bodge-how-i-made-the-emoji-keyboard https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lIFE7h3m40U/hqdefault.jpg The Art of the Bodge: How I Made The Emoji Keyboard https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lIFE7h3m40U/hqdefault.jpg Tom Scott explains how he built an emoji keyboard out of a cheap keyboard, custom key labels and AutoHotkey scripting on Windows. The talk uses it to argue for the art of the bodge, a quick, ugly solution that works well enough to get things done. HN people love it for the line that AutoHotkey is a bodge that helps you make other bodges, and cite it as a defense of pragmatic hacking. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lIFE7h3m40U 1035 3501445 the art of the bodge 2015-09-24T14:50:00Z yes 2022-09-01 monthly 0.55 https://www.designertube.app/watch/EUXnJraKM3k/microsoft-re-designs-the-ipod-packaging https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EUXnJraKM3k/hqdefault.jpg Microsoft Re-Designs the iPod Packaging https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EUXnJraKM3k/hqdefault.jpg A short parody video, reportedly made inside Microsoft in 2006, in which a design team is asked to redesign the iPod's minimal packaging and keeps adding logos, feature callouts and stickers. It lampoons committee-driven, feature-list-heavy product packaging. HN people share it as a brutal and funny reminder that restraint and clarity beat feature lists, and of Microsoft's naming and packaging dysfunction. https://www.youtube.com/embed/EUXnJraKM3k 176 1342458 parody of cluttered product packaging 2006-02-27T17:45:34Z yes 2026-07-01 monthly 0.55 https://www.designertube.app/watch/o_TlE_U_X3c/leap-technology https://i.ytimg.com/vi/o_TlE_U_X3c/hqdefault.jpg Leap Technology https://i.ytimg.com/vi/o_TlE_U_X3c/hqdefault.jpg A late-1980s demonstration of Leap technology on the Canon Cat, the dedicated writing machine designed by Jef Raskin. It shows moving the cursor with the Leap keys instead of a mouse or arrow keys, and compares the speed of the approaches. HN people recommend it as the best look at Raskin's interface ideas in action, and a case for single-purpose machines. https://www.youtube.com/embed/o_TlE_U_X3c 1054 24792 Canon Cat and Leap navigation 2011-04-23T12:51:20Z yes 2026-04-01 monthly 0.55 https://www.designertube.app/watch/rxOKEsBx4NU/ross-s-game-dungeon-deus-ex https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rxOKEsBx4NU/hqdefault.jpg Ross's Game Dungeon: Deus Ex https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rxOKEsBx4NU/hqdefault.jpg Ross Scott of Accursed Farms reviews the 2000 game Deus Ex in his Game Dungeon series. He goes past the mechanics to the game's story, its politics and its economic ideas. HN treats it as the best essay on Deus Ex, the one that makes a game review into a lesson in politics and economics. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rxOKEsBx4NU 2392 1549335 deus ex narrative analysis 2016-08-18T23:39:44Z yes 2024-07-01 monthly 0.55 https://www.designertube.app/watch/hMKy52Intac/xanadu-basics-1a-visible-connection https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hMKy52Intac/hqdefault.jpg Xanadu Basics 1a - VISIBLE CONNECTION https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hMKy52Intac/hqdefault.jpg The first episode of Ted Nelson's Xanadu Basics series, on the idea of visible connection between pieces of text. Nelson explains with examples how documents can show their links and shared content side by side, as in the original hypertext concept he proposed, rather than as one-way jumps. HN people send it as the best entry point to Nelson's own account of what hypertext was meant to be, with beautiful examples. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hMKy52Intac 743 20087 Xanadu and visible connection in hypertext 2018-04-13T16:03:40Z yes 2023-08-01 monthly 0.55 https://www.designertube.app/watch/4hZxo96x48A/music-software-and-interface-design-musescore https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4hZxo96x48A/hqdefault.jpg Music Software & Interface Design: MuseScore https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4hZxo96x48A/hqdefault.jpg Tantacrul (Martin Keary) critiques the interface and user experience of the MuseScore notation software in a long, humorous video. He walks through concrete usability problems, from menus to workflow, and what a better design would do instead. HN treats it as an entertaining and informative UX teardown, famous for leading to the author being hired to redesign MuseScore. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4hZxo96x48A 2019 959426 UX critique of MuseScore 2019-03-19T19:58:39Z yes 2026-09-01 monthly 0.55 https://www.designertube.app/watch/YDvbDiJZpy0/meet-the-inventor-of-the-electronic-spreadsheet-dan-bricklin https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YDvbDiJZpy0/hqdefault.jpg Meet the inventor of the electronic spreadsheet | Dan Bricklin https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YDvbDiJZpy0/hqdefault.jpg Dan Bricklin, co-creator of VisiCalc, tells the story of how he came up with the electronic spreadsheet and shows the first version in a short TED interview. He explains the idea behind it and how the design took shape. HN people recommend it as a compact look at the design thinking behind the first spreadsheet, straight from its inventor. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YDvbDiJZpy0 720 400832 invention and design of VisiCalc 2017-02-01T16:22:30Z yes 2023-07-01 monthly 0.55 https://www.designertube.app/watch/AJ-auWfJTts/classic-game-postmortem-sid-meier-s-civilization https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AJ-auWfJTts/hqdefault.jpg Classic Game Postmortem: Sid Meier's Civilization https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AJ-auWfJTts/hqdefault.jpg A GDC 2017 postmortem of the original Civilization with its creators, Sid Meier and Bruce Shelley. They tell the development history of the game, including the influence of Empire and design decisions such as fairness versus perceived fairness in randomness. HN people recommend it as a firsthand account of how Civilization was designed, with useful lessons on perceived fairness. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AJ-auWfJTts 3735 225463 Civilization postmortem by Sid Meier 2017-06-07T16:29:24Z yes 2021-09-01 monthly 0.55 https://www.designertube.app/watch/iD9xk3SDSYc/the-black-lotus-eon-amiga-demo-50-fps https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iD9xk3SDSYc/hqdefault.jpg The Black Lotus - Eon - Amiga Demo (50 FPS) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iD9xk3SDSYc/hqdefault.jpg Eon, an Amiga demo by The Black Lotus released in 2019, shown at 50 fps. It combines tight real-time graphics and music on classic Amiga hardware with a narrative running through the sequence. HN people hold it up as one of the best demos ever made, both technically and as storytelling. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iD9xk3SDSYc 338 190536 Eon, The Black Lotus Amiga demo 2019-04-22T16:29:10Z yes 2026-05-01 monthly 0.55 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ac0E6deG4AU/unveiling-the-genius-of-multi-touch-interface-design-jeff-han https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ac0E6deG4AU/hqdefault.jpg Unveiling the genius of multi-touch interface design | Jeff Han https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ac0E6deG4AU/hqdefault.jpg Jeff Han demonstrates his multi-touch sensing display at TED in 2006, with several fingers manipulating photos, maps and other objects directly on a large screen. The demo, which pre-dated the iPhone, showed pinch to zoom, dragging and other gestures as a natural way to interact. HN people say it gave them the same sense of a new interface paradigm arriving as seeing the first GUI. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ac0E6deG4AU 612 477957 multi-touch interface demo 2007-01-16T20:13:11Z yes 2023-07-01 monthly 0.55 https://www.designertube.app/watch/xvlsJ3FqNYU/spellular-automata https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xvlsJ3FqNYU/hqdefault.jpg SPELLULAR AUTOMATA https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xvlsJ3FqNYU/hqdefault.jpg Spellular Automata is a video by TodePond about programming with cellular automata, in an approach where patterns of cells behave like spells. It is a visual, playful take on programming that sits near sandbox games and cellular-automata art. HN cites it as a beautiful example of visual programming and of the cellular automata scene, far more attractive than people expected. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xvlsJ3FqNYU 522 88413 cellular automata visual programming 2022-10-31T09:34:25Z yes 2024-11-01 monthly 0.55 https://www.designertube.app/watch/sNCqrylNY-0/craft-by-lft https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sNCqrylNY-0/hqdefault.jpg Craft by lft https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sNCqrylNY-0/hqdefault.jpg Craft is a demoscene production by lft that runs on a single 8-bit AVR microcontroller. It produces graphics and sound together, with no dedicated video or audio hardware. HN holds it up as the proof of what a tiny microcontroller can do in the hands of someone who has mastered the hardware. https://www.youtube.com/embed/sNCqrylNY-0 276 320118 microcontroller demoscene demo 2008-03-25T16:51:49Z yes 2022-09-01 monthly 0.55 https://www.designertube.app/watch/3LEXae1j6EY/apple-wwdc-97-steve-jobs-closing-keynote https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3LEXae1j6EY/hqdefault.jpg Apple WWDC '97 Steve JobsによるClosing Keynote https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3LEXae1j6EY/hqdefault.jpg Steve Jobs' closing keynote and developer Q&A at Apple's WWDC 1997, not long after his return to Apple. In the Q&A he criticizes the Newton's usability and talks about remote and networked computing. HN people find the Q&A striking for how it foreshadows the iPhone and Apple's cloud strategy a decade or more early. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3LEXae1j6EY 4270 315184 steve jobs wwdc 1997 q&a 2011-04-24T10:47:58Z yes 2024-01-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/b9_Vh9h3Ohw/springboard-the-secret-history-of-the-first-real-smartphone-full-documentary https://i.ytimg.com/vi/b9_Vh9h3Ohw/hqdefault.jpg Springboard: the secret history of the first real smartphone (Full Documentary) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/b9_Vh9h3Ohw/hqdefault.jpg A Verge documentary on Handspring and the Springboard expansion slot that led to the Visor and Treo, telling the story of the company that grew out of Palm. It includes interviews with people involved and looks at why the company's vision of a modular smartphone ran into trouble with carriers. HN people recommend it as an interview-rich history of how a pioneering smartphone product was made and why it fell short. https://www.youtube.com/embed/b9_Vh9h3Ohw 1836 1715670 Handspring and the first real smartphone 2021-12-07T14:00:22Z yes 2024-04-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/IAF8DjrQSSk/interactive-notebooks-pluto-jl-fons-van-der-plas-juliacon-2020 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IAF8DjrQSSk/hqdefault.jpg Interactive notebooks ~ Pluto.jl | Fons van der Plas | JuliaCon 2020 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IAF8DjrQSSk/hqdefault.jpg Fons van der Plas introduces Pluto.jl, a reactive notebook for Julia, at JuliaCon 2020. Unlike Jupyter, cells update automatically like a spreadsheet when a value changes, and the talk shows interactive widgets and live notebooks built on that idea. HN people recommend it as a joyful presentation of a notebook design other tools should borrow from. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IAF8DjrQSSk 1418 47556 reactive notebooks with Pluto.jl 2020-07-30T17:00:04Z yes 2021-12-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/GiYO1TObNz8/the-led-traffic-light-and-the-danger-of-but-sometimes https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GiYO1TObNz8/hqdefault.jpg The LED Traffic Light and the Danger of "But Sometimes!" https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GiYO1TObNz8/hqdefault.jpg Technology Connections looks at the switch from incandescent to LED traffic lights, including the worry that LEDs don't melt snow, and uses it to explain a way of thinking about change he calls 'but sometimes'. He argues that pointing to rare downsides shouldn't stop a technology that is better overall. HN people recommend it as a clear, more interesting than expected lesson in weighing real tradeoffs when something new replaces something old. https://www.youtube.com/embed/GiYO1TObNz8 1111 4218028 LED traffic lights and evaluating tradeoffs 2018-05-14T12:15:02Z yes 2021-03-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/4oAB83Z1ydE/think-different https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4oAB83Z1ydE/hqdefault.jpg Think Different https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4oAB83Z1ydE/hqdefault.jpg Apple's Think Different commercial, built around the 'Here's to the crazy ones' text celebrating misfits, rebels and troublemakers as the people who push the world forward. It is a brand campaign from Apple's late-90s turnaround. HN people share it as a source of inspiration for founders and as an emotional high point of Apple advertising. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4oAB83Z1ydE 60 2607564 Apple Think Different ad 2006-01-19T15:22:05Z yes 2012-10-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/cFdCzN7RYbw/science-of-persuasion https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cFdCzN7RYbw/hqdefault.jpg Science Of Persuasion https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cFdCzN7RYbw/hqdefault.jpg An animated short based on Robert Cialdini's research into influence, presenting the principles of persuasion that guide how people decide to say yes. It is a compact and accessible primer on the psychology behind persuasion. HN users keep submitting it as a short, accessible primer on the psychology of persuasion. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cFdCzN7RYbw 710 14782267 Cialdini's principles of persuasion 2012-11-26T18:21:04Z yes 2022-04-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/gMqZR3pqMjg/the-surprising-pattern-behind-color-names-around-the-world https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gMqZR3pqMjg/hqdefault.jpg The surprising pattern behind color names around the world https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gMqZR3pqMjg/hqdefault.jpg A Vox explainer on research into how languages name colors, showing that languages tend to add color terms in a similar order across cultures. It draws on the World Color Survey and work by linguistic anthropologists. HN people share it as the clearest summary of research on how culture shapes color naming and perception. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gMqZR3pqMjg 406 8392590 how cultures name colors 2017-05-16T12:00:03Z yes 2025-11-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/2SuvO4Gi7uY/superpositions-sudoku-the-wave-function-collapse-algorithm https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2SuvO4Gi7uY/hqdefault.jpg Superpositions, Sudoku, the Wave Function Collapse algorithm. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2SuvO4Gi7uY/hqdefault.jpg Martin Donald explains the Wave Function Collapse algorithm, using Sudoku and the idea of superposition to show how it generates tiled content. It is the technique behind procedural maps and images in games like Townscaper. HN recommends it as the clearest starting point for anyone puzzled by wave function collapse. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2SuvO4Gi7uY 868 764278 wave function collapse 2020-07-31T16:00:01Z yes 2023-12-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/EWX5B6cD4_4/how-myst-almost-couldn-t-run-on-cd-rom-war-stories-ars-technica https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EWX5B6cD4_4/hqdefault.jpg How Myst Almost Couldn't Run on CD-ROM | War Stories | Ars Technica https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EWX5B6cD4_4/hqdefault.jpg An Ars Technica War Stories episode in which Myst co-creator Rand Miller explains how the game's huge pre-rendered graphics fit on a CD-ROM. It covers the technical limits of the format and the trade-offs the team made to ship in the early 1990s. HN people recommend it as a fascinating, entertaining account of the constraints that shaped Myst's release. https://www.youtube.com/embed/EWX5B6cD4_4 1404 1961992 making Myst fit on CD-ROM 2020-01-28T16:00:02Z yes 2023-07-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ob_GX50Za6c/steve-jobs-computers-are-like-a-bicycle-for-our-minds-michael-lawrence-films https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ob_GX50Za6c/hqdefault.jpg Steve Jobs, "Computers are like a bicycle for our minds." - Michael Lawrence Films https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ob_GX50Za6c/hqdefault.jpg A short clip of Steve Jobs in an interview explaining why he thinks computers are like a bicycle for our minds. He draws on a comparison of how efficiently different species travel to argue that tools can greatly amplify human ability. HN people share it as the source of a favorite metaphor for computers as tools that amplify human thought. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ob_GX50Za6c 100 676249 computers as a bicycle for the mind 2006-06-01T15:17:22Z yes 2025-12-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/lHcTKWiZ8sI/propaganda-games-sesame-credit-the-true-danger-of-gamification-extra-credits https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lHcTKWiZ8sI/hqdefault.jpg Propaganda Games: Sesame Credit - The True Danger of Gamification - Extra Credits https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lHcTKWiZ8sI/hqdefault.jpg An Extra Credits video on Sesame Credit, a scoring system tied to Alibaba and the Chinese state, and what it shows about the power of gamification. It examines how points, ranks and social pressure can be used to steer people's behavior, based on the early announcements. HN people recommend it as an approachable primer on social credit that adds the gamification and social pressure angle. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lHcTKWiZ8sI 459 2022586 gamification and Sesame Credit 2015-12-16T18:11:09Z yes 2018-04-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/T0CpOYZZZW4/the-spectacular-failure-of-the-star-wars-hotel https://i.ytimg.com/vi/T0CpOYZZZW4/hqdefault.jpg The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel https://i.ytimg.com/vi/T0CpOYZZZW4/hqdefault.jpg Jenny Nicholson's roughly four-hour review of Disney's Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser hotel, covering her stay and why the experience failed. She goes through the cost, the room and food, the interactive story, and the guest experience. HN people treat it as the definitive account of how misaligned incentives and weak guest experience sank a very ambitious immersive attraction. https://www.youtube.com/embed/T0CpOYZZZW4 14739 17738178 failure of the Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser hotel 2024-05-18T23:38:48Z yes 2026-07-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/kV8v2GKC8WA/how-this-guy-makes-amazing-mechanical-mirrors-obsessed-wired https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kV8v2GKC8WA/hqdefault.jpg How This Guy Makes Amazing Mechanical Mirrors | Obsessed | WIRED https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kV8v2GKC8WA/hqdefault.jpg A WIRED Obsessed short profiling Daniel Rozin, who builds mechanical mirrors from arrays of motors and tiles such as wood pieces. Each element tilts or moves to turn the viewer's image into an abstract, physical picture in real time. HN people share it as a mesmerizing example of interactive physical art and as a reference whenever pixel-like arrays come up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kV8v2GKC8WA 493 5737429 Daniel Rozin's mechanical mirrors 2019-06-18T16:00:07Z yes 2026-07-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Em7nqDqQ8oM/strong-towns-charles-marohn-talks-at-google https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Em7nqDqQ8oM/hqdefault.jpg Strong Towns | Charles Marohn | Talks at Google https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Em7nqDqQ8oM/hqdefault.jpg Charles Marohn of Strong Towns speaks at Google about how North American towns were built and financed, and why that development pattern is fragile. He argues for building cities incrementally and from the bottom up. HN people point to it as the clearest argument for incremental city building and the fragility of top-down systems. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Em7nqDqQ8oM 3271 141367 Strong Towns and incremental city building 2019-11-27T22:00:00Z yes 2022-07-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/d8RRE2rDw4k/the-best-country-in-the-world-for-drivers https://i.ytimg.com/vi/d8RRE2rDw4k/hqdefault.jpg The Best Country in the World for Drivers https://i.ytimg.com/vi/d8RRE2rDw4k/hqdefault.jpg Not Just Bikes argues that the Netherlands, with its strong cycling, walking and transit options, is also the best country for people who drive. When many trips don't need a car, roads are less congested and safer for those who do need one. HN people send it to anyone arguing that building for other modes of transport makes cities better for drivers too. https://www.youtube.com/embed/d8RRE2rDw4k 948 2209757 why car-light cities are good for drivers 2021-11-19T20:00:12Z yes 2026-04-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/yMeSw00n3Ac/making-of-the-computer-graphics-for-star-wars-episode-iv https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yMeSw00n3Ac/hqdefault.jpg Making of the Computer Graphics for Star Wars (Episode IV) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yMeSw00n3Ac/hqdefault.jpg A documentary-style video on how the computer graphics for the original 1977 Star Wars were made, including the animated trench sequence. It is hosted by the University of Illinois Chicago's Electronic Visualization Laboratory. HN keeps resubmitting it as a rare record of how early digital computer animation reached the big screen. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yMeSw00n3Ac 618 542158 star wars computer graphics 2007-11-20T21:46:22Z yes 2021-07-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/emjuqqyq_qc/live-coding-shaders-an-eye https://i.ytimg.com/vi/emjuqqyq_qc/hqdefault.jpg Live Coding Shaders - an eye https://i.ytimg.com/vi/emjuqqyq_qc/hqdefault.jpg Inigo Quilez live-codes an eye in GLSL, building a procedural eyeball in a shader from pure math while the result updates in real time. He walks through the shapes, shading and details step by step. HN people share it as a showcase of how much can be painted with maths and of Quilez's shader skills. https://www.youtube.com/embed/emjuqqyq_qc 767 64048 live-coding a procedural eye in GLSL 2012-07-09T07:37:10Z yes 2021-08-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/xKu2de0yCJI/at-and-t-archives-saul-bass-pitch-video-for-bell-system-logo-redesign https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xKu2de0yCJI/hqdefault.jpg AT&T Archives: Saul Bass Pitch Video for Bell System Logo Redesign https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xKu2de0yCJI/hqdefault.jpg A roughly half-hour film in which Saul Bass pitches the redesign of the Bell System logo to AT&T. He sets out the thinking behind the new mark and the identity system around it. HN holds it up as a masterclass in selling a design, explaining the thought process until the result feels inevitable. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xKu2de0yCJI 1620 416862 saul bass bell system logo pitch 2011-11-30T14:59:46Z yes 2024-11-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/lY8Ol2n4o4A/blender-motion-tracking-room-transformation https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lY8Ol2n4o4A/hqdefault.jpg Blender Motion Tracking - Room Transformation! https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lY8Ol2n4o4A/hqdefault.jpg Ian Hubert shows, at high speed, how to use Blender's motion tracking to turn footage of a room into a dystopian scene. He adds 3D elements to the live video. HN points people to it as the entry point that shows how much Blender can do. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lY8Ol2n4o4A 478 2185193 blender motion tracking 2020-03-24T07:57:10Z yes 2022-10-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Zkx1aKv2z8o/making-things-with-maths-steven-wittens https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Zkx1aKv2z8o/hqdefault.jpg Making things with maths - Steven Wittens https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Zkx1aKv2z8o/hqdefault.jpg Steven Wittens (acko.net) talks about making visual things with maths, showing how basic mathematical ideas turn into interactive 3D graphics in the browser. He draws on his MathBox work and demonstrates how experimenting with equations produces curves, surfaces and other visuals. HN people recommend it as an inspiring tour of how playing with maths can produce beautiful graphics, from the author of a much-loved site. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Zkx1aKv2z8o 3225 55208 making visuals with maths 2013-05-30T05:05:16Z yes 2019-09-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/PbC4gqZGPSY/ira-glass-on-the-creative-process-www-getoutthebox-org https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PbC4gqZGPSY/hqdefault.jpg Ira Glass on the Creative Process (www.getoutthebox.org) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PbC4gqZGPSY/hqdefault.jpg Ira Glass on the creative process: beginners have good taste, but their work falls short of it, and the way through is to keep producing a lot of work until your skill catches up with your taste. HN people send it to anyone discouraged by the gap between taste and skill, including engineers trying to learn design. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PbC4gqZGPSY 115 1886293 taste versus skill in creative work 2011-07-21T11:20:29Z yes 2025-07-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/AItTqnTsVjA/the-gui-should-be-better-a-lot-better https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AItTqnTsVjA/hqdefault.jpg The GUI should be better. A lot better. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AItTqnTsVjA/hqdefault.jpg Ross Scott of Accursed Farms argues, as a non-expert user, that graphical user interfaces have got worse and could be much better. He compares modern GUIs with older Windows ones, covers customization, and ends with a list of features a good GUI should have. It runs well over an hour. HN returns to it as a reminder of what a good GUI should do, even for people who disagree with parts of it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AItTqnTsVjA 4641 397174 what a good gui should be 2020-06-10T15:05:35Z yes 2024-04-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Ox5P7QyL774/self-the-movie https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ox5P7QyL774/hqdefault.jpg Self: The Movie; https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ox5P7QyL774/hqdefault.jpg Self: The Movie, a promotional film for the Self programming language and environment from Sun Microsystems. It shows the Morphic-style direct manipulation interface where graphical objects are programmable, live and can be inspected and rearranged on screen. HN people recommend it as a vivid demonstration of programming and graphics woven together in a tangible, directly manipulable environment. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ox5P7QyL774 1261 21298 Self language and its direct manipulation environment 2013-09-10T23:19:03Z yes 2020-01-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/DwKPFT-RioU/the-fallen-of-world-war-ii https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DwKPFT-RioU/hqdefault.jpg The Fallen of World War II https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DwKPFT-RioU/hqdefault.jpg Neil Halloran's data-driven documentary on the human cost of World War II, using animated charts and maps to show how many died, where, and how that compares with other conflicts. It lets the viewer feel the scale of the numbers by pacing the visuals alongside narration. HN people use it to get a true sense of the proportions of loss of life, and as an example of data told as a story. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DwKPFT-RioU 1111 15080084 data storytelling of WWII deaths 2016-10-26T15:15:32Z yes 2023-09-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/QTJRwKOFddc/daniel-henry-holmes-ingalls-jr-the-live-web-drag-n-drop-in-the-cloud https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QTJRwKOFddc/hqdefault.jpg Daniel Henry Holmes Ingalls Jr.: The Live Web. Drag 'n drop in the cloud https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QTJRwKOFddc/hqdefault.jpg Dan Ingalls, a key figure behind Smalltalk, presents the Lively Kernel at JSConf US 2012. It is a live, drag and drop environment that runs inside the web browser where users build and modify applications directly on the page. HN people use it as a demonstration of what a more live, directly editable web could look like, from someone who helped invent the personal computer. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QTJRwKOFddc 1641 8269 Lively Kernel and the live web 2013-01-20T19:30:55Z yes 2026-02-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/TZb0avfQme8/at-and-t-1993-you-will-ads https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TZb0avfQme8/hqdefault.jpg AT&T 1993 "You Will" Ads https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TZb0avfQme8/hqdefault.jpg A compilation of AT&T's 1993 'You Will' television ads, which imagined everyday technology such as video calls and other gadgets in a sunny near future. They were narrated by Tom Selleck and presented as products AT&T would soon deliver. HN people share it as an example of early 1990s visions of the future that proved remarkably accurate, or in places over-optimistic. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TZb0avfQme8 125 1897339 AT&T 'You Will' vision ads 2006-12-04T02:47:11Z yes 2019-03-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/CjVQJdIrDJ0/thinking-fast-and-slow-daniel-kahneman-talks-at-google https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CjVQJdIrDJ0/hqdefault.jpg Thinking, Fast and Slow | Daniel Kahneman | Talks at Google https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CjVQJdIrDJ0/hqdefault.jpg Daniel Kahneman gives a Talks at Google lecture based on his book Thinking, Fast and Slow. He lays out the two modes of thought, a fast intuitive System 1 and a slow deliberate System 2, and how they produce predictable judgment errors and biases. HN people recommend it as the quick way to get the core of the book's first chapters from the author himself. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CjVQJdIrDJ0 3747 2211014 System 1 and System 2 thinking 2011-11-11T01:41:07Z yes 2020-11-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/-ZxPhDC-r3w/intrinsic-gravity-by-still https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-ZxPhDC-r3w/hqdefault.jpg Intrinsic Gravity by Still https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-ZxPhDC-r3w/hqdefault.jpg Intrinsic Gravity by Still is a realtime demoscene production made with the Tooll node-based tool. It moves through many abstract scenes with transitions between them. HN names it as a favourite demo, praised for how smoothly its scenes flow into one another. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-ZxPhDC-r3w 215 223906 demoscene realtime animation 2014-12-29T13:48:09Z yes 2026-03-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/zyVTxGpEO30/practical-creativity https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zyVTxGpEO30/hqdefault.jpg Practical Creativity https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zyVTxGpEO30/hqdefault.jpg Raph Koster, lead designer of Ultima Online, gives a GDC talk on how creativity works in practice. He treats it as a learnable process of recombining existing patterns and ideas rather than waiting for inspiration. HN people recommend it as one of the best GDC talks, and as a view of creativity as using an existing pattern in a new context that is useful even for people outside games. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zyVTxGpEO30 3865 354708 practical creativity 2017-01-15T19:39:54Z yes 2026-01-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/MCVj5RZOqwY/avi-bryant-demos-dabble-db https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MCVj5RZOqwY/hqdefault.jpg Avi Bryant demos Dabble db https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MCVj5RZOqwY/hqdefault.jpg Avi Bryant demonstrates Dabble DB, a web-based tool for building databases and small applications from spreadsheet-like data. The demo shows importing data, restructuring it, relating tables and building views without writing code. HN people remember it as the model of a smooth, intuitive low-code data tool and often use it as a benchmark for newer products. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MCVj5RZOqwY 517 5310 Dabble DB end-user database tool 2012-07-04T21:12:27Z yes 2023-03-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/1e8VZlPBx_0/how-to-invent-the-future-ii-stanford-cs183f-startup-school https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1e8VZlPBx_0/hqdefault.jpg How to Invent the Future II - Stanford CS183F: Startup School https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1e8VZlPBx_0/hqdefault.jpg Alan Kay's second Stanford Startup School lecture on how to invent the future, from the CS183F series. He draws on the ARPA and Xerox PARC research tradition to argue for envisioning the future rather than extrapolating the present. HN people send it to anyone looking for ideas to build or for a larger way of thinking about invention. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1e8VZlPBx_0 3390 26246 Alan Kay on inventing the future 2017-05-30T20:01:08Z yes 2024-01-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/JLPiMl8XUKU/the-smalltalk-80-programming-system https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JLPiMl8XUKU/hqdefault.jpg The Smalltalk-80 Programming System https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JLPiMl8XUKU/hqdefault.jpg An 18-minute Xerox presentation of the Smalltalk-80 programming system from the early 1980s. It shows the windowed, mouse-driven environment with its class browsers and live objects that defined an influential way of working with software. HN people include it in lists of historical GUI and programming environment videos, as a glimpse of what using a Smalltalk workstation felt like. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JLPiMl8XUKU 1124 19279 Smalltalk-80 programming environment 2011-12-21T09:45:11Z yes 2020-04-01 monthly 0.5375000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/NSS6yAMZF78/motion-extraction https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NSS6yAMZF78/hqdefault.jpg Motion Extraction https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NSS6yAMZF78/hqdefault.jpg Posy explains and demonstrates motion extraction, a video technique that overlays an inverted, time-delayed copy of footage on itself so only the changes between frames show. The video walks through the idea and shows the odd, beautiful results on ordinary scenes. HN admires it as high-effort, well-produced work and a simple trick that makes slight motion visible. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NSS6yAMZF78 420 1551371 motion extraction video technique 2023-12-02T11:00:18Z yes 2025-02-01 monthly 0.525 https://www.designertube.app/watch/yHXx3orN35Y/8088-mph-by-hornet-crtc-desire https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yHXx3orN35Y/hqdefault.jpg 8088 MPH by Hornet + CRTC + DESiRE https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yHXx3orN35Y/hqdefault.jpg 8088 MPH is a demo for the original 1981 IBM PC with its 4.77 MHz 8088 processor and CGA graphics, released in 2015 by Hornet, CRTC and DESiRE. It shows 1024 colors on CGA and plays sound through the PC speaker. HN rates it as the standout of old-hardware demoscene work, a piece of software built with great care over years. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yHXx3orN35Y 506 326787 8088 cga demoscene demo 2015-04-05T16:47:33Z yes 2024-09-01 monthly 0.525 https://www.designertube.app/watch/rC2VQ-oyDG0/i-made-maps-that-show-time-instead-of-space https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rC2VQ-oyDG0/hqdefault.jpg I made maps that show time instead of space https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rC2VQ-oyDG0/hqdefault.jpg Václav Volhejn explains how he built maps that show time instead of space, warping the map to reflect travel time. He walks through the design problems of making such a map. HN rates the author's own walkthrough as a good look at how the spacetime map was built. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rC2VQ-oyDG0 644 2232179 travel-time maps 2024-03-24T14:00:52Z yes 2025-11-01 monthly 0.525 https://www.designertube.app/watch/UiS27feX8o0/the-antique-microwave-oven-that-s-better-than-yours https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UiS27feX8o0/hqdefault.jpg The Antique Microwave Oven that's Better than Yours https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UiS27feX8o0/hqdefault.jpg Technology Connections reviews an older microwave oven and compares its controls and features with those of microwaves today. He argues that the older design's controls and sensing suit the job better than the newer ones. HN brings it up in threads on appliance design to show how older appliances did simple things better than modern smart ones. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UiS27feX8o0 861 2683290 microwave oven control design 2020-11-12T16:28:22Z yes 2024-09-01 monthly 0.525 https://www.designertube.app/watch/_gXiVOmaVSo/shawn-douglas-nanoscale-instruments-for-visualizing-small-proteins-and-bret https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_gXiVOmaVSo/hqdefault.jpg Shawn Douglas - Nanoscale Instruments for Visualizing Small Proteins & Bret Victor - Dynamicland https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_gXiVOmaVSo/hqdefault.jpg A Foresight Institute session pairing Shawn Douglas on nanoscale instruments for visualizing small proteins with Bret Victor on biomolecular design in Dynamicland's Realtalk. Victor shows physical objects in a room working with live digital feedback for scientists. HN treats it as the newest evidence of Dynamicland's tangible-interface vision applied to a single scientific domain. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_gXiVOmaVSo 1692 19520 dynamicland biomolecular design 2022-10-29T08:56:25Z yes 2024-07-01 monthly 0.525 https://www.designertube.app/watch/0wxc3mKqKTk/meet-the-engineer-preserving-the-last-analog-motion-graphics-machine https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0wxc3mKqKTk/hqdefault.jpg Meet the Engineer Preserving The Last Analog Motion Graphics Machine https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0wxc3mKqKTk/hqdefault.jpg A VICE TV piece on an engineer who is preserving and restoring the Scanimate, an analog machine that produced the motion graphics seen in TV broadcasts before digital tools took over. It shows the machine at work and the effort of keeping it running. HN people keep resubmitting it as a look at how much analog hardware it took to make graphics a phone can now do, and as a piece of motion graphics history. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0wxc3mKqKTk 304 1314758 analog motion graphics machine 2017-09-21T21:19:07Z yes 2023-09-01 monthly 0.525 https://www.designertube.app/watch/QHHg99hwQGY/magic-the-gathering-20-years-20-lessons-learned https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QHHg99hwQGY/hqdefault.jpg 'Magic: the Gathering': 20 Years, 20 Lessons Learned https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QHHg99hwQGY/hqdefault.jpg Mark Rosewater, head designer of Magic: The Gathering, gives a GDC talk with twenty lessons from twenty years of designing the game. They cover how to design for players, with examples from the game. HN recommends it as a strong talk on game design whose lessons carry over to other kinds of design and software. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QHHg99hwQGY 3647 1086641 magic the gathering design lessons 2016-05-02T16:16:39Z yes 2020-11-01 monthly 0.525 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Tl9kD693ie4/mix08-microsoft-office-2007-the-story-of-the-ribbon-1-of-10 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Tl9kD693ie4/hqdefault.jpg MIX08 Microsoft Office 2007: The Story of the Ribbon (1 of 10) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Tl9kD693ie4/hqdefault.jpg The first of ten parts of the MIX08 talk on the story of the Microsoft Office 2007 ribbon, from the Office user interface team. It tells how the team studied how people used Office and redesigned its interface around that. HN treats it as the standard account of data-driven UI design, and points to it to explain why the ribbon exists and how thoroughly it was tested. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Tl9kD693ie4 601 32442 story of the office ribbon 2009-01-12T07:17:30Z yes 2024-04-01 monthly 0.525 https://www.designertube.app/watch/KZjFVdU8VLI/interactive-programming-flappy-bird-in-clojurescript https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KZjFVdU8VLI/hqdefault.jpg Interactive programming Flappy Bird in ClojureScript https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KZjFVdU8VLI/hqdefault.jpg Bruce Hauman builds Flappy Bird in ClojureScript using Figwheel, changing the code while the game keeps running. Each edit shows up in the browser at once and the game's state is kept. HN holds it up as the model for interactive development, where a program is built as a living thing without restarts. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KZjFVdU8VLI 382 55071 interactive programming with hot reload 2014-04-29T19:50:01Z yes 2017-07-01 monthly 0.525 https://www.designertube.app/watch/0ifChJ0nJfM/learn-to-paint-with-mathematics https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0ifChJ0nJfM/hqdefault.jpg Learn to Paint with Mathematics https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0ifChJ0nJfM/hqdefault.jpg Inigo Quilez builds an image from scratch with code, writing a simple shader step by step so the picture emerges from mathematical formulas. It is an introductory entry in his series on procedural graphics. HN people point beginners to it as the most approachable of Inigo Quilez's videos and as a first step on the way into shaders. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0ifChJ0nJfM 1442 190833 painting images with shader math 2014-07-14T07:21:05Z yes 2025-01-01 monthly 0.525 https://www.designertube.app/watch/yY96hTb8WgI/it-s-not-you-bad-doors-are-everywhere https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yY96hTb8WgI/hqdefault.jpg It's not you. Bad doors are everywhere. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yY96hTb8WgI/hqdefault.jpg A five-minute Vox explainer on Norman doors: doors whose handles and shapes say the opposite of what they do, so people push when they should pull. It uses the example to introduce Don Norman and the idea that good design communicates how a thing works. HN people hand it over as the quickest proof that design is a language and not just aesthetics, and as a short introduction to Don Norman. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yY96hTb8WgI 332 10565113 norman doors and signifiers 2016-02-26T15:26:36Z yes 2026-09-01 monthly 0.525 https://www.designertube.app/watch/WRS9Gek4V5Q/give-yourself-permission-to-be-creative-ethan-hawke-ted https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WRS9Gek4V5Q/hqdefault.jpg Give yourself permission to be creative | Ethan Hawke | TED https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WRS9Gek4V5Q/hqdefault.jpg Actor Ethan Hawke gives a TED talk about creativity and why people should allow themselves to make things. He talks about the value of art and the fear of being bad at it. HN returns to it as a reminder that it is fine to flail while making things, and that art tells people they are not alone. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WRS9Gek4V5Q 557 3365522 permission to be creative 2020-08-11T14:29:56Z yes 2026-06-01 monthly 0.525 https://www.designertube.app/watch/0lvUByM-fZk/cities-skylines-power-politics-and-planning-episode-1-parking https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0lvUByM-fZk/hqdefault.jpg Cities: Skylines | Power, Politics, & Planning: Episode 1: Parking https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0lvUByM-fZk/hqdefault.jpg The first episode of a Cities: Skylines series that uses the city-building game to show how parking requirements shape a city. The narration is sarcastic, deliberately building a car-centric city to show how the policy plays out. HN recommends it as a clear illustration of parking minimums and how US urban design policy works against walkable places. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0lvUByM-fZk 810 135812 parking minimums and urban design 2018-07-09T13:39:10Z yes 2021-06-01 monthly 0.525 https://www.designertube.app/watch/DfznnKUwywQ/computational-design-of-mechanical-characters https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DfznnKUwywQ/hqdefault.jpg Computational Design of Mechanical Characters https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DfznnKUwywQ/hqdefault.jpg A Disney Research video for a SIGGRAPH 2013 paper on computational design of mechanical characters. It shows software that generates gears and linkages to make a figure move along a path the designer draws. HN cites it as the example of software that turns a drawn motion into a working mechanism. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DfznnKUwywQ 310 3935229 computational design of mechanisms 2013-07-21T06:40:27Z yes 2020-11-01 monthly 0.525 https://www.designertube.app/watch/t9WMNuyjm4w/the-prototype-that-was-banned-from-halfbrick https://i.ytimg.com/vi/t9WMNuyjm4w/hqdefault.jpg The Prototype that was Banned from Halfbrick https://i.ytimg.com/vi/t9WMNuyjm4w/hqdefault.jpg A GDC talk about a multiplayer prototype made at the studio Halfbrick that ended up banned there. The game's adversarial play, with betrayal between players, caused so much friction between colleagues. HN calls it a legendary talk about how adversarial multiplayer design can make the experience unpleasant for everyone. https://www.youtube.com/embed/t9WMNuyjm4w 3623 140420 adversarial multiplayer design 2016-08-10T17:37:29Z yes 2022-03-01 monthly 0.525 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ra_9zU-mnl8/gridfinity-your-ultimate-modular-workshop-is-free https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ra_9zU-mnl8/hqdefault.jpg Gridfinity: Your Ultimate Modular Workshop is FREE! https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ra_9zU-mnl8/hqdefault.jpg Zack Freedman introduces Gridfinity, a free, open, 3D-printable modular storage system built on a standard grid. Bins and baseplates fit together for everything from screws to tools. HN treats it as the introduction to Gridfinity from its creator, and the answer to how to organize small parts. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ra_9zU-mnl8 1252 1758008 modular storage system 2022-04-13T01:15:31Z yes 2024-10-01 monthly 0.525 https://www.designertube.app/watch/LWGJA9i18Co/ok-go-upside-down-and-inside-out https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LWGJA9i18Co/hqdefault.jpg OK Go - Upside Down & Inside Out https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LWGJA9i18Co/hqdefault.jpg OK Go's music video for Upside Down & Inside Out, shot during parabolic flights so the band and props float in weightlessness. The video is built around single continuous takes. HN keeps it as the standard example of a clever one-take music video made with real physics rather than effects. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LWGJA9i18Co 202 30986107 zero gravity music video 2016-02-13T14:00:02Z yes 2026-05-01 monthly 0.525 https://www.designertube.app/watch/GNO_CYUjMK8/jsconfus-2013-steven-wittens-making-webgl-dance https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GNO_CYUjMK8/hqdefault.jpg [JSConfUS 2013] Steven Wittens: Making WebGL Dance https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GNO_CYUjMK8/hqdefault.jpg Steven Wittens' JSConf US 2013 talk on how 3D graphics works, framed around WebGL. He builds up vectors, matrices and transformations with animated visuals. HN rates it as the best visual introduction to the matrix math behind graphics, and says the title undersells it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/GNO_CYUjMK8 1855 56349 matrix math for 3d graphics 2013-08-05T19:05:59Z yes 2021-02-01 monthly 0.525 https://www.designertube.app/watch/O1lZ9n2bxWA/the-senseless-ambiguity-of-north-american-turn-signals https://i.ytimg.com/vi/O1lZ9n2bxWA/hqdefault.jpg The Senseless Ambiguity of North American Turn Signals https://i.ytimg.com/vi/O1lZ9n2bxWA/hqdefault.jpg Technology Connections looks at why North American cars signal turns in a way that can be ambiguous, including red turn signals that share the brake light. The video compares US practice with the amber signals used elsewhere. HN keeps linking it as the definitive critique of US turn-signal design, whenever a bad car signal or control comes up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/O1lZ9n2bxWA 823 4207516 turn signal design 2018-07-14T16:00:31Z yes 2026-08-01 monthly 0.525 https://www.designertube.app/watch/jAhiMCSvtCc/the-great-wave-part-1 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jAhiMCSvtCc/hqdefault.jpg The Great Wave - Part 1 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jAhiMCSvtCc/hqdefault.jpg The first part of David Bull's long series on reproducing Hokusai's Great Wave by traditional Japanese woodblock printing. Bull is a woodblock printer in Tokyo, and the series follows the work as he does it. HN rates the series among the best long-form process videos, and suggests it to anyone interested in the print. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jAhiMCSvtCc 547 190514 woodblock print reproduction 2015-01-05T15:09:44Z yes 2026-02-01 monthly 0.525 https://www.designertube.app/watch/csalhuSixQU/meeting-mr-kid-pix https://i.ytimg.com/vi/csalhuSixQU/hqdefault.jpg Meeting Mr. Kid Pix https://i.ytimg.com/vi/csalhuSixQU/hqdefault.jpg Jeffrey Alan Scudder, known as Whistlegraph, made this short documentary after meeting Craig Hickman, the creator of Kid Pix. It covers the paint program made for children. HN shares it as a warm, sincere profile of the maker of Kid Pix and its playful design. https://www.youtube.com/embed/csalhuSixQU 850 15191 kid pix creator profile 2019-06-26T03:00:09Z yes 2024-06-01 monthly 0.525 https://www.designertube.app/watch/EuELwq2ThJE/don-t-make-me-click https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EuELwq2ThJE/hqdefault.jpg Don't Make Me Click https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EuELwq2ThJE/hqdefault.jpg Aza Raskin's Google TechTalk on reducing the number of clicks and steps in an interface. He argues that good design cuts the work the user has to do, and that the best interface may be no interface at all. HN recommends it to people learning web design and interface efficiency, and quotes its line about the shovel and the hole. https://www.youtube.com/embed/EuELwq2ThJE 3887 72976 interface efficiency 2008-04-03T10:01:19Z yes 2013-05-01 monthly 0.525 https://www.designertube.app/watch/NqKyHEJe9_w/yesterday-s-computer-of-tomorrow-the-xerox-alto-smalltalk-76-demo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NqKyHEJe9_w/hqdefault.jpg Yesterday's Computer of Tomorrow: The Xerox Alto │Smalltalk-76 Demo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NqKyHEJe9_w/hqdefault.jpg A Computer History Museum demonstration of Smalltalk-76 running on a Xerox Alto, presented by Dan Ingalls, one of Smalltalk's original authors. It shows the windowed, live, object-based environment developed at Xerox PARC. HN points to it as a look at a 1970s system whose live environment and IDE are still ahead of much of today's tooling. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NqKyHEJe9_w 1008 38476 xerox alto smalltalk-76 2017-12-14T21:38:52Z yes 2023-04-01 monthly 0.525 https://www.designertube.app/watch/4laPOtTRteI/svg-can-do-that-talk-by-sarah-drasner https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4laPOtTRteI/hqdefault.jpg SVG can do that?! - talk by Sarah Drasner https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4laPOtTRteI/hqdefault.jpg Sarah Drasner's talk, hosted by freeCodeCamp, on what SVG can do on the web. She shows techniques for animating and building graphics with SVG. HN people call it a must-watch for anyone curious about how much SVG can really do. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4laPOtTRteI 2288 40508 svg animation and graphics 2018-03-16T16:48:59Z yes 2025-12-01 monthly 0.525 https://www.designertube.app/watch/nsxoZXaYJSk/will-wright-maxis-interfacing-to-microworlds-1996-4-26 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nsxoZXaYJSk/hqdefault.jpg Will Wright - Maxis - Interfacing to Microworlds - 1996-4-26 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nsxoZXaYJSk/hqdefault.jpg Will Wright of Maxis gives a talk called Interfacing to Microworlds, delivered in 1996 to Terry Winograd's user interface class at Stanford. He discusses designing interfaces to simulation games, including SimAnt, and previews the Dollhouse prototype that became The Sims. HN finds it prescient: much of The Sims' design and its approach to storytelling were already worked out in this talk. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nsxoZXaYJSk 5189 7408 interfaces to simulation games 2023-01-27T20:50:21Z yes 2025-08-01 monthly 0.525 https://www.designertube.app/watch/PixPSNRDNMU/computational-public-space https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PixPSNRDNMU/hqdefault.jpg Computational Public Space https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PixPSNRDNMU/hqdefault.jpg Bret Victor of Dynamicland on Computational Public Space, the idea of computing that lives in shared physical rooms instead of behind private screens. He shows people programming with pieces of paper in a room. HN people call it a must-watch on keeping computing human and communal, and found its live paper-programming demo as surprising as Victor's earlier ones. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PixPSNRDNMU 2566 11319 dynamicland and communal computing 2025-05-15T17:26:54Z yes 2025-12-01 monthly 0.5125000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Imquk_3oFf4/memories-256-byte-msdos-intro https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Imquk_3oFf4/hqdefault.jpg "Memories" - 256 byte MSDOS intro https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Imquk_3oFf4/hqdefault.jpg Memories is a 256-byte MS-DOS intro by Hellmood, shown at the Revision demoparty. In a program smaller than a short paragraph of text it plays several scenes of graphics and music. HN calls it the champion of the 256-byte category and the demo to show anyone who doubts what the demoscene can do. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Imquk_3oFf4 121 106642 256 byte demoscene intro 2020-04-11T21:47:18Z yes 2022-12-01 monthly 0.5125000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/bUR_eUVcABg/xiki-can-your-shell-console-do-this https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bUR_eUVcABg/hqdefault.jpg Xiki: Can your shell console do this? https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bUR_eUVcABg/hqdefault.jpg Craig Muth demonstrates Xiki, a shell console where text on screen can be edited, run and expanded like a menu. It mixes commands, files and results in one editable document. HN submitted it repeatedly in 2012 as one of the most innovative takes on the command line and programmable console. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bUR_eUVcABg 194 182447 xiki shell console 2012-08-10T06:18:37Z yes 2015-01-01 monthly 0.5125000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/mmfjM-SGlGs/here-i-stand-at-age-80 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mmfjM-SGlGs/hqdefault.jpg Here I Stand, at Age 80 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mmfjM-SGlGs/hqdefault.jpg Ted Nelson, who coined the word hypertext and created Project Xanadu, recorded this talk on his life and work at age 80. He goes through his ideas and the critical junctures where Xanadu might have succeeded. HN people recommend it as a wonderful overview and a historical treasure, recorded by Nelson himself, that shows his vision first hand. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mmfjM-SGlGs 2877 25496 ted nelson on his life and xanadu 2017-09-03T23:16:49Z yes 2019-09-01 monthly 0.5125000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/odJxJRAxdFU/three-dimensional-mid-air-acoustic-manipulation-acoustic-levitation-2014 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/odJxJRAxdFU/hqdefault.jpg Three-Dimensional Mid-Air Acoustic Manipulation [Acoustic Levitation] (2014-) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/odJxJRAxdFU/hqdefault.jpg Yoichi Ochiai's research video on three-dimensional mid-air acoustic manipulation, which uses ultrasound to levitate and move small objects. It shows the technique working on various materials. HN passes it around as a clear, fascinating demonstration of acoustic levitation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/odJxJRAxdFU 145 4037202 acoustic levitation 2013-12-31T17:06:27Z yes 2020-01-01 monthly 0.5125000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/iwVu2BWLZqA/the-incredible-machine-1968 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iwVu2BWLZqA/hqdefault.jpg The Incredible Machine (1968) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iwVu2BWLZqA/hqdefault.jpg The Incredible Machine is a 1968 Bell Labs educational film about what computers could then do. It shows contemporary equipment, including a PDP-5 and a vector display, with early interactive graphics. HN enjoys it as a record of 1968 computing at its most inventive, and uses it to date display hardware. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iwVu2BWLZqA 895 1078153 1968 bell labs computing film 2012-11-24T00:20:51Z yes 2026-09-01 monthly 0.5125000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/rbu7Zu5X1zI/how-i-animate-3blue1brown-a-manim-demo-with-ben-sparks https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rbu7Zu5X1zI/hqdefault.jpg How I animate 3Blue1Brown | A Manim demo with Ben Sparks https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rbu7Zu5X1zI/hqdefault.jpg Grant Sanderson of 3Blue1Brown shows how he makes his videos with Manim, his Python animation library, in a demo with Ben Sparks. He codes scenes live and explains his workflow. HN recommends it as the in-depth look at his animation process, including live coding and workarounds. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rbu7Zu5X1zI 3221 3297612 animating math videos with manim 2024-10-12T13:00:39Z yes 2026-03-01 monthly 0.5125000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/T4Upf_B9RLQ/a-day-in-the-life-of-an-ensh-ttificator https://i.ytimg.com/vi/T4Upf_B9RLQ/hqdefault.jpg A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator https://i.ytimg.com/vi/T4Upf_B9RLQ/hqdefault.jpg A short video from the Norwegian Consumer Council on enshittification, the gradual decline of online services as companies put profit ahead of users. It follows the job of someone who makes products worse. HN says it names a pattern that, once seen, shows up in every service, from ads on paid tiers to ad-supported AI. https://www.youtube.com/embed/T4Upf_B9RLQ 240 5128170 enshittification of online services 2026-02-27T05:00:38Z yes 2026-09-01 monthly 0.5125000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/nIoXOplUvAw/blender-3-0-beginner-tutorial-part-1 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nIoXOplUvAw/hqdefault.jpg Blender 3.0 Beginner Tutorial - Part 1 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nIoXOplUvAw/hqdefault.jpg Blender Guru's Blender 3.0 beginner tutorial, the first part of the well-known donut series. It teaches the interface and basic modeling by building a donut, and is aimed at people new to Blender. HN calls it the rite of passage for Blender newcomers and the default answer when someone asks how to start. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nIoXOplUvAw 1003 9321238 blender beginner tutorial 2021-12-03T00:00:10Z yes 2023-11-01 monthly 0.5125000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/czzAVuVz7u4/why-can-t-we-make-simple-software-peter-van-hardenberg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/czzAVuVz7u4/hqdefault.jpg Why Can't We Make Simple Software? - Peter van Hardenberg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/czzAVuVz7u4/hqdefault.jpg Peter van Hardenberg asks why software is so hard to keep simple. He focuses on complexity as the result of systems interacting. HN recommends it as a thoughtful talk on software complexity, and how complex systems can be both unreasonable and generative. https://www.youtube.com/embed/czzAVuVz7u4 2494 365609 software complexity 2024-11-27T17:00:40Z yes 2025-09-01 monthly 0.5125000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/0t4aKJuKP0Q/4d-toys-a-box-of-four-dimensional-toys-and-how-objects-bounce-and-roll-in-4d https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0t4aKJuKP0Q/hqdefault.jpg 4D Toys: a box of four-dimensional toys, and how objects bounce and roll in 4D https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0t4aKJuKP0Q/hqdefault.jpg A look at 4D Toys, a box of four-dimensional toys made by the creator of the game Miegakure. It shows how objects bounce, roll and rotate in four spatial dimensions, which are explored through a 3D slice. HN points to it as the most intuitive way to see how things move in four dimensions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0t4aKJuKP0Q 329 5932727 four-dimensional toys 2017-06-02T17:43:29Z yes 2022-07-01 monthly 0.5125000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/OrwBc6PwAcY/the-michelangelo-of-microsoft-excel https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OrwBc6PwAcY/hqdefault.jpg The Michelangelo of Microsoft Excel https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OrwBc6PwAcY/hqdefault.jpg A Great Big Story short about a 77-year-old Japanese man who makes detailed landscape paintings in Microsoft Excel. He treats a spreadsheet program as a drawing tool. HN keeps resubmitting it as a charming example of art made with a tool built for something else. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OrwBc6PwAcY 149 9559800 painting in excel 2017-12-01T07:00:03Z yes 2023-11-01 monthly 0.5125000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/JBgG_VSP7f8/karl-sims-evolved-virtual-creatures-evolution-simulation-1994 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JBgG_VSP7f8/hqdefault.jpg Karl Sims - Evolved Virtual Creatures, Evolution Simulation, 1994 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JBgG_VSP7f8/hqdefault.jpg Karl Sims' 1994 video of virtual creatures whose bodies and brains are evolved by a genetic algorithm inside a physics simulation. The creatures compete and learn to swim, walk and fight over a goal. HN cites it as the foundational demonstration of evolved behaviour, including how the evolution exploited bugs in the simulation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JBgG_VSP7f8 250 797351 evolved virtual creatures 2008-12-06T15:35:53Z yes 2026-02-01 monthly 0.5125000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Uhx-26GfCBU/why-canadians-can-t-bike-in-the-winter-but-finnish-people-can https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Uhx-26GfCBU/hqdefault.jpg Why Canadians Can't Bike in the Winter (but Finnish people can) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Uhx-26GfCBU/hqdefault.jpg Not Just Bikes explains how Oulu, Finland keeps a large share of people cycling through harsh winters. The answer he gives is infrastructure that is cleared and prioritized, not the weather. HN uses it to answer the claim that cold or snow makes cycling impractical, with Oulu as the example. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Uhx-26GfCBU 914 3284206 winter cycling infrastructure 2021-01-25T15:30:15Z yes 2022-09-01 monthly 0.5125000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/89wq5EoXy-0/spaceballs-state-of-the-art-amiga-demo-hd-50fps https://i.ytimg.com/vi/89wq5EoXy-0/hqdefault.jpg Spaceballs - State of the Art - Amiga Demo (HD 50fps) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/89wq5EoXy-0/hqdefault.jpg State of the Art is a 1992 Amiga demo by the Norwegian group Spaceballs, recorded here in HD at 50 fps. It runs in real time on a stock Amiga 500 and fits on one floppy disk. HN remembers it as a classic of the demoscene, which still impresses given how little hardware it needed. https://www.youtube.com/embed/89wq5EoXy-0 253 264176 amiga demoscene classic 2014-11-02T21:41:45Z yes 2024-03-01 monthly 0.5125000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/OjPcT1uUZiE/molecular-visualizations-of-dna-2003-drew-berry-wehi-tv https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OjPcT1uUZiE/hqdefault.jpg Molecular Visualizations of DNA (2003) Drew Berry wehi.tv https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OjPcT1uUZiE/hqdefault.jpg Drew Berry's 2003 scientific animation from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute shows how DNA is wrapped and copied inside the cell. The proteins that do the copying are drawn as molecular machines. HN passes it around as the best visual account of DNA replication, which turns an abstract process into something you can watch. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OjPcT1uUZiE 186 1179617 dna replication animation 2010-11-24T06:14:20Z yes 2021-12-01 monthly 0.5125000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/0w_xEUoK79o/hartverdrahtet-akronyme-analogiker-4k-revision-2012 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0w_xEUoK79o/hqdefault.jpg Hartverdrahtet - Akronyme Analogiker | 4k Revision 2012 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0w_xEUoK79o/hqdefault.jpg A capture of "Hartverdrahtet" by Akronyme Analogiker, a 4k intro shown at Revision 2012, where the whole real-time audiovisual piece fits in 4096 bytes. The visuals lean heavily on real-time fractal rendering. HN people use it as their favourite proof of how much visual richness fits in 4 KB, usually in threads about code size and bloat. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0w_xEUoK79o 185 339529 4k demoscene intro 2012-04-10T19:15:44Z yes 2024-01-01 monthly 0.5125000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/oYp5XuGYqqY/do-we-see-reality-as-it-is-donald-hoffman-ted https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oYp5XuGYqqY/hqdefault.jpg Do we see reality as it is? | Donald Hoffman | TED https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oYp5XuGYqqY/hqdefault.jpg Cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman argues in this TED talk that evolution favors perception that tracks fitness rather than truth. He says what we see works like an interface, a user illusion, rather than a picture of reality. HN returns to it for the idea that perception is tuned for fitness, which it uses to talk about the brain, AI and user interfaces. https://www.youtube.com/embed/oYp5XuGYqqY 1311 3130021 perception and fitness 2015-06-11T21:53:04Z yes 2023-02-01 monthly 0.5125000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/RxD6H3ri8RI/wild-tricks-for-greenscreen-in-blender https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RxD6H3ri8RI/hqdefault.jpg Wild Tricks for Greenscreen in Blender https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RxD6H3ri8RI/hqdefault.jpg Ian Hubert shows quick, improvised ways to composite green-screen footage in Blender, moving fast through the steps. It shows the tricks he used on his own low-budget VFX shorts. HN likes it as a fast, funny overview of what a tiny team can do with Blender's compositing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RxD6H3ri8RI 591 2261355 green screen compositing in blender 2020-07-27T21:03:21Z yes 2026-03-01 monthly 0.5125000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/NnkCujnYNSo/doom-a-classic-game-postmortem https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NnkCujnYNSo/hqdefault.jpg 'Doom:' A Classic Game Postmortem https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NnkCujnYNSo/hqdefault.jpg John Romero and Tom Hall look back on the making of Doom in a GDC Classic Game Postmortem. They discuss how the id Software team designed and built the 1993 game. HN people list it first among the Doom documentaries worth digging into, and cite it as a source for Doom's technical history. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NnkCujnYNSo 3537 240093 doom postmortem 2016-05-19T16:28:04Z yes 2020-03-01 monthly 0.5125000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/kIID5FDi2JQ/why-all-world-maps-are-wrong https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kIID5FDi2JQ/hqdefault.jpg Why all world maps are wrong https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kIID5FDi2JQ/hqdefault.jpg A Vox explainer on why no flat world map can be accurate. It shows the trade-offs between map projections, such as distorting size, shape or distance. HN recommends it as a quick, clear introduction to map projections that resonates well with students. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kIID5FDi2JQ 360 23782057 world map projections 2016-12-02T12:15:57Z yes 2024-07-01 monthly 0.5125000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/GnO7D5UaDig/apple-s-world-wide-developers-conference-1997-with-steve-jobs https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GnO7D5UaDig/hqdefault.jpg Apple's World Wide Developers Conference 1997 with Steve Jobs https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GnO7D5UaDig/hqdefault.jpg Steve Jobs at Apple's 1997 Worldwide Developers Conference, shortly after his return to the company, speaking and taking questions from developers. It includes his answers on strategy and on starting from the customer experience. HN people call it historically profound and Jobs's best masterclass, and quote it for working backwards from the customer experience to the technology. https://www.youtube.com/embed/GnO7D5UaDig 4270 445651 steve jobs at wwdc 1997 2011-06-06T02:06:15Z yes 2022-09-01 monthly 0.5125000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/C97kMKwZ2-g/strandbeest-evolution-2021 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/C97kMKwZ2-g/hqdefault.jpg STRANDBEEST EVOLUTION 2021 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/C97kMKwZ2-g/hqdefault.jpg Theo Jansen's update on his Strandbeests, the wind-powered walking sculptures he builds from plastic tubing, with developments up to 2021. The video shows the creatures moving on the beach. HN shares it as a beautiful example of evolved, wind-driven machines, and offers the Strandbeest when asked about the weirdest recent technology. https://www.youtube.com/embed/C97kMKwZ2-g 271 7979443 strandbeest kinetic sculpture 2022-04-03T12:53:10Z yes 2024-08-01 monthly 0.5125000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/T2OxO-4YLRk/classic-game-postmortem-fallout https://i.ytimg.com/vi/T2OxO-4YLRk/hqdefault.jpg Classic Game Postmortem: Fallout https://i.ytimg.com/vi/T2OxO-4YLRk/hqdefault.jpg A GDC Classic Game Postmortem in which Fallout creator Tim Cain looks back on making the original Fallout. He covers the development story and the post-apocalyptic fiction that influenced the game. HN people hold GDC postmortems in high regard and single out this one as essential for Fallout fans and for anyone interested in how classic games got made. https://www.youtube.com/embed/T2OxO-4YLRk 3543 301277 fallout game postmortem 2017-05-04T16:25:56Z yes 2025-12-01 monthly 0.5125000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Cfe5UQ-1L9Q/live-coding-happy-jumping https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Cfe5UQ-1L9Q/hqdefault.jpg LIVE Coding "Happy Jumping" https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Cfe5UQ-1L9Q/hqdefault.jpg Inigo Quilez live-codes the shader "Happy Jumping" from scratch, a raymarched animation of a blobby creature, in a roughly five-to-six-hour making-of video. He explains the math, shading and art decisions as he goes. HN people call it the video to drink from the firehose: long, but worth it for watching a full raymarched scene being built step by step. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Cfe5UQ-1L9Q 20586 106332 live coding a raymarched shader 2019-08-14T23:04:38Z yes 2022-06-01 monthly 0.5125000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/klTjiXjqHrQ/bret-victor-seeing-spaces https://i.ytimg.com/vi/klTjiXjqHrQ/hqdefault.jpg Bret Victor - Seeing Spaces https://i.ytimg.com/vi/klTjiXjqHrQ/hqdefault.jpg Bret Victor's 2014 talk Seeing Spaces argues that creators need to see inside what they are building, and imagines physical workspaces equipped for that. It ties into his work on room-scale, physical computing and the thinking behind the RealTalk project. HN people hold it up as a talk that should have woken the industry to reverse debuggers and seeing inside systems, and list it among the core Bret Victor talks. https://www.youtube.com/embed/klTjiXjqHrQ 912 20587 seeing inside what you build 2015-06-17T05:53:12Z yes 2026-09-01 monthly 0.5125000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/DkVOIJAaWO0/the-magical-mystical-mind-boggling-ames-window https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DkVOIJAaWO0/hqdefault.jpg The Magical, Mystical, Mind-boggling Ames Window https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DkVOIJAaWO0/hqdefault.jpg A CuriosityShow explainer on the Ames window, a trapezoid-shaped window that seems to swing back and forth instead of turning around. It shows how the visual system is fooled by perspective cues. HN picks it as the best video demonstration of the Ames window, worth watching in full. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DkVOIJAaWO0 349 1534670 ames window illusion 2018-09-09T22:30:00Z yes 2022-09-01 monthly 0.5125000000000001 https://www.designertube.app/watch/z6ep308goxQ/why-japan-s-internet-is-weirdly-designed https://i.ytimg.com/vi/z6ep308goxQ/hqdefault.jpg why Japan's internet is weirdly designed https://i.ytimg.com/vi/z6ep308goxQ/hqdefault.jpg Answer in Progress looks at why Japanese websites tend to look dense, busy and text-heavy compared with Western ones. The video walks through examples and the cultural, linguistic and historical reasons behind those design choices. HN people share it alongside discussions of Japanese web design as a cool, accessible look at why the Japanese web looks so different. https://www.youtube.com/embed/z6ep308goxQ 915 5230185 japanese web design 2022-11-24T22:07:37Z yes 2024-02-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/RZp7BvQJnU8/was-ios-7-created-in-microsoft-word https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RZp7BvQJnU8/hqdefault.jpg Was iOS 7 created in Microsoft Word? https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RZp7BvQJnU8/hqdefault.jpg Vaclav Krejci shows that the flat look of Apple's iOS 7 interface can be reproduced almost entirely with shapes and effects in Microsoft Word. The video is a short demo, with the .docx file offered for download. HN people submitted it when iOS 7 landed as a funny, pointed demonstration of how simple the new flat visual style was to build. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RZp7BvQJnU8 596 5807247 recreating the iOS 7 look in Word 2013-10-19T09:14:24Z yes 2023-04-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/WTYet-qf1jo/windows-8-the-animated-evaluation https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WTYet-qf1jo/hqdefault.jpg Windows 8: The Animated Evaluation https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WTYet-qf1jo/hqdefault.jpg A roughly 20-minute narrated critique of the Windows 8 user interface and user experience. It goes through usability problems such as unclear clickable elements, illogical organization, and the clash of a tablet-style interface on desktop PCs. HN people treat it as the thorough, funny walkthrough that explains most of what is wrong with Windows 8's UX, even if it exaggerates in places. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WTYet-qf1jo 1421 645483 windows 8 ux critique 2012-12-20T21:36:29Z yes 2015-05-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/St5v2uI-Nis/how-i-designed-fruit-ninja https://i.ytimg.com/vi/St5v2uI-Nis/hqdefault.jpg How I designed Fruit Ninja https://i.ytimg.com/vi/St5v2uI-Nis/hqdefault.jpg Luke Muscat, creator of Fruit Ninja, tells the story of how the touch-screen game was designed, from first prototype to its 1.0 release. It works as a postmortem of the design decisions behind the game. HN people call it a fantastic postmortem and note how fast the original game went from prototype to shipping. https://www.youtube.com/embed/St5v2uI-Nis 1378 8201596 origin and design of fruit ninja 2023-05-17T17:00:14Z yes 2024-09-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/E4tYpXVTjxA/touche-enhancing-touch-interaction-on-humans-screens-liquids-and-everyday https://i.ytimg.com/vi/E4tYpXVTjxA/hqdefault.jpg Touché: Enhancing Touch Interaction on Humans, Screens, Liquids, and Everyday Objects https://i.ytimg.com/vi/E4tYpXVTjxA/hqdefault.jpg A Disney Research demo of Touche, a sensing technique that detects how a touch happens, not just where. It turns the human body, liquids and everyday objects into touch interfaces, using swept frequency capacitive sensing. HN people keep recommending it as a favorite from Disney Research, and cite it as a way to make devices aware of the physical context of touch. https://www.youtube.com/embed/E4tYpXVTjxA 300 887124 touch sensing on everyday objects 2012-05-02T14:00:58Z yes 2024-01-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/gE8ZikfrpFU/your-product-sucks-apple-music-macos-review https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gE8ZikfrpFU/hqdefault.jpg Your Product Sucks — Apple Music macOS review https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gE8ZikfrpFU/hqdefault.jpg A comedic Your Product Sucks review of Apple's Apple Music app on macOS, picking apart its interface and usability problems. It is a critique in the style of a mock-professional product review. HN people share it for its schadenfreude as evidence that modern Apple software is poorly designed, and cite it whenever Apple Music comes up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gE8ZikfrpFU 1076 39030 apple music macos ux review 2020-10-30T10:48:29Z yes 2021-04-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/QYM3TWf_G38/how-we-designed-audacity-4 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QYM3TWf_G38/hqdefault.jpg How We Designed Audacity 4 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QYM3TWf_G38/hqdefault.jpg Tantacrul's hour-long video on how the Audacity 4 redesign was made, from the Muse Group's head of software. It covers a plan to remove technical debt and overhaul the UI, including getting rid of modes and the Audacity says no problem. HN people recommend it as an informative and fun look at what it takes to overhaul the UX of a large open source tool. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QYM3TWf_G38 3166 1888215 redesigning audacity 2025-10-03T14:00:10Z yes 2026-09-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/M8F5hXqS-Ac/safe-cycling-showdown-good-vs-bad-city-design-plus-1-minus-2 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/M8F5hXqS-Ac/hqdefault.jpg Safe Cycling Showdown - Good vs. Bad City Design - Plus 1 Minus 2 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/M8F5hXqS-Ac/hqdefault.jpg Not Just Bikes compares a bike ride in Amsterdam with one in Calgary, set against each other as good and bad city design for cycling. It shows how street layout and infrastructure decide whether cycling feels safe and easy. HN people recommend it for making the gap between Dutch and North American street design obvious, and cite it in threads on stroads and road safety. https://www.youtube.com/embed/M8F5hXqS-Ac 1381 1124250 safe cycling street design 2021-08-23T18:00:12Z yes 2022-11-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/2Cq8S3jzJiQ/grail-demo-from-chm-tape https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2Cq8S3jzJiQ/hqdefault.jpg Grail Demo from CHM tape https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2Cq8S3jzJiQ/hqdefault.jpg A restored demo of Grail, a 1960s RAND system in which people draw flowcharts with a stylus on a tablet and the computer recognizes and runs them. The footage comes from a Computer History Museum tape and was posted by Yoshiki Ohshima. HN people hold it up as proof that early computer pioneers were decades ahead, an ancestor of today's visual programming and tools for thought. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2Cq8S3jzJiQ 857 12592 grail pen-based visual programming 2019-09-30T15:52:21Z yes 2024-12-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Q1ZeXnmDZMQ/james-kunstler-how-bad-architecture-wrecked-cities https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q1ZeXnmDZMQ/hqdefault.jpg James Kunstler: How bad architecture wrecked cities https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q1ZeXnmDZMQ/hqdefault.jpg James Howard Kunstler's TED talk arguing that bad architecture and car-centred planning have wrecked American cities and suburbs. He argues that places have lost their civic spaces and that nobody wants to be in much of what gets built. HN people use it as the engaging critique of car-first design and ugly contemporary building, and recall it whenever suburbs and public space come up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q1ZeXnmDZMQ 1302 557714 bad architecture and car-first cities 2007-05-16T21:29:03Z yes 2022-01-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/zR3Igc3Rhfg/to-scale-the-solar-system https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zR3Igc3Rhfg/hqdefault.jpg To Scale: THE SOLAR SYSTEM https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zR3Igc3Rhfg/hqdefault.jpg A short documentary in which a small team builds a true-to-scale model of the solar system across a dry lakebed in the Black Rock Desert. The planets and their distances are laid out at the same scale, so the emptiness of space becomes something you can see. HN people use it as the go-to visual for how big and empty the solar system really is, and cite it whenever a scale model comes up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zR3Igc3Rhfg 427 16511708 solar system scale model 2015-09-16T10:57:03Z yes 2025-06-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/o5K0uqhxgsE/this-problem-changes-your-perspective-on-game-dev https://i.ytimg.com/vi/o5K0uqhxgsE/hqdefault.jpg This Problem Changes Your Perspective On Game Dev https://i.ytimg.com/vi/o5K0uqhxgsE/hqdefault.jpg Jonas Tyroller, an indie game developer, argues in this video that game design works like a search algorithm, and that designing a game is partly a search for where the players and demand are. It is framed as a problem that changes how you think about making games to be sold. HN people list it among videos that changed how they think about game design, especially the idea that you cannot catch fish where there are none. https://www.youtube.com/embed/o5K0uqhxgsE 1551 591280 game design as a search algorithm 2024-02-24T12:55:14Z yes 2025-02-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/pGpBQgZ5IsI/liber-indigo-metaphysical-prisoners-of-the-desktop https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pGpBQgZ5IsI/hqdefault.jpg Liber Indigo - Metaphysical Prisoners of the Desktop https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pGpBQgZ5IsI/hqdefault.jpg The first part of Liber Indigo, a video series by Krkwd, that links user interfaces with occult and mystical themes. It looks at the desktop metaphor and visions of how computers should be used, with Ted Nelson as a recurring thread. HN people call it a weird but enjoyable series that bridges user interfaces and the occult, and suggest it to anyone thinking about Ted Nelson. https://www.youtube.com/embed/pGpBQgZ5IsI 839 153714 desktop metaphor and occult computing visions 2024-12-07T05:56:53Z yes 2026-09-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/1CsTH9S79qI/star7-demo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1CsTH9S79qI/hqdefault.jpg Star7 Demo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1CsTH9S79qI/hqdefault.jpg A 1992 demo by James Gosling of Sun's Star7, an early handheld device with a colour touchscreen and an animated interface featuring Duke, later Java's mascot. It shows touch interaction, including dragging and scrolling, years before smartphones. HN people use it as prior art showing touchscreen UI ideas such as inertial scrolling existed in the early 1990s, and as a patent-war talking point. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1CsTH9S79qI 592 108332 early touchscreen handheld ui 2007-10-19T17:35:34Z yes 2023-05-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/zjMuIxRvygQ/quaternions-and-3d-rotation-explained-interactively https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zjMuIxRvygQ/hqdefault.jpg Quaternions and 3d rotation, explained interactively https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zjMuIxRvygQ/hqdefault.jpg 3Blue1Brown, made with Ben Eater, explains quaternions and how they describe 3D rotation. The video builds intuition visually and pairs with an interactive viewer where you can manipulate quaternions yourself. HN people call it the best way to build intuition for quaternions, and a showcase of what visualisation can do for hard maths. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zjMuIxRvygQ 359 1563836 quaternions and 3d rotation 2018-10-26T16:31:52Z yes 2021-12-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ROuE8xYLpX8/anti-racist-graphics-research-siggraph-2021 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ROuE8xYLpX8/hqdefault.jpg Anti-Racist Graphics Research (SIGGRAPH 2021) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ROuE8xYLpX8/hqdefault.jpg Theodore Kim's SIGGRAPH 2021 talk on bias in computer graphics research, arguing that rendering work has long neglected non-white skin and non-straight hair. It frames fixing this as anti-racist research and connects it to the history of film and lighting. HN people cite it as the excellent explanation of how film, lighting and graphics research history favor one look, and as something that changed how practitioners work on digital humans. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ROuE8xYLpX8 3265 11634 bias in computer graphics research 2021-08-09T18:15:01Z yes 2024-10-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/275FQ9koAw8/alan-kay-interview-1990 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/275FQ9koAw8/hqdefault.jpg Alan Kay Interview (1990) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/275FQ9koAw8/hqdefault.jpg A long 1990 interview with Alan Kay, the computer scientist behind Smalltalk and the Dynabook, in which he talks about the future of personal computing. It touches on ideas like agent-oriented computing. HN people value it as a primary source showing that Kay's 1990 views on computing and agents still hold up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/275FQ9koAw8 9931 14291 alan kay on personal computing 2016-11-27T06:44:29Z yes 2018-12-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/vmG9jzCHtSQ/steve-jobs-oldie-but-goodie https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vmG9jzCHtSQ/hqdefault.jpg Steve Jobs Oldie but Goodie https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vmG9jzCHtSQ/hqdefault.jpg A clip of Steve Jobs speaking in 1997 about Apple's brand, which HN people also link as the lead-in to the Think Different campaign. He talks about marketing values rather than products and why the brand had suffered from neglect. HN people share it as Jobs explaining branding in his own words, selling values instead of products, and the thinking behind Apple's 1997 brand turnaround. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vmG9jzCHtSQ 415 553779 steve jobs on apple's brand strategy 2008-11-06T15:36:05Z yes 2011-07-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/IGNiH85PLVg/oral-history-of-adele-goldberg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IGNiH85PLVg/hqdefault.jpg Oral History of Adele Goldberg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IGNiH85PLVg/hqdefault.jpg A Computer History Museum oral history interview with Adele Goldberg, a member of the Xerox PARC team that developed Smalltalk. She looks back on her career and the work at PARC. HN people recommend it as a primary source on Smalltalk's history, including why it was not opened up earlier. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IGNiH85PLVg 5627 14427 adele goldberg and smalltalk at parc 2013-09-27T23:03:30Z yes 2019-01-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/kVD-sjtFoEI/i-pressed-b-you-wouldn-t-believe-what-happened-next-marcin-wichary-figma-config https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kVD-sjtFoEI/hqdefault.jpg I Pressed ⌘B. You Wouldn't Believe What Happened Next - Marcin Wichary, Figma (Config) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kVD-sjtFoEI/hqdefault.jpg Marcin Wichary of Figma gives a Config 2020 talk that starts from the simple Cmd+B keyboard shortcut and follows where it leads, through the typography and software behind making text bold. It is a playful, detailed dive into type, keyboards and interface details. HN people single it out as a favorite talk of 2020 and a typography talk from a type wizard. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVD-sjtFoEI 1468 22316 the history and craft behind bold text and cmd+b 2020-02-27T17:56:13Z yes 2026-07-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/0QNiZfSsPc0/welcome-to-project-soli https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0QNiZfSsPc0/hqdefault.jpg Welcome to Project Soli https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0QNiZfSsPc0/hqdefault.jpg Google's ATAP team introduces Project Soli, a small radar sensor that tracks fine hand and finger motions in the air. The video shows tiny gestures such as rubbing fingers together replacing knobs, buttons and sliders on devices. HN people point to it as the first look at radar-based gesture input, and later as the origin of the Soli chip that shipped in the Pixel 4. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0QNiZfSsPc0 237 5555394 radar gesture sensing 2015-05-29T16:16:23Z yes 2019-10-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/S-3wEC6Fj_8/music-software-and-interface-design-steinberg-s-dorico https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S-3wEC6Fj_8/hqdefault.jpg Music Software & Interface Design: Steinberg's Dorico https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S-3wEC6Fj_8/hqdefault.jpg Tantacrul (Martin Keary) critiques the interface design of Steinberg's Dorico music notation software, including first-time user testing. It is part of his series of music software UX reviews that also covers Sibelius and MuseScore. HN people treat his music software series as the model of a sharp, funny UX critique and cite the Dorico video as evidence he does real user testing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/S-3wEC6Fj_8 4019 949092 ux critique of music notation software 2020-04-24T13:00:14Z yes 2026-09-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/y4sOfO8Ei1g/shop-vac-kinetic-typography-animation https://i.ytimg.com/vi/y4sOfO8Ei1g/hqdefault.jpg Shop Vac (kinetic typography animation) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/y4sOfO8Ei1g/hqdefault.jpg A kinetic typography music video by Jarrett Heather, set to Jonathan Coulton's song "Shop Vac" and animated with tools like After Effects. The lyrics become the visuals, with the text itself acting out the song as a mock commercial. HN people hold it up as a labour-of-love example of what kinetic typography can do, and as the piece that later got Weird Al's attention. https://www.youtube.com/embed/y4sOfO8Ei1g 206 1738418 kinetic typography 2010-11-23T22:14:58Z yes 2020-04-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/usSfgHGEGxQ/games-schools-and-worlds-designed-for-violence https://i.ytimg.com/vi/usSfgHGEGxQ/hqdefault.jpg Games, Schools, and Worlds Designed for Violence https://i.ytimg.com/vi/usSfgHGEGxQ/hqdefault.jpg A Jacob Geller video essay on the parallels between modern school architecture and level design in shooter games, both spaces shaped around the question of what happens if violence occurs. It draws on incidents such as Columbine to examine how fear shapes the design of buildings and game maps. HN people recommend it as an interesting, excellent essay on how violence shapes both school architecture and shooter maps. https://www.youtube.com/embed/usSfgHGEGxQ 998 3116479 spaces designed around violence 2019-10-01T15:14:11Z yes 2024-10-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/PdO3IP0Pro8/thoth-s-pill-an-animated-history-of-writing https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PdO3IP0Pro8/hqdefault.jpg Thoth's Pill - an Animated History of Writing https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PdO3IP0Pro8/hqdefault.jpg Thoth's Pill is a 47-minute animated history of writing from NativLang, tracing how writing systems arose and spread. It draws glyphs on screen and also covers Mesoamerican scripts. HN people recommend it as a fun and deep animated history of writing and the alphabet, and as the kind of video that could set a child on a new path. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PdO3IP0Pro8 2845 1261019 animated history of writing 2015-11-06T19:00:00Z yes 2023-03-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/dAa6bOWB8qY/resource-furniture-italian-designed-space-saving-furniture https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dAa6bOWB8qY/hqdefault.jpg Resource Furniture: Italian-Designed Space Saving Furniture https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dAa6bOWB8qY/hqdefault.jpg A Core77 video showing Resource Furniture's Italian-designed space-saving furniture, such as Murphy-bed style units that fold away and combine a bed with a desk. It demonstrates how transforming furniture makes small apartments more usable. HN people recommend it as an example of impressive, well-engineered small-space furniture, and point to it when someone proposes a similar bed-and-desk combination. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dAa6bOWB8qY 390 18836473 transforming space-saving furniture 2010-05-19T22:10:55Z yes 2012-04-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/XVbuk3jizGM/a-new-car-ui-how-touch-screen-controls-in-cars-should-work https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XVbuk3jizGM/hqdefault.jpg A New Car UI: How touch screen controls in cars should work https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XVbuk3jizGM/hqdefault.jpg Matthaeus Krenn's concept video for a car touchscreen interface that lets the driver control only one thing at a time through gestures. It argues that phone-style UIs do not suit driving and shows an alternative. HN people bring it up whenever car touchscreens are criticized, as a sensible, elegant alternative they wish carmakers had adopted. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XVbuk3jizGM 198 473201 touchscreen controls for cars 2014-02-18T06:41:14Z yes 2023-04-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/G6yPQKt3mBA/eagle-mode https://i.ytimg.com/vi/G6yPQKt3mBA/hqdefault.jpg Eagle Mode https://i.ytimg.com/vi/G6yPQKt3mBA/hqdefault.jpg A demo of Eagle Mode, a zooming user interface in which you navigate files and applications by zooming in and out of a continuous space, not by opening windows. HN people raise it as prior art whenever zooming and spatial interfaces come up, one calling it non-ironically the best file manager they ever used. https://www.youtube.com/embed/G6yPQKt3mBA 352 68693 zoomable user interface 2011-04-28T10:33:10Z yes 2023-06-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/4DjBq2O0XXk/demoscene-chaos-theory-by-conspiracy-full-hd-64k-demo-bugfree https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4DjBq2O0XXk/hqdefault.jpg Demoscene: "Chaos Theory" by Conspiracy (Full HD, 64k demo, bugfree) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4DjBq2O0XXk/hqdefault.jpg A capture of Chaos Theory, a 64kb demoscene production by the group Conspiracy, in Full HD. It is a real-time audiovisual piece generated by a tiny executable. HN people name it as the demo to show off the demoscene and say it still tops all 64k productions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4DjBq2O0XXk 251 23000 chaos theory 64k demo 2012-01-28T16:27:30Z yes 2015-04-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/uDqjIdI4bF4/12-principles-of-animation-official-full-series https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uDqjIdI4bF4/hqdefault.jpg 12 Principles of Animation (Official Full Series) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uDqjIdI4bF4/hqdefault.jpg Alan Becker, creator of Animation vs. Animator, walks through the 12 principles of animation in a complete series with animated examples. It covers principles such as timing, squash and stretch and anticipation that give motion weight and appeal. HN people recommend it as an awesome, approachable starting point for learning animation and for making programmatic animation more compelling. https://www.youtube.com/embed/uDqjIdI4bF4 1443 16101286 12 principles of animation 2017-05-30T19:19:29Z yes 2024-11-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/xb8idEf-Iak/1993-interview-re-paul-rand-and-steve-jobs https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xb8idEf-Iak/hqdefault.jpg 1993 interview re: Paul Rand and Steve Jobs https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xb8idEf-Iak/hqdefault.jpg A 1993 interview in which Steve Jobs recalls working with graphic designer Paul Rand on the NeXT logo. Rand refused to present multiple options, said he would solve the problem with one design, and that the client should pay him either way. HN people share it as the story of a designer's uncompromising professionalism, and as the reason Jobs trusted designers like Jony Ive. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xb8idEf-Iak 451 479758 paul rand and the next logo 2007-01-07T20:07:06Z yes 2024-04-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/OYecfV3ubP8/1984-apple-s-first-macintosh-commercial https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OYecfV3ubP8/hqdefault.jpg 1984 Apple's First Macintosh Commercial https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OYecfV3ubP8/hqdefault.jpg Apple's 1984 commercial introducing the Macintosh, which aired during the Super Bowl. It shows a woman throwing a hammer into a screen showing a Big Brother figure, framing the Mac as a break from conformity. HN people call it the greatest tech Super Bowl ad, and keep reaching for it as an ironic reference whenever Apple restricts what users can do. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OYecfV3ubP8 60 11596432 apple 1984 macintosh ad 2005-12-13T04:32:48Z yes 2012-05-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/DR80Huxp4y8/apoptosis-watermark-2006-by-drew-berry-wehi-tv-sound-design-franc-tetaz https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DR80Huxp4y8/hqdefault.jpg Apoptosis *WATERMARK* (2006) by Drew Berry wehi.tv, sound design Franc Tétaz https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DR80Huxp4y8/hqdefault.jpg Apoptosis is a 2006 scientific animation by Drew Berry of the WEHI institute, with sound design by Franc Tetaz. It shows the molecular machinery of programmed cell death in a cell. HN people recommend it as a gripping and more honest picture of how messy and random molecular biology is than polished cell animations. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DR80Huxp4y8 279 686393 scientific animation of cell death 2009-08-26T23:34:34Z yes 2024-04-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ax7f3JZJHSw/what-games-are-like-for-someone-who-doesn-t-play-games https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ax7f3JZJHSw/hqdefault.jpg What Games Are Like For Someone Who Doesn't Play Games https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ax7f3JZJHSw/hqdefault.jpg Razbuten shows his non-gamer wife playing video games and explains how many basic conventions, such as camera control, sprinting and unclear lessons, are invisible to experienced players. It is a look at game literacy and the onboarding gaps in game design. HN people send it whenever unfamiliar conventions confuse newcomers, in games, in tutorials, or in software like Linux, because it shows how much unspoken knowledge experts take for granted. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ax7f3JZJHSw 1238 16921801 game literacy and onboarding for non-gamers 2019-09-28T21:59:24Z yes 2023-09-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Pot9GnHFOVU/tudor-girba-moldable-development https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Pot9GnHFOVU/hqdefault.jpg Tudor Gîrba - Moldable development https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Pot9GnHFOVU/hqdefault.jpg Tudor Girba presents moldable development, an approach where developers build custom tools and views for each system they work on so the software can explain itself. The talk is given at Curry On and is tied to the Glamorous Toolkit. HN people say everybody should watch it, as the better approach to programming environments, in the line of Smalltalk and Lisp-style live systems. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Pot9GnHFOVU 2269 26072 moldable development 2019-07-18T16:36:35Z yes 2023-08-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/jT5rRh9AZf4/distracted-let-s-make-technology-that-helps-us-spend-our-time-well-tristan https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jT5rRh9AZf4/hqdefault.jpg Distracted? Let's make technology that helps us spend our time well | Tristan Harris | TEDxBrussels https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jT5rRh9AZf4/hqdefault.jpg Tristan Harris's TEDxBrussels talk arguing that technology is designed to capture attention and should instead help people spend their time well. It sets out the argument for design that respects users' attention, the idea that grew into the Time Well Spent project. HN people recommend it as the place to start for Harris's view on attention-hijacking design in social media and apps like Facebook. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jT5rRh9AZf4 899 156587 attention-respecting technology design 2014-12-16T19:49:15Z yes 2017-05-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Limpr1L8Pss/what-s-the-deal-with-the-popcorn-button https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Limpr1L8Pss/hqdefault.jpg What's the deal with the popcorn button? https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Limpr1L8Pss/hqdefault.jpg Technology Connections investigates the popcorn button on microwaves: what it is meant to do, why it works on some machines, and why it is nearly useless on most. It is a small case study in a control whose label doesn't match what it does. HN people use it as a standard example of poor appliance design, and as proof that the popcorn button has a real purpose on well-designed microwaves. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Limpr1L8Pss 831 7568236 microwave popcorn button design 2023-11-21T16:22:16Z yes 2025-11-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ZmWOtf4Ziso/susan-kare-demonstrating-the-macintosh-interface-in-1984 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZmWOtf4Ziso/hqdefault.jpg Susan Kare demonstrating the Macintosh Interface in 1984 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZmWOtf4Ziso/hqdefault.jpg A 1984 television segment, shared by Interface Studies, in which Macintosh icon and interface designer Susan Kare demonstrates the Mac's graphical interface. It is a primary-source look at the original Mac UI as it was first shown to the public. HN people share it as the thing to watch or rewatch when Kare, early Mac design or the decline of current macOS design comes up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZmWOtf4Ziso 425 643884 susan kare demoing the original macintosh interface 2022-06-03T12:05:03Z yes 2025-06-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/vOvQCPLkPt4/applied-sciences-group-high-performance-touch https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vOvQCPLkPt4/hqdefault.jpg Applied Sciences Group: High Performance Touch https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vOvQCPLkPt4/hqdefault.jpg A Microsoft Research Applied Sciences Group demonstration of ultra-low-latency touch displays. It lets viewers see how dragging and drawing feel at around 100 ms of latency versus about 1 ms. HN people use it as the clearest visual demonstration that input latency matters for touch, with even small delays noticeable. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vOvQCPLkPt4 203 1403297 touch input latency 2012-03-06T18:03:19Z yes 2024-02-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/BQLEW1c-69c/unforeseen-consequences-a-half-life-documentary https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BQLEW1c-69c/hqdefault.jpg Unforeseen Consequences: A Half-Life Documentary https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BQLEW1c-69c/hqdefault.jpg A /noclip documentary on the making of Half-Life and the history of Valve. It was made without participation from Valve itself, so it is pieced together from outside accounts of the game's development. HN people call it a must-watch and list it among their favorite media on how products and games get made. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BQLEW1c-69c 6474 7713651 making of half-life 2018-12-10T13:59:46Z yes 2023-11-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/FquNpWdf9vg/the-computer-chronicles-hypercard-1987 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FquNpWdf9vg/hqdefault.jpg The Computer Chronicles - Hypercard (1987) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FquNpWdf9vg/hqdefault.jpg A 1987 episode of the TV series The Computer Chronicles on Apple's HyperCard, the Macintosh tool for building stacks of linked cards. It shows people building their own applications with it, including a used-car salesman's custom tool. HN people love it as a wonderfully dorky time capsule of HyperCard and of ordinary people programming their own software, and send it to anyone who has never seen it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FquNpWdf9vg 1612 53256 hypercard and end-user programming 2012-11-15T14:58:54Z yes 2025-06-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Pr1XXvSaVUQ/blit-an-early-windowed-graphic-interface-from-bell-labs-at-and-t-archives https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Pr1XXvSaVUQ/hqdefault.jpg BLIT: an early Windowed Graphic Interface from Bell Labs - AT&T Archives https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Pr1XXvSaVUQ/hqdefault.jpg An AT&T Archives film on the Blit, an early windowed graphics terminal from Bell Labs from around 1982. It shows the multiple-window programmable bitmap display working with Unix. HN people post it as a record of an early windowed graphical interface from outside Xerox, and as the example of AT&T failing to see that everyone would get a bitmap display. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Pr1XXvSaVUQ 258 62178 bell labs blit windowed terminal 2012-08-28T18:35:37Z yes 2018-12-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/CdgQyq3hEPo/lessons-in-game-design-lecture-by-will-wright https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CdgQyq3hEPo/hqdefault.jpg Lessons in Game Design, lecture by Will Wright https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CdgQyq3hEPo/hqdefault.jpg Will Wright, creator of SimCity and The Sims, gives a lecture on game design at the Computer History Museum in November 2003. He covers simulation design, using the computer as a modeling tool, and how players build a model of the system they are playing. HN people recommend it for Wright's account of how simulation games combine dynamics and representations, and cite it in threads on simulation and systems games. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CdgQyq3hEPo 6131 155162 simulation game design 2008-09-23T05:53:29Z yes 2021-01-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/NMvwHDFVpCE/andres-duany-lecture-suburban-sprawl https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NMvwHDFVpCE/hqdefault.jpg Andres Duany Lecture. Suburban Sprawl. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NMvwHDFVpCE/hqdefault.jpg Architect and planner Andres Duany lectures on suburban sprawl, explaining how planning rules and public policy produce it and how a traditional urban fabric differs. He is a leading figure in New Urbanism and the author of Suburban Nation. HN people say the decades-old talk is still precise and comprehensive, and send it around whenever sprawl, zoning and car subsidies come up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NMvwHDFVpCE 5055 24338 suburban sprawl 2012-08-27T21:07:08Z yes 2024-05-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/87jfTIWosBw/practice-2018-joseph-white https://i.ytimg.com/vi/87jfTIWosBw/hqdefault.jpg PRACTICE 2018: Joseph White https://i.ytimg.com/vi/87jfTIWosBw/hqdefault.jpg Joseph White (zep), creator of the Pico-8 fantasy console, speaks at NYU Game Center's PRACTICE conference about the design philosophy behind it. He describes deliberately building a cozy creative environment whose constraints encourage small, playful projects. HN people send Pico-8 fans and tool builders here for the reasoning behind its constraints and its goal of a cozy design space for solving cute problems. https://www.youtube.com/embed/87jfTIWosBw 3574 21014 cozy constrained creative tools 2018-08-07T16:18:37Z yes 2022-12-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/hbIZX6tE9JY/richard-rutter-web-typography-css-day-2018 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hbIZX6tE9JY/hqdefault.jpg Richard Rutter | Web Typography | CSS Day 2018 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hbIZX6tE9JY/hqdefault.jpg Richard Rutter, co-founder of a design agency and a web font service, gives a 48-minute talk at CSS Day 2018 on web typography. It offers practical rules, such as using the default paragraph size and adjusting type size to reading distance, and a section on setting tables so they can be read. HN people recommend it as an excellent, easy-to-follow set of typography guidelines whose advice, especially on tables, has not dated. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hbIZX6tE9JY 2880 3889 practical web typography 2018-10-19T11:45:28Z yes 2022-09-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/9_x5Hor2MP8/jan-gehl-interview-how-to-build-a-good-city https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9_x5Hor2MP8/hqdefault.jpg Jan Gehl Interview: How to Build a Good City https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9_x5Hor2MP8/hqdefault.jpg Louisiana Channel interviews Danish architect and urban designer Jan Gehl about how to build a good city. Gehl argues for planning cities around people and life between buildings, not around traffic. HN people recommend it as the place to start for planning cities for people, and for its critique of sprawl and car-centred cities. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9_x5Hor2MP8 2265 83286 designing cities for people 2017-10-03T11:56:50Z yes 2022-10-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/KyOI7FI6DJ4/ikea-cook-this-page https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KyOI7FI6DJ4/hqdefault.jpg Ikea Cook this Page https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KyOI7FI6DJ4/hqdefault.jpg A Contagious case-study video on IKEA's Cook This Page campaign, in which recipes are printed on baking paper so the poster itself can be used to cook the meal. HN people keep submitting it as a clever piece of advertising design that turns a printed page into a usable product. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KyOI7FI6DJ4 99 1069600 ikea cook this page campaign 2017-05-16T10:05:20Z yes 2022-08-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/_OwG_rQ_Hqw/the-final-demonstration-of-the-xerox-star-computer https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_OwG_rQ_Hqw/hqdefault.jpg The Final Demonstration of the Xerox 'Star' computer https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_OwG_rQ_Hqw/hqdefault.jpg A Computer History Museum recording of a demonstration of the Xerox Star workstation, with people from the original Star team, including David Canfield Smith, discussing the system. It shows the desktop, icons and document-centered interface that the Star pioneered. HN people list it among the key primary sources on PARC-era interfaces and quote Dave Smith's line that Star had fewer commands without having fewer functions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_OwG_rQ_Hqw 8415 22011 xerox star workstation demonstration 2013-10-23T17:03:31Z yes 2020-05-01 monthly 0.5 https://www.designertube.app/watch/HPqGaIMVuLs/surface-stable-fractal-dithering-explained https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HPqGaIMVuLs/hqdefault.jpg Surface-Stable Fractal Dithering Explained https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HPqGaIMVuLs/hqdefault.jpg Rune Skovbo Johansen, an indie game developer and procedural generation enthusiast, explains surface-stable fractal dithering. It is a technique for dithering 3D scenes so the dither pattern sticks to surfaces and stays consistent at different distances. HN people suggest it in any thread on dithering as the deepest and clearest look at making dithered 3D graphics stable. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HPqGaIMVuLs 1306 646521 surface-stable dithering 2025-01-23T15:10:21Z yes 2026-03-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/gisdyTBMNyQ/i-thought-this-rotating-house-was-impossible https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gisdyTBMNyQ/hqdefault.jpg I thought this rotating house was impossible. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gisdyTBMNyQ/hqdefault.jpg Tom Scott visits a rotating house in San Diego and explains how it works, including the mechanism that keeps electricity, water and sewage connected as the house turns. The video includes a 3D animation of the slip ring system and a look at the patent behind it. HN people recommend it for the clear animation of how a house can rotate while keeping power and plumbing connected. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gisdyTBMNyQ 451 8287223 how a rotating house works 2023-07-10T15:00:38Z yes 2024-02-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Mz3JeYfBTcY/emily-shea-perl-out-loud https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Mz3JeYfBTcY/hqdefault.jpg Emily Shea - "Perl Out Loud" https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Mz3JeYfBTcY/hqdefault.jpg Emily Shea gives a talk on programming by voice, coding without typing after hand injury, and demonstrates writing Perl by dictation. She shows the setup and the practical limits of voice input. HN people send it to anyone asking whether voice coding is possible, as a phenomenal demonstration that also made some watchers rethink accessibility-unfriendly code. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Mz3JeYfBTcY 3071 32821 programming by voice 2019-06-18T22:50:15Z yes 2022-09-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Hju0H3NHxVI/mote-an-interactive-ecosystem-simulation-peter-whidden https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Hju0H3NHxVI/hqdefault.jpg Mote: An Interactive Ecosystem Simulation — Peter Whidden https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Hju0H3NHxVI/hqdefault.jpg Peter Whidden presents Mote, an interactive ecosystem simulation, at the Recurse Center. The talk shows the simulation running live and how it was built. HN people share it as an awesome and visually cool simulation talk, in threads about GPU simulation programming. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hju0H3NHxVI 3277 106933 interactive ecosystem simulation 2025-08-21T19:04:28Z yes 2026-01-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/REni8Oi1QJQ/the-dumbest-excuse-for-bad-cities https://i.ytimg.com/vi/REni8Oi1QJQ/hqdefault.jpg The Dumbest Excuse for Bad Cities https://i.ytimg.com/vi/REni8Oi1QJQ/hqdefault.jpg A Not Just Bikes video taking on the claim that North American countries are simply too big and spread out for good transit or rail. It argues that car dependence comes from planning choices like sprawl, single-use zoning and parking requirements, not from geography. HN people use it as the standard rebuttal when someone says the US or Canada is too big for trains and good cities. https://www.youtube.com/embed/REni8Oi1QJQ 780 3107829 why car-dependent cities are a choice 2023-06-19T15:31:46Z yes 2026-01-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/j2dHFC31VtQ/how-american-fire-departments-are-getting-people-killed https://i.ytimg.com/vi/j2dHFC31VtQ/hqdefault.jpg How American Fire Departments are Getting People Killed https://i.ytimg.com/vi/j2dHFC31VtQ/hqdefault.jpg A Not Just Bikes video arguing that American fire department standards, which call for huge trucks and wide streets, make roads more dangerous. It contrasts this with Dutch and European practice, where well-equipped fire engines work on narrower, safer streets. HN people use it to show how differently American and Dutch fire departments approach the job, and why a US fire truck costs so much. https://www.youtube.com/embed/j2dHFC31VtQ 1645 1979356 fire department standards and street design 2024-08-11T16:00:40Z yes 2025-07-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/0-wB1VY3Nrc/humans-can-t-read-urls-how-can-we-fix-it-http-203 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0-wB1VY3Nrc/hqdefault.jpg Humans can't read URLs. How can we fix it? - HTTP 203 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0-wB1VY3Nrc/hqdefault.jpg An episode of Chrome's HTTP 203 series in which Jake Archibald and Surma discuss why people struggle to read URLs, including how to tell which part of an address matters for trust. They go through the problems and a proposal to show the registrable domain more clearly in the browser. HN people cite it as the best explanation of why URLs are hard to read, even for experts, in debates over Chrome hiding full addresses. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0-wB1VY3Nrc 1221 59217 url readability and browser address bar 2020-01-28T14:42:17Z yes 2020-08-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/y7VtSK23_Jg/i-made-chess-2-0 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/y7VtSK23_Jg/hqdefault.jpg I Made Chess 2.0 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/y7VtSK23_Jg/hqdefault.jpg The creator of "Real Time Chess" shows how he built a physical electronic chessboard with no concept of turns, where pieces move whenever players can. The video covers the game rules he changed and the hardware and software engineering behind the board. HN people kept submitting it as a fun hardware build that rethinks a very old game by removing turns. https://www.youtube.com/embed/y7VtSK23_Jg 872 2817756 real-time chess board 2024-12-01T03:11:47Z yes 2025-03-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/YpuX-5E7xoU/the-grille-trend-that-kills-509-people-per-year https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YpuX-5E7xoU/hqdefault.jpg The Grille Trend that Kills 509 People per Year https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YpuX-5E7xoU/hqdefault.jpg FortNine, a motorcycle-focused channel, examines how the tall, blunt front ends and large grilles of modern trucks and SUVs affect pedestrian and rider safety. It looks at data on frontal area and fatalities and shows how oversized the hoods are. HN people use it as the clear, data-backed explanation of how vehicle front-end styling makes American roads deadlier, and cite it in any thread about truck bloat. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YpuX-5E7xoU 501 1321153 truck grille and hood design and pedestrian deaths 2024-03-02T16:00:18Z yes 2025-11-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/NcUJnmBqHTY/cursorless-a-spoken-language-for-editing-code-by-pokey-rule-strange-loop-2023 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NcUJnmBqHTY/hqdefault.jpg "Cursorless: A spoken language for editing code" by Pokey Rule (Strange Loop 2023) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NcUJnmBqHTY/hqdefault.jpg Pokey Rule presents Cursorless at Strange Loop 2023, a spoken language for editing code by voice, used alongside voice-coding tools. The talk shows what it looks like in practice and how it lets you select and change code without a keyboard. HN people call it a great overview and a super cool idea, a kind of vim with your voice, and recommend it to anyone who needs or wants to edit code hands-free. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NcUJnmBqHTY 2366 59207 spoken language for editing code 2023-10-13T16:55:23Z yes 2026-05-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/knbVWXzL4-4/why-the-dutch-wait-less-at-traffic-lights https://i.ytimg.com/vi/knbVWXzL4-4/hqdefault.jpg Why the Dutch Wait Less at Traffic Lights https://i.ytimg.com/vi/knbVWXzL4-4/hqdefault.jpg A Not Just Bikes video on how Dutch traffic lights detect and coordinate traffic to cut waiting times, in contrast with typical American signals. It uses real intersections to show traffic engineering that prioritizes people on foot and bikes as well as cars. HN people point to it as the clearest example that Dutch traffic engineering is smarter and quicker than American signal design, which is tuned for car movement. https://www.youtube.com/embed/knbVWXzL4-4 635 1198442 dutch traffic light design 2020-07-27T07:59:49Z yes 2025-10-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/T3u7bGgVspM/an-approach-to-computing-and-sustainability-inspired-from-permaculture-by https://i.ytimg.com/vi/T3u7bGgVspM/hqdefault.jpg "An approach to computing and sustainability inspired from permaculture" by Devine Lu Linvega https://i.ytimg.com/vi/T3u7bGgVspM/hqdefault.jpg Devine Lu Linvega of Hundred Rabbits gives a Strange Loop 2023 talk on an approach to computing and sustainability inspired by permaculture. It explains the thinking behind Uxn, a small virtual machine built to keep software usable on old, low-power hardware. HN people recommend it as the 'why' behind Uxn and as a great, unusual conference talk that mixes art, resilient tech and a rejection of building on ever-taller stacks. https://www.youtube.com/embed/T3u7bGgVspM 3275 18990 sustainable computing and uxn 2023-10-11T20:09:41Z yes 2024-10-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Opcuy-8VO64/lgr-tech-tales-general-magic-creating-the-cloud https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Opcuy-8VO64/hqdefault.jpg LGR Tech Tales - General Magic: Creating the Cloud https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Opcuy-8VO64/hqdefault.jpg LGR's ten-minute retrospective on General Magic, the 1990s company that tried to build a pocket communicator and its Magic Cap software long before the smartphone. It tells the story of the company and its product. HN people recommend it as a short and fascinating summary of General Magic, the startup that imagined the smartphone, and point to it next to the documentary. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Opcuy-8VO64 635 401062 general magic and magic cap 2016-08-15T20:50:16Z yes 2019-12-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Hv6EMd8dlQk/if-apple-made-window-blinds https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Hv6EMd8dlQk/hqdefault.jpg if Apple made window blinds... https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Hv6EMd8dlQk/hqdefault.jpg Joma Tech's comedy sketch imagining Apple launching window blinds, parodying the language and staging of an Apple keynote. It sends up how a company can dress up an ordinary product as a world-changing one. HN people share it as a well-made parody of Apple's product pitch and tech CEO keynote talk, and for its privacy punch line. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hv6EMd8dlQk 470 6064404 parody of apple product launches 2021-08-06T13:00:09Z yes 2022-09-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/UWEjxkkB8Xs/buster-keaton-the-art-of-the-gag https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UWEjxkkB8Xs/hqdefault.jpg Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UWEjxkkB8Xs/hqdefault.jpg An Every Frame a Painting video essay on Buster Keaton's silent comedy, looking at how he built gags through camera framing, staging and timing. It shows clips to explain how the visual craft makes the jokes work. HN people share it as the great, short film essay on Keaton, especially for its focus on camera frames and how visual comedy is built. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UWEjxkkB8Xs 515 8402636 buster keaton visual comedy 2015-11-21T17:20:08Z yes 2025-01-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/CCOdQsZa15o/the-houses-that-can-t-be-built-in-america-the-missing-middle https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CCOdQsZa15o/hqdefault.jpg The Houses that Can't be Built in America - The Missing Middle https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CCOdQsZa15o/hqdefault.jpg A Not Just Bikes video on the missing middle, the modest housing types between detached houses and large apartment blocks that zoning rules in most of the United States make hard or illegal to build. It contrasts this with places where such housing is common. HN people link it whenever zoning and housing come up, as the clearest overview of gentle density and human-scale neighbourhoods. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CCOdQsZa15o 490 2884929 missing middle housing and zoning 2021-03-08T19:30:11Z yes 2021-12-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/iYpl0QVCr6U/maciej-ceglowski-the-website-obesity-crisis-web-directions-2015-keynote https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iYpl0QVCr6U/hqdefault.jpg Maciej Ceglowski - The Website Obesity Crisis [Web Directions 2015 Keynote] https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iYpl0QVCr6U/hqdefault.jpg Maciej Ceglowski's keynote at Web Directions 2015 on the growing bloat of web pages. He argues that sites have become far heavier than their content needs and makes the case for restraint and speed. HN people go back to it whenever they run into fat, slow pages, as a witty and still pertinent argument for serving only what is essential. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iYpl0QVCr6U 3200 7772 web page bloat 2018-03-23T02:47:29Z yes 2021-07-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/rSKMYc1CQHE/coding-adventure-simulating-fluids https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rSKMYc1CQHE/hqdefault.jpg Coding Adventure: Simulating Fluids https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rSKMYc1CQHE/hqdefault.jpg Sebastian Lague builds a particle-based fluid simulation from scratch in C# and HLSL for Unity, one of his Coding Adventure videos. The accompanying GitHub repository links to the research papers behind the method. HN people recommend it as a practical, from-scratch intro to fluid simulation that is fast enough for real-time use. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rSKMYc1CQHE 2872 2663773 real-time fluid simulation 2023-10-08T11:09:16Z yes 2024-04-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/JZ6ZzJeWgpY/fermi-paradox-mercury-60fps-revision-2016-64k https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JZ6ZzJeWgpY/hqdefault.jpg fermi paradox - mercury | 60fps | Revision 2016 | 64k https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JZ6ZzJeWgpY/hqdefault.jpg "Fermi Paradox" by mercury, the winning 64k intro at the Revision 2016 demoparty, shown in a 60fps capture. A 64k intro is a real-time audiovisual demo that fits in 64 kilobytes. HN people post it as the winner of the Revision 2016 64k competition, praising scenes like the cratered moon and Jupiter's storms as beautiful. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JZ6ZzJeWgpY 339 566655 64k demoscene intro 2016-03-27T11:57:44Z yes 2022-01-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/lX6JcybgDFo/box https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lX6JcybgDFo/hqdefault.jpg Box https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lX6JcybgDFo/hqdefault.jpg Box is a short art film by the studio Bot and Dolly that combines projection onto moving surfaces with industrial robots moving them. The result is kinematic art in which the projected scene and the moving panels are choreographed together. HN people recommend it as an amazing example of kinematic art with industrial robots, and remember the company behind it as one that vanished after Google bought it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lX6JcybgDFo 315 6875659 robots and projection mapping art 2013-09-24T15:00:49Z yes 2019-11-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/dqQw05Mr63E/the-suburban-traffic-contradiction https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dqQw05Mr63E/hqdefault.jpg The Suburban Traffic Contradiction https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dqQw05Mr63E/hqdefault.jpg An Oh The Urbanity! video arguing that suburban residents and walkable-city advocates want the same thing: less car traffic on their own street. It shows how suburban street design pushes traffic onto arterial roads that nobody wants to live beside. HN people use it to make the point that car-dependent suburbia means imposing your car on others while keeping theirs away from your house. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dqQw05Mr63E 524 177342 suburban traffic and street design 2021-10-09T13:22:50Z yes 2024-07-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/7kVeCqQCxlk/css-grid-changes-everything-amazing-presentation https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7kVeCqQCxlk/hqdefault.jpg CSS Grid Changes EVERYTHING - Amazing Presentation https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7kVeCqQCxlk/hqdefault.jpg A conference talk showing how CSS Grid changes the way pages are laid out on the web. It demonstrates defining layouts with named areas and building responsive designs with far less code. HN people say it made CSS Grid click for them, and they use it as the best introduction to how grid fixes the relationship between HTML and CSS. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7kVeCqQCxlk 1926 1120623 css grid layout 2017-07-17T03:33:14Z yes 2019-02-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/D8_VmWWRJgE/realistic-and-interactive-robot-gaze https://i.ytimg.com/vi/D8_VmWWRJgE/hqdefault.jpg Realistic and Interactive Robot Gaze https://i.ytimg.com/vi/D8_VmWWRJgE/hqdefault.jpg A Disney Research demo of an animatronic robot whose eye gaze is realistic and responds interactively to the people around it. The video shows the robot looking at, following and reacting to a person. HN people keep submitting it as a striking example of how lifelike a robot can feel once its gaze behaves like a human's. https://www.youtube.com/embed/D8_VmWWRJgE 61 1063126 interactive robot gaze 2020-10-29T19:30:25Z yes 2023-10-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/bqtqltqcQhw/coding-adventure-boids https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bqtqltqcQhw/hqdefault.jpg Coding Adventure: Boids https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bqtqltqcQhw/hqdefault.jpg Sebastian Lague builds a boids flocking simulation in Unity, explaining the rules that produce flocking behavior and how to scale it up with parallelization on the GPU. It is one of his Coding Adventure videos, with a companion code repository. HN people recommend it as an excellent, approachable introduction to boids and to strategies for handling many simultaneous queries in a simulation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bqtqltqcQhw 515 1727398 boids flocking simulation 2019-08-26T13:12:42Z yes 2025-05-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/CnPOQr1pxY8/halcyon-dreams-the-legacy-of-dragon-s-lair https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CnPOQr1pxY8/hqdefault.jpg Halcyon Dreams: The Legacy of Dragon's Lair https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CnPOQr1pxY8/hqdefault.jpg hbomberguy's 43-minute video essay on Dragon's Lair, the 1983 laserdisc arcade game animated by Don Bluth's studio, and its legacy for games and animation. It covers how the game was made and the genre it spawned. HN people recommend it as a deep dive that gives more on Dragon's Lair and Space Ace than you knew you wanted, and as an example of thoughtful YouTube video essays. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CnPOQr1pxY8 2597 1302191 dragon's lair and interactive animation 2017-11-22T17:14:29Z yes 2019-04-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/UX4KklvCDmg/why-everywhere-in-the-us-is-starting-to-look-the-same https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UX4KklvCDmg/hqdefault.jpg Why Everywhere in the US is Starting to Look the Same https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UX4KklvCDmg/hqdefault.jpg A Wendover Productions video on why buildings, retail and neighborhoods across the US increasingly look alike. HN commenters connect it to cheap 5-over-1 apartment construction and to chain retail making the country feel like one big mall. HN people use it to explain sameness in American buildings and stores, from corporate landlords building 5-over-1s to the whole country feeling like a mall. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UX4KklvCDmg 1209 3965747 why american buildings look the same 2022-02-23T15:30:39Z yes 2024-06-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/V1Eu9vZaDYw/light-table-chris-granger https://i.ytimg.com/vi/V1Eu9vZaDYw/hqdefault.jpg Light Table - Chris Granger https://i.ytimg.com/vi/V1Eu9vZaDYw/hqdefault.jpg Chris Granger's Clojure/conj talk on Light Table, his live-feedback code editor. HN commenters remember it for the data-oriented, entity-component-system way he built it and a game in ClojureScript. HN people cite it as a favorite on data-oriented design and as an example of an alternative architecture for GUIs and games. https://www.youtube.com/embed/V1Eu9vZaDYw 2682 34346 light table and data-oriented design 2013-01-21T18:17:32Z yes 2019-04-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/DEqXNfs_HhY/donut-shaped-c-code-that-generates-a-3d-spinning-donut https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DEqXNfs_HhY/hqdefault.jpg Donut-shaped C code that generates a 3D spinning donut https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DEqXNfs_HhY/hqdefault.jpg A video on the famous donut-shaped C program that prints a spinning 3D donut in ASCII characters. It shows the code and the rotation and projection math behind it. HN people treat the C donut as a classic piece of programmer art, and bring it up in threads about ASCII graphics. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DEqXNfs_HhY 125 9194439 ascii spinning donut in c 2020-07-06T19:30:13Z yes 2021-12-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/x_q50tvbQm4/susan-kare-explains-macintosh-ui-ergonomics-on-the-computer-chronicles-1984 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/x_q50tvbQm4/hqdefault.jpg Susan Kare explains Macintosh UI ergonomics on the Computer Chronicles (1984) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/x_q50tvbQm4/hqdefault.jpg A 1984 Computer Chronicles segment in which Susan Kare, the designer of the original Macintosh icons and fonts, explains and demonstrates the Mac's interface. It shows the desktop, windows and control panel at a time when most viewers had never seen a graphical computer. HN people treasure it as a window into explaining a brand-new interface to beginners, and admire the Mac control panel it shows. https://www.youtube.com/embed/x_q50tvbQm4 351 51421 susan kare on macintosh ui 2020-04-28T14:23:15Z yes 2022-07-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/cK4REjqGc9w/demonstration-of-4-row-janko-keyboard https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cK4REjqGc9w/hqdefault.jpg Demonstration of 4-Row Janko Keyboard https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cK4REjqGc9w/hqdefault.jpg A demonstration of the four-row Janko keyboard, an alternative piano keyboard layout, played by Paul Vandervoort. It shows that a piece can be played on a re-laid-out keyboard instead of the standard one. HN people use it as the example of an alternative keyboard in action, in threads on isomorphic keyboards, odd layouts and whether a different interface makes a different instrument. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cK4REjqGc9w 730 330414 janko alternative piano keyboard 2012-02-08T01:05:18Z yes 2024-08-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/2THVvshvq0Q/michael-bay-what-is-bayhem https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2THVvshvq0Q/hqdefault.jpg Michael Bay - What is Bayhem? https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2THVvshvq0Q/hqdefault.jpg A video essay from Every Frame a Painting on the style of director Michael Bay, which fans call Bayhem. It looks at how his framing, camera movement, colour and editing make his action films recognisable and deliberate rather than random. HN people treat it as an eye-opening analysis of Bay's craft, citing it for his editing and his deliberate colour choices. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2THVvshvq0Q 522 3291363 michael bay visual style 2014-07-03T07:46:00Z yes 2025-05-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/8WP7AkJo3OE/upgrading-from-windows-1-0-to-windows-8-on-actual-hardware https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8WP7AkJo3OE/hqdefault.jpg Upgrading From Windows 1.0 to Windows 8 On Actual Hardware https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8WP7AkJo3OE/hqdefault.jpg A hands-on video in which one machine is upgraded step by step from Windows 1.0 through to Windows 8 on actual hardware. Along the way it shows each release's interface and whether the upgrade path holds. HN people use it as the stock example of an unbroken Windows upgrade chain, and as the video to point at when asking for the same on other systems. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8WP7AkJo3OE 4456 7271509 windows upgrade chain 1.0 to 8 2013-09-03T03:38:20Z yes 2016-01-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/dehXioMIKg0/maker-profile-kinetic-wave-sculptures-on-make-television https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dehXioMIKg0/hqdefault.jpg Maker Profile - Kinetic Wave Sculptures on MAKE: television https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dehXioMIKg0/hqdefault.jpg A short MAKE: television maker profile of kinetic wave sculptures, the moving mechanical artworks of Reuben Margolin. It shows the sculptures in motion and the maker behind them. HN people submitted it repeatedly over the years as a beautiful example of mechanical, handmade kinetic art. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dehXioMIKg0 641 1071834 kinetic wave sculptures 2009-01-29T18:17:24Z yes 2018-08-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/TlLIOgWYVpI/herbert-wolverson-procedural-map-generation-techniques https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TlLIOgWYVpI/hqdefault.jpg Herbert Wolverson - Procedural Map Generation Techniques https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TlLIOgWYVpI/hqdefault.jpg Herbert Wolverson, known for the Rust roguelike tutorial, presents procedural map generation techniques at Roguelike Celebration. He walks through several approaches to generating dungeon and level maps that are easy to implement. HN people call it a fun, informative tour of five or six approachable map generation techniques and send it to anyone starting with procedural generation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TlLIOgWYVpI 1649 153040 procedural map generation for roguelikes 2020-10-15T17:00:04Z yes 2022-10-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/GFMyMxMYDNk/how-star-wars-was-saved-in-the-edit https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GFMyMxMYDNk/hqdefault.jpg How Star Wars was saved in the edit https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GFMyMxMYDNk/hqdefault.jpg A RocketJump video on how the editing of the original Star Wars rescued the film, showing what changed between the rough footage and the final cut. It covers cuts that improved pacing and drama. HN people share it as a clear account of how much of the original Star Wars was fixed in the edit, and it changed some people's view of how Lucas worked. https://www.youtube.com/embed/GFMyMxMYDNk 1105 3239956 film editing of star wars 2017-12-07T19:00:01Z yes 2021-12-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/c2lgEyNaop4/classic-game-postmortem-alone-in-the-dark https://i.ytimg.com/vi/c2lgEyNaop4/hqdefault.jpg Classic Game Postmortem: Alone in the Dark https://i.ytimg.com/vi/c2lgEyNaop4/hqdefault.jpg Frederick Raynal gives a GDC Classic Game Postmortem on Alone in the Dark, the early 3D survival horror game. He talks about how it was made, including the old editing tools and his earlier work porting Alpha Waves from Atari ST to PC. HN people recommend it as a very nice look at the original tools and technical story behind Alone in the Dark, alongside threads on the game and its creator. https://www.youtube.com/embed/c2lgEyNaop4 3463 27104 alone in the dark game postmortem 2018-10-24T16:18:43Z yes 2023-10-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/SDXB0CY2tSQ/business-parks-suck-but-they-don-t-have-to https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SDXB0CY2tSQ/hqdefault.jpg Business Parks Suck (but they don't have to) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SDXB0CY2tSQ/hqdefault.jpg A Not Just Bikes video about business parks, contrasting car-only American-style office parks with a Dutch business park near Amsterdam's airport that is also reachable by bike, train and on foot. It argues that these places can be designed to welcome more than cars. HN people cite it as a concrete example of how a Dutch business park balances car access with walking, cycling and transit. https://www.youtube.com/embed/SDXB0CY2tSQ 943 1600659 designing business parks for non-car access 2022-04-18T17:59:51Z yes 2023-10-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/IiuVggWNqSA/chm-live-original-iphone-software-team-leader-scott-forstall-part-two https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IiuVggWNqSA/hqdefault.jpg CHM Live | Original iPhone Software Team Leader Scott Forstall (Part Two) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IiuVggWNqSA/hqdefault.jpg Scott Forstall, who led the original iPhone software team, in conversation at the Computer History Museum. He talks about his time at NeXT and Apple, the iPhone software project and stories about Steve Jobs. HN people cite it as Forstall's own account of how the iPhone software came about, and for his anecdotes about working with Jobs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IiuVggWNqSA 3782 101434 scott forstall on building iphone software 2017-06-28T18:02:59Z yes 2025-06-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/doaQC-S8de8/akira-kurosawa-composing-movement https://i.ytimg.com/vi/doaQC-S8de8/hqdefault.jpg Akira Kurosawa - Composing Movement https://i.ytimg.com/vi/doaQC-S8de8/hqdefault.jpg An Every Frame a Painting video essay on how Akira Kurosawa composes movement in his films, from wind and crowds to camera and actors. It contrasts this with the largely static, dialogue-driven style of modern blockbusters such as the Avengers films. HN people treat it as the excellent reference on cinematic movement, using it to argue that many modern films are just photographs of people talking. https://www.youtube.com/embed/doaQC-S8de8 505 10811620 kurosawa and movement in film 2015-03-20T00:59:28Z yes 2023-08-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/vZp0ETdD37E/designing-a-4d-world-the-technology-behind-miegakure-hide-and-reveal https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vZp0ETdD37E/hqdefault.jpg Designing a 4D World: The Technology behind Miegakure [Hide&Reveal] https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vZp0ETdD37E/hqdefault.jpg Marc ten Bosch of mtbdesignworks explains the technology behind Miegakure, his four-dimensional puzzle-platformer, at a Hide&Reveal talk. It shows how a 4D world is built and how a 3D slice of it is rendered and navigated. HN people recommend it as the helpful explanation of what a slice of 4D space looks like and how a game can be designed around it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vZp0ETdD37E 268 1307660 designing a 4d game world 2016-03-08T16:49:05Z yes 2021-09-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/wqu_IpkOYBg/farbrausch-fr-041-debris-hd https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wqu_IpkOYBg/hqdefault.jpg Farbrausch - fr-041: debris. [HD] https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wqu_IpkOYBg/hqdefault.jpg debris. (fr-041) is a demoscene production by the group Farbrausch, shown at Breakpoint 2007, a real-time audiovisual piece packed into an executable of about 177 kilobytes. It includes 3D assets, textures and music, and has a small thread of narrative. HN people recommend it as the best way to show off the demoscene, because of how much it fits into 177 KB and the hint of story that reaches non-demoscene viewers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wqu_IpkOYBg 435 228716 farbrausch debris demoscene production 2009-02-22T14:59:46Z yes 2016-06-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/tJuqe6sre2I/dubai-is-a-parody-of-the-21st-century https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tJuqe6sre2I/hqdefault.jpg Dubai Is A Parody Of The 21st Century https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tJuqe6sre2I/hqdefault.jpg Adam Something takes a critical look at Dubai as a planned, car-centered city, treating its skyscrapers and developments as a parody of 21st-century urban ambition. It is an opinionated video essay on planning, architecture and what makes cities work. HN people cite it as a critique of planned, car-centered cities and of the less glamorous side of Dubai. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tJuqe6sre2I 769 15888763 critique of dubai as a planned city 2021-09-03T06:05:48Z yes 2022-07-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/LewVEF2B_pM/strandbeest-evolution-2017 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LewVEF2B_pM/hqdefault.jpg STRANDBEEST EVOLUTION 2017 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LewVEF2B_pM/hqdefault.jpg Theo Jansen's Strandbeest Evolution 2017 shows his wind-powered walking sculptures, built from plastic tubing, walking along the beach. The video follows how his creatures have developed over the years. HN people share it as an incredible example of engineering as art, and keep it on hand as one of several Strandbeest videos worth exploring. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LewVEF2B_pM 260 13794141 strandbeest kinetic sculptures 2017-06-07T13:30:06Z yes 2023-04-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ij9KXgiyDAc/remembering-a-carver-ito-susumu https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ij9KXgiyDAc/hqdefault.jpg Remembering a carver - Ito Susumu https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ij9KXgiyDAc/hqdefault.jpg A tribute video by woodblock printmaker David Bull remembering the carver Ito Susumu. It is a short memorial to a craftsman of the Japanese woodblock print tradition. HN people submitted it repeatedly over several years as a moving look at traditional craft. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ij9KXgiyDAc 1716 3735885 tribute to a woodblock carver 2016-05-23T09:03:24Z yes 2022-02-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/WqjUlmkYr2g/designer-s-table https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WqjUlmkYr2g/hqdefault.jpg Designer's Table https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WqjUlmkYr2g/hqdefault.jpg A KRAZAM comedy sketch parodying Netflix's Chef's Table, in which a product designer speaks reverently about a standing mat and its second iteration. It satirizes the precious way design and tech culture talks about products. HN people share and quote it as a running joke, lifting lines like the one about sitting and standing and comparing absurd news to KRAZAM sketches. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WqjUlmkYr2g 292 342849 parody of designer documentaries 2020-04-13T18:07:01Z yes 2021-10-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Vyga8VMWXKg/art-of-the-marbler https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Vyga8VMWXKg/hqdefault.jpg Art of the Marbler https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Vyga8VMWXKg/hqdefault.jpg A 1970 film from Bedfordshire Archives showing the craft of marbling paper by hand, featuring the marbler Sydney Cockerell. It follows the process step by step, from floating colors on a bath to lifting the pattern onto paper. HN people share it as a go-to example of a well-explained craft process film, whenever marbling or traditional making comes up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Vyga8VMWXKg 773 1656158 hand marbling of paper 2013-03-16T15:34:37Z yes 2022-07-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ytomieYqUCQ/controlling-blender-with-my-voice-using-llm https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ytomieYqUCQ/hqdefault.jpg Controlling Blender with my voice using LLM https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ytomieYqUCQ/hqdefault.jpg A demo of controlling Blender with spoken commands, where a large language model turns speech into actions in the 3D software. It shows how well a voice and LLM interface can drive a complex creative tool. HN people repeatedly submitted it as a striking demo of driving a 3D tool by voice through an LLM. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ytomieYqUCQ 933 369925 voice control of blender with an llm 2024-12-19T16:33:07Z yes 2025-07-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/-EA2FQXs4dw/i-could-hardly-believe-my-eyes-looking-glass-holographic-monitor https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-EA2FQXs4dw/hqdefault.jpg I could hardly believe my eyes! - Looking Glass Holographic Monitor https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-EA2FQXs4dw/hqdefault.jpg Linus Tech Tips looks at the Looking Glass holographic display, a monitor that shows 3D scenes viewable without glasses. The video demos the hardware and shows how the display maps pixels to produce depth. HN people link it as a clear overview of the Looking Glass display, and cite its footage and its pixel-mapping detail when arguing about how the tech really works. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-EA2FQXs4dw 670 1812634 holographic 3d display 2019-12-21T19:42:18Z yes 2021-07-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/-d2-PtK4F6Y/pixel-city-procedurally-generated-city https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-d2-PtK4F6Y/hqdefault.jpg Pixel City - Procedurally generated city https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-d2-PtK4F6Y/hqdefault.jpg A video of Shamus Young's Pixel City, a program that procedurally generates a nighttime city from code. It shows the city being built and the finished result, and he wrote a companion article series with source code walking through how it works. HN people fondly remember it as a clear, approachable example of procedural city generation with the write-up to learn from. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-d2-PtK4F6Y 273 807459 procedural city generation 2009-05-01T20:12:59Z yes 2015-06-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/RBBiri3CD6w/coding-in-stenography-quick-demo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RBBiri3CD6w/hqdefault.jpg Coding in Stenography, Quick Demo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RBBiri3CD6w/hqdefault.jpg A short scripted demo from the Art of Chording channel showing a developer writing JavaScript using a stenography machine instead of a regular keyboard. It illustrates how steno chording can be used for programming. HN people point to it as the go-to demo of programming with steno whenever stenography or chording as a faster input method comes up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RBBiri3CD6w 121 131538 programming with a steno keyboard 2016-04-04T03:28:00Z yes 2021-03-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/MYGJ9jrbpvg/strandbeest-evolution https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MYGJ9jrbpvg/hqdefault.jpg strandbeest evolution https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MYGJ9jrbpvg/hqdefault.jpg A Theo Jansen video showing his Strandbeests, wind-powered walking creatures built from plastic tubing, in motion. It includes his Jansen's linkage leg mechanism and shows wind-powered walkers at work. HN people share it for the eerily smooth, almost impossible-looking walking of the machines, and as the canonical Strandbeest clip. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MYGJ9jrbpvg 273 14491984 strandbeest walking machines 2013-06-04T07:02:32Z yes 2023-10-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/s8nFqwOho-s/nvscene-2015-session-how-to-create-content-with-signed-distance-functions https://i.ytimg.com/vi/s8nFqwOho-s/hqdefault.jpg NVScene 2015 Session: How to Create Content with Signed Distance Functions (Johann Korndörfer) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/s8nFqwOho-s/hqdefault.jpg Johann Korndorfer of the Mercury demogroup explains at NVScene 2015 how to build sophisticated content by raymarching signed distance functions. It teaches the technique that powers much of the shader and demoscene look. HN people recommend it as the excellent talk on building up scenes from raymarched distance functions, and link it from threads on Shadertoy and 64k intros. https://www.youtube.com/embed/s8nFqwOho-s 3066 35288 signed distance functions for content creation 2015-03-24T16:27:51Z yes 2018-02-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/PFc379hu--8/alan-kay-july-2007-a-conversation-with-cmu-faculty-and-students https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PFc379hu--8/hqdefault.jpg Alan Kay : July 2007 : A Conversation with CMU Faculty & Students https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PFc379hu--8/hqdefault.jpg A July 2007 conversation between Alan Kay and faculty and students at Carnegie Mellon, mostly unscripted. Kay discusses the state of computing and how computer science should be taught. HN people name it as their favorite Alan Kay talk because it is unscripted, and cite it for his blunt criticism of today's computing and CS curricula. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PFc379hu--8 4848 12899 alan kay on computing and cs education 2016-04-06T19:37:17Z yes 2024-03-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/94d_h_t2QAA/donald-sherman-orders-a-pizza-using-a-talking-computer-dec-4-1974 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/94d_h_t2QAA/hqdefault.jpg Donald Sherman orders a pizza using a talking computer, Dec 4, 1974 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/94d_h_t2QAA/hqdefault.jpg A 1974 recording of Donald Sherman ordering a pizza by talking to a computer that answers in synthetic speech. It is an early demonstration of a speech-based interface, uploaded by John Eulenberg. HN people share it as a surprising piece of technology archaeology, an early example of synthetic voice and ordering food by computer a decade before email demos. https://www.youtube.com/embed/94d_h_t2QAA 432 228652 1974 talking computer pizza order 2010-03-16T14:24:31Z yes 2025-03-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/M_VuXVErD6E/design-your-own-keyboard https://i.ytimg.com/vi/M_VuXVErD6E/hqdefault.jpg Design Your Own Keyboard! https://i.ytimg.com/vi/M_VuXVErD6E/hqdefault.jpg Ben Vallack walks through designing your own custom keyboard, including laying it out, wiring it and designing its PCB. It targets a split keyboard but covers the general steps. HN people recommend it as a clear walkthrough of building a keyboard shaped to your own hands, from a creator they find underrated. https://www.youtube.com/embed/M_VuXVErD6E 2464 140211 designing a custom keyboard 2022-05-21T18:42:00Z yes 2023-02-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/rXHu9OmLd8Y/04-secret-history-of-microsoft-bob https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rXHu9OmLd8Y/hqdefault.jpg 04.Secret History of Microsoft Bob https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rXHu9OmLd8Y/hqdefault.jpg Dave's Garage tells the story of Microsoft Bob, the 1990s social-interface product, and the hidden way Bob data was used in Windows. David Plummer, who added it, explains how and why he used it to give Windows CDs unique data. HN people link it as the first-hand account of the Bob episode from the engineer who did it, mostly in threads on Windows activation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rXHu9OmLd8Y 623 157707 microsoft bob and windows activation data 2020-11-24T20:06:49Z yes 2021-04-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/N9c7_8Gp7gI/rethinking-cs-education-alan-kay-crossroads-2015 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/N9c7_8Gp7gI/hqdefault.jpg Rethinking CS Education | Alan Kay, CrossRoads 2015 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/N9c7_8Gp7gI/hqdefault.jpg Alan Kay speaks at the CrossRoads 2015 conference on rethinking computer science education. He argues that people poorly understand systems, that thinking is not just logic, and that programming languages are user interfaces. HN people urge everyone to watch it as a first Alan Kay talk, and quote it for the idea that a programming language is as much a user interface as anything else. https://www.youtube.com/embed/N9c7_8Gp7gI 4232 27632 alan kay on cs education 2015-12-03T21:04:28Z yes 2019-07-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/LsGZ_2RuJ2A/salad-mug-dynamo-dream-ep1 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LsGZ_2RuJ2A/hqdefault.jpg Salad Mug - DYNAMO DREAM, Ep1 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LsGZ_2RuJ2A/hqdefault.jpg Salad Mug is the first episode of Dynamo Dream, a sci-fi short made by Ian Hubert and rendered in Blender. It mixes 3D effects with real footage in a small-team production. HN people post it whenever Blender comes up, as evidence of what a single person or tiny team can achieve with open source tools. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LsGZ_2RuJ2A 1292 6589998 solo blender sci-fi short 2021-05-26T06:10:29Z yes 2023-11-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/BW32yUEymvU/rekka-bellum-and-devine-lu-linvega-hundred-rabbits-xoxo-festival-2019 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BW32yUEymvU/hqdefault.jpg Rekka Bellum and Devine Lu Linvega, Hundred Rabbits - XOXO Festival (2019) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BW32yUEymvU/hqdefault.jpg Rekka Bellum and Devine Lu Linvega of Hundred Rabbits talk at XOXO Festival about living and working on a sailboat, making games, art, music and their own software. They describe building lightweight tools that work off-grid. HN people share it as the story behind the off-grid sailing duo and their homegrown software, and cite it for the problems of devices that need constant connectivity. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BW32yUEymvU 1953 23674 off-grid creative studio and homegrown tools 2019-10-10T17:57:48Z yes 2021-12-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ztpcWUqVpIg/even-small-towns-are-great-here-5-years-in-the-netherlands https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ztpcWUqVpIg/hqdefault.jpg Even Small Towns are Great Here (5 Years in the Netherlands) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ztpcWUqVpIg/hqdefault.jpg A Not Just Bikes video on what small towns in the Netherlands are like after five years of living there. It shows how streets, housing and local services are laid out so that daily life works without a car. HN people post it in car-dependence and urban planning arguments as proof that small towns and suburbs can be comfortable without driving. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ztpcWUqVpIg 1100 1832010 walkable dutch small towns 2023-08-27T09:59:54Z yes 2026-04-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/QyjyWUrHsFc/a-brief-history-of-graphics https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QyjyWUrHsFc/hqdefault.jpg A Brief History of Graphics https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QyjyWUrHsFc/hqdefault.jpg A roughly 45-minute video essay from the Ahoy channel that traces the history of graphics in video games, consolidated from a longer playlist into a single video. It follows how game visuals developed across hardware generations. HN people pass it around as an interesting, well-produced single-sitting overview of how game graphics evolved. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QyjyWUrHsFc 2667 6051760 history of video game graphics 2015-01-19T00:34:57Z yes 2021-04-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/7S-DGTBZU14/the-addictive-cost-of-predatory-videogame-monetization-the-jimquisition https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7S-DGTBZU14/hqdefault.jpg The Addictive Cost Of Predatory Videogame Monetization (The Jimquisition) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7S-DGTBZU14/hqdefault.jpg Jim Sterling's Jimquisition episode on predatory monetization in video games, such as loot boxes and microtransactions. It argues these systems are built to exploit players and includes testimonials from people who spent money they could not afford. HN people recommend it as a good overview of how knowingly sinister microtransactions and gacha systems are, and cite its testimonials in threads on game monetization. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7S-DGTBZU14 2053 1290973 predatory game monetization 2019-07-01T13:24:09Z yes 2022-03-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/kgmAwnNxdgw/living-organisms-can-t-survive-in-their-own-waste-products-alan-kay https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kgmAwnNxdgw/hqdefault.jpg Living organisms can’t survive in their own waste products - Alan Kay https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kgmAwnNxdgw/hqdefault.jpg A 2020 Nerdearla talk by Alan Kay, whose title states that living organisms cannot survive in their own waste products. HN people link it in discussions of digital pollution and the state of software. HN people keep submitting Alan Kay's talks as worth the time, and link this one when software accumulating its own waste comes up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kgmAwnNxdgw 9662 23855 alan kay on software and its waste 2020-12-17T12:00:11Z yes 2023-12-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/By7qcgaqGI4/the-glitch-that-broke-link-s-cel-shading https://i.ytimg.com/vi/By7qcgaqGI4/hqdefault.jpg The Glitch that Broke Link's Cel Shading https://i.ytimg.com/vi/By7qcgaqGI4/hqdefault.jpg Jasper explains a rendering glitch that broke the cel shading on Link in a Zelda game and walks through the graphics concepts behind it. It is one of his videos on how game graphics work. HN people post it as an accessible look inside a game's rendering engine and the quirks of real-time shading. https://www.youtube.com/embed/By7qcgaqGI4 2110 714042 cel shading rendering glitch 2022-11-28T23:20:20Z yes 2026-06-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/6JAgXz6xO0s/the-secret-life-of-components-a-series-of-eight-guides-for-designers-and-makers https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6JAgXz6xO0s/hqdefault.jpg The Secret Life of components. A series of eight guides for designers and makers by Tim Hunkin https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6JAgXz6xO0s/hqdefault.jpg The three-minute intro to The Secret Life of Components, a series of eight guides for designers and makers by Tim Hunkin, creator of the TV series The Secret Life of Machines. The series explains how mechanical and electromechanical parts work. HN people recommend Hunkin's components films as great stuff for anyone who likes building things, in the spirit of his earlier Secret Life of Machines. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6JAgXz6xO0s 181 83050 mechanical components for makers 2021-02-25T11:38:46Z yes 2025-10-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/sfGtw2C95Ms/understanding-the-job https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sfGtw2C95Ms/hqdefault.jpg Understanding the Job https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sfGtw2C95Ms/hqdefault.jpg A short talk by Clayton Christensen on Jobs to Be Done, using the story of a fast food chain's milkshakes to show how people hire products for a job. It reframes who a product competes against. HN people treat it as the definitive short introduction to Jobs to Be Done, and link it whenever the framing of competition around customer needs comes up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/sfGtw2C95Ms 296 507469 jobs to be done 2016-03-31T10:23:00Z yes 2024-09-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ZfytHvgHybA/bret-victor-stop-drawing-dead-fish https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZfytHvgHybA/hqdefault.jpg Bret Victor - Stop Drawing Dead Fish https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZfytHvgHybA/hqdefault.jpg Bret Victor's talk Stop Drawing Dead Fish argues that digital tools make people draw static, lifeless things. He shows alternatives in which the artist works with live, dynamic pictures directly. HN people say it has stuck with them for a decade, and point to it whenever a thread asks for live, tinkerable interfaces. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZfytHvgHybA 3213 53225 tools for dynamic drawing 2013-08-14T04:36:09Z yes 2025-08-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Ao9X1GsUPys/a-vision-of-new-age-with-alan-kay-1988-vpri-0224 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ao9X1GsUPys/hqdefault.jpg A Vision of New Age with Alan Kay 1988 (VPRI 0224) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ao9X1GsUPys/hqdefault.jpg A 1988 presentation by Alan Kay, "A Vision of a New Age", on where computing and media were heading, archived in the VPRI series. It includes predictions of media-driven websites well before they became common. HN people share it as evidence that Kay saw the web and rich digital media coming decades early. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ao9X1GsUPys 3610 3248 alan kay 1988 vision of new age 2017-11-13T23:15:24Z yes 2019-10-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/_JhTaENzfZQ/rebuilding-netlify-with-tailwind-css https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_JhTaENzfZQ/hqdefault.jpg Rebuilding Netlify with Tailwind CSS https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_JhTaENzfZQ/hqdefault.jpg Adam Wathan rebuilds the Netlify interface live with Tailwind CSS, in about an hour and a half and without writing any custom CSS. It is a screencast of utility-first CSS used on a real, polished UI. HN developers point to it as the proof that utility-first CSS works, and one calls it eye opening that you do not need fancy UI components to build something great. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_JhTaENzfZQ 5248 47908 building UI with Tailwind CSS 2018-07-13T17:06:12Z yes 2020-06-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/VdqhHKjepiE/rimworld-contrarian-ridiculous-and-impossible-game-design-methods https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VdqhHKjepiE/hqdefault.jpg RimWorld: Contrarian, Ridiculous, and Impossible Game Design Methods https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VdqhHKjepiE/hqdefault.jpg RimWorld creator Tynan Sylvester gives a GDC talk on how he designed the game as a story generator rather than a conventional game. He covers unconventional design methods, including how the simulation lets players read stories into events. HN game developers recommend it as the accessible way to understand how RimWorld was designed, and as the source for emergent narrative and apophenia in games. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VdqhHKjepiE 3652 284828 RimWorld story generator design 2019-05-16T16:17:21Z yes 2024-06-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/50L44hEtVos/alan-kay-on-learning https://i.ytimg.com/vi/50L44hEtVos/hqdefault.jpg Alan Kay on Learning https://i.ytimg.com/vi/50L44hEtVos/hqdefault.jpg Alan Kay talks about learning, drawing on The Inner Game of Tennis. He argues that quieting self-criticism and anxiety lets people learn faster. It comes from a mid-1980s presentation. HN people share it as Alan Kay's take on the Inner Game of Tennis, on quieting the narrating self and removing anxiety to learn faster. https://www.youtube.com/embed/50L44hEtVos 634 35475 learning and the inner game 2008-01-25T15:26:47Z yes 2024-05-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/SemHh0n19LA/5-steps-to-designing-the-life-you-want-bill-burnett-tedxstanford https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SemHh0n19LA/hqdefault.jpg 5 steps to designing the life you want | Bill Burnett | TEDxStanford https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SemHh0n19LA/hqdefault.jpg Bill Burnett of Stanford's design program, co-author of Designing Your Life with Dave Evans, gives a TEDx talk on applying design thinking to your own career and life. He presents a practical, step-by-step approach to deciding what to do next. HN people recommend it when someone asks how to find meaningful work or direction, pointing to its design-thinking approach of getting curious, talking to people and trying things. https://www.youtube.com/embed/SemHh0n19LA 1521 11379911 design thinking applied to life and career 2017-05-19T21:15:40Z yes 2022-04-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/24O00Jz8R04/the-struggle-of-building-the-original-iphone-the-untold-story https://i.ytimg.com/vi/24O00Jz8R04/hqdefault.jpg The Struggle of Building the Original iPhone - The Untold Story https://i.ytimg.com/vi/24O00Jz8R04/hqdefault.jpg A ColdFusion documentary-style video on how the original iPhone was developed at Apple, covering the pressure and difficulties of the project. HN people list it among media about how a product gets made, and several have submitted it as a good account of the iPhone's creation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/24O00Jz8R04 2065 4624539 making of the original iphone 2019-10-18T14:49:30Z yes 2022-10-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/N-2sKZjawq4/2advanced-flash-intro-in-2003 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/N-2sKZjawq4/hqdefault.jpg 2Advanced flash intro in 2003 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/N-2sKZjawq4/hqdefault.jpg A Web Design Museum capture of the 2Advanced Studios Flash intro from 2003, showing the studio's animated, sci-fi style interface work. It is a record of how elaborate Flash-era web design could get. HN people share it as an example of an era when the web was full of weird, art-heavy interfaces, and as work that was way ahead of its time. https://www.youtube.com/embed/N-2sKZjawq4 18 15955 2advanced flash intro 2018-11-29T08:09:01Z yes 2020-08-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/9OfBpQgLXUc/the-dutch-solution-for-safer-sidewalks-continuous-sidewalks https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9OfBpQgLXUc/hqdefault.jpg The Dutch Solution for Safer Sidewalks - Continuous Sidewalks https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9OfBpQgLXUc/hqdefault.jpg Not Just Bikes explains Dutch continuous sidewalks, where the pavement runs unbroken across side-street crossings so cars visibly have to drive over it. The video shows how this street design prioritises pedestrians and slows turning drivers. HN people recommend it as a clear case of street design that makes pedestrians the priority, and a good way into the channel's other videos on Dutch street design. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9OfBpQgLXUc 225 451601 continuous sidewalks 2019-12-02T09:00:00Z yes 2022-12-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/LavXSS5Xtbg/gravity-basins https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LavXSS5Xtbg/hqdefault.jpg ༄ GRAVITY BASINS ࿐ https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LavXSS5Xtbg/hqdefault.jpg A 2swap video on gravity basins, visualizing how the outcome of a gravity simulation depends on starting conditions and produces intricate fractal-like patterns. HN people repeatedly submit it as a beautiful mathematical visualization worth everyone's time. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LavXSS5Xtbg 375 958715 gravity fractals visualization 2024-08-02T20:00:06Z yes 2026-03-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/IWkNkQoQY_8/2advanced-studios-v3-flash-website-in-2001 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IWkNkQoQY_8/hqdefault.jpg 2Advanced Studios v3 flash website in 2001 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IWkNkQoQY_8/hqdefault.jpg A video capture of the 2Advanced Studios v3 Flash website from 2001, preserved by the Web Design Museum. It shows the animated, sci-fi style interface that made 2Advanced a landmark of the Flash era. HN people share it as proof of how creative and mind-blowing early Flash sites were, and say it shaped their move into web design. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IWkNkQoQY_8 143 42495 2advanced flash website 2020-11-13T16:00:24Z yes 2023-06-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/x3wOhXsjPYM/everything-is-miscellaneous https://i.ytimg.com/vi/x3wOhXsjPYM/hqdefault.jpg Everything is Miscellaneous https://i.ytimg.com/vi/x3wOhXsjPYM/hqdefault.jpg David Weinberger's Google TechTalk on his book Everything Is Miscellaneous. He criticizes rigid classification schemes such as the Dewey Decimal system and argues that digital information can be organized in many ways at once. HN people rewatch it as the talk on classification whose ideas still hold up, and cite its take on Melvil Dewey and the limits of taxonomies. https://www.youtube.com/embed/x3wOhXsjPYM 3425 17487 classification and taxonomies 2007-10-09T05:16:42Z yes 2023-09-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/IJcuQQ1eWWI/playing-to-lose-ai-and-civilization-soren-johnson https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IJcuQQ1eWWI/hqdefault.jpg Playing to Lose: AI and "Civilization" (Soren Johnson) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IJcuQQ1eWWI/hqdefault.jpg Soren Johnson, lead designer and AI programmer on Civilization IV, gives a Google tech talk on how the AI in the Civ games was designed. He argues that strategy game AI exists to give players a fun opponent, and has to be built with that in mind. HN people cite it to show that game AI is built to be fun rather than strong, and call it enlightening even for non-gamers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IJcuQQ1eWWI 3629 66801 game ai design 2010-08-30T17:10:47Z yes 2012-09-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ef2jpjTEB5U/bret-victor-drawing-dynamic-visualizations https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ef2jpjTEB5U/hqdefault.jpg Bret Victor - Drawing Dynamic Visualizations https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ef2jpjTEB5U/hqdefault.jpg Bret Victor demonstrates a prototype tool for drawing data-driven visualizations directly, without writing code in the usual way. The talk argues for creative tools that let people work on graphics and data with direct manipulation. HN people call it a favorite Bret Victor talk, and one commenter was inspired to try to reverse-engineer the tool he never released. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ef2jpjTEB5U 2116 16934 drawing dynamic visualizations 2015-06-17T06:25:55Z yes 2025-11-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/kgw8RLHv1j4/still-logged-in-what-ar-and-vr-can-learn-from-mmos https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kgw8RLHv1j4/hqdefault.jpg Still Logged In: What AR and VR Can Learn from MMOs https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kgw8RLHv1j4/hqdefault.jpg Raph Koster, lead designer of Ultima Online, gives a GDC talk on what AR and VR can learn from the history of online worlds. He covers the ethical problems, such as harassment, privacy and surveillance, and argues that every feature has to be considered as a possible weapon. HN people recommend it as the key talk on the ethics of AR and VR, and quote its warning that every feature must be looked at as a weapon. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kgw8RLHv1j4 3702 9607 ethics of ar and vr 2017-05-10T16:14:41Z yes 2021-02-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/YrtANPtnhyg/the-thrilling-potential-of-sixthsense-technology-pranav-mistry https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YrtANPtnhyg/hqdefault.jpg The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology | Pranav Mistry https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YrtANPtnhyg/hqdefault.jpg Pranav Mistry demonstrates SixthSense in this TED talk, a wearable camera and projector that puts digital information on physical objects and reads hand gestures. It was a widely shared vision of a gesture-based interface to the physical world. HN people call it a mind-blowing idea that was ahead of its time, and keep comparing it to newer wearables like Humane's AI pin. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YrtANPtnhyg 920 5489516 SixthSense wearable interface 2009-11-18T15:40:44Z yes 2022-09-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/gnUYoQ1pwes/the-amazing-math-behind-colors https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gnUYoQ1pwes/hqdefault.jpg The Amazing Math behind Colors! https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gnUYoQ1pwes/hqdefault.jpg Kuvina Saydaki's roughly 40-minute explainer on the math behind color, covering how color mixing works and why a better color space than RGB is needed. It is dense but aimed at a general audience. HN people call it the best and most comprehensible take on color mixing and color spaces, and recommend it despite its length. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gnUYoQ1pwes 2554 268010 math of color mixing 2022-08-12T18:22:54Z yes 2025-11-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/kFiYL8AvvnY/leon-krier-the-architectural-tuning-of-settlements https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kFiYL8AvvnY/hqdefault.jpg Leon Krier: The Architectural Tuning of Settlements https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kFiYL8AvvnY/hqdefault.jpg Architect and urban theorist Leon Krier talks about the architectural tuning of settlements, how towns and cities should be laid out and built. The talk includes his views on classical versus vernacular layouts and traditional urbanism. HN people say Krier supplies the architectural case against car-centered cities, and some credit his videos with finally explaining why contemporary architecture feels wrong. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kFiYL8AvvnY 4359 13929 traditional urbanism and architecture 2015-04-01T18:11:46Z yes 2021-11-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/C9RyEiEzMiU/building-worlds-in-no-man-s-sky-using-math-s https://i.ytimg.com/vi/C9RyEiEzMiU/hqdefault.jpg Building Worlds in No Man's Sky Using Math(s) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/C9RyEiEzMiU/hqdefault.jpg Sean Murray of Hello Games explains at GDC how No Man's Sky generates its universe of planets from math rather than hand-built content. The talk covers noise functions, deterministic seeds and building worlds on spherical geometry. HN people treat it as the best talk on world generation and procedural math, and one calls it foundational for his own thinking. https://www.youtube.com/embed/C9RyEiEzMiU 3232 112212 procedural world generation 2017-04-17T17:04:22Z yes 2026-08-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/FlgLxSLsYWQ/the-next-leap-how-a-i-will-change-the-3d-industry-andrew-price https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FlgLxSLsYWQ/hqdefault.jpg The Next Leap: How A.I. will change the 3D industry - Andrew Price https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FlgLxSLsYWQ/hqdefault.jpg Andrew Price, of Blender Guru, gives a talk at the Blender Conference on how AI and machine learning could change 3D creation. He surveys the ways deep learning might transform modeling, texturing and animation workflows. HN people cite it as a good summary of how deep learning will transform computer graphics, and list it among talks on procedural generation and AI in 3D. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FlgLxSLsYWQ 1795 1013612 ai in 3d content creation 2018-11-05T18:55:19Z yes 2020-05-01 monthly 0.48750000000000004 https://www.designertube.app/watch/hksVvXONrIo/it-s-not-just-you-the-ios-keyboard-is-broken https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hksVvXONrIo/hqdefault.jpg It's Not Just You - The iOS Keyboard is Broken https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hksVvXONrIo/hqdefault.jpg A short video of about two and a half minutes demonstrating problems with typing on the iOS keyboard. It shows the keyboard misregistering taps and mangling input in ways many iPhone users say they have hit themselves. HN people link it as the clearest demonstration of how broken the iOS keyboard feels, so they do not have to explain the issue again. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hksVvXONrIo 144 1591209 ios keyboard bugs 2025-10-19T15:56:15Z yes 2026-02-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/oDAw7vW7H0c/phonebloks https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oDAw7vW7H0c/hqdefault.jpg Phonebloks https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oDAw7vW7H0c/hqdefault.jpg The campaign video for Phonebloks, Dave Hakkens's concept for a modular phone built from replaceable blocks on a base. It argues that phones should be repairable and upgradable to cut electronic waste. HN people submitted it repeatedly in 2013 as a compelling vision of a modular, long-lasting phone. https://www.youtube.com/embed/oDAw7vW7H0c 167 22432802 modular phone concept 2013-09-10T15:36:52Z yes 2023-06-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/iRdwXQb7CfM/why-north-america-can-t-build-nice-apartments-because-of-one-rule https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iRdwXQb7CfM/hqdefault.jpg Why North America Can't Build Nice Apartments (because of one rule) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iRdwXQb7CfM/hqdefault.jpg About Here explains how a single building-code rule, the requirement for two stairways, shapes apartment buildings in North America and makes smaller, nicer buildings hard to build. The video pays particular attention to Vancouver and compares it with practice elsewhere. HN people recommend it as the best accessible case against double-stair requirements, usually in threads on single-stair egress and housing costs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iRdwXQb7CfM 730 2176183 single-stair apartment buildings 2023-12-11T17:30:08Z yes 2024-05-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Qct6LKbneKQ/how-we-made-musescore-4-music-app-design-is-challenging https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Qct6LKbneKQ/hqdefault.jpg How We Made MuseScore 4 - Music App Design is Challenging! https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Qct6LKbneKQ/hqdefault.jpg Tantacrul (Martin Keary), who led the redesign of the free notation app MuseScore, explains how MuseScore 4 was made. He covers why music software is hard to design, including notation engraving and the limits of MIDI. HN cites it as a close look at a hard UI problem, in particular the music engraving segment and the MIDI section, and says the whole video is worth watching. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qct6LKbneKQ 2793 813910 redesigning MuseScore 4 2022-12-16T15:52:21Z yes 2024-05-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/5838mfezO8M/how-a-lawsuit-inspired-apple-s-most-iconic-sounds https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5838mfezO8M/hqdefault.jpg How A Lawsuit Inspired Apple’s Most Iconic Sounds https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5838mfezO8M/hqdefault.jpg A CNBC Make It video in which Jim Reekes, the creator of the Mac startup chime, tells how a trademark lawsuit with Apple Corps shaped some of Apple's best-known system sounds. It covers where the startup chord came from and the story behind its alert sounds. HN people kept resubmitting it, and cite it as the source for the origin of the Mac startup chord. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5838mfezO8M 277 3527161 apple system sound design 2021-02-21T17:00:01Z yes 2024-07-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/_ByEBjf9ktY/crossing-the-street-shouldn-t-be-deadly-but-it-is https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_ByEBjf9ktY/hqdefault.jpg Crossing the Street Shouldn't Be Deadly (but it is) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_ByEBjf9ktY/hqdefault.jpg Not Just Bikes compares how crossing the street works in North America and in the Netherlands. He looks at how wide roads, long crossings and traffic signal priorities make crossing dangerous, and what a safer design looks like. HN people use it to argue that deadly roads are a design problem that can be fixed by redesigning streets instead of blaming individuals. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_ByEBjf9ktY 1885 1880380 pedestrian crossing design 2022-09-12T19:00:13Z yes 2022-12-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/MPyJBJTHyO0/how-we-fell-out-of-love-with-facebook https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MPyJBJTHyO0/hqdefault.jpg How We Fell Out Of Love With Facebook https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MPyJBJTHyO0/hqdefault.jpg Tantacrul, a designer and composer, looks at how Facebook went from a service people loved to one they distrust. He covers its engagement-driven feed and the product decisions behind that change. HN people recommend it as a good account of how engagement-driven design wore down Facebook's feed and user goodwill. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MPyJBJTHyO0 11398 851363 facebook engagement design 2024-10-07T13:00:32Z yes 2025-08-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/i_mLxyIXpSY/lessons-from-a-can-opener https://i.ytimg.com/vi/i_mLxyIXpSY/hqdefault.jpg Lessons from a Can Opener https://i.ytimg.com/vi/i_mLxyIXpSY/hqdefault.jpg Technology Connections looks at the humble can opener and the safety can opener in particular. The video uses it to show how well-designed everyday tools get overlooked and how people keep using worse ones without asking if something better exists. HN people use it as a standing example that better tools exist and that people often do not know what to look for. https://www.youtube.com/embed/i_mLxyIXpSY 1308 2989584 can opener design 2022-01-14T21:04:17Z yes 2023-03-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/c6SUOeAqOjU/computers-for-cynics-2-it-all-went-wrong-at-xerox-parc https://i.ytimg.com/vi/c6SUOeAqOjU/hqdefault.jpg Computers for Cynics 2 - It All Went Wrong at Xerox PARC https://i.ytimg.com/vi/c6SUOeAqOjU/hqdefault.jpg Ted Nelson's 2012 talk from his Computers for Cynics series gives his view of Xerox PARC. He argues that its graphical interface left out much of what computing could have been, from the standpoint of his hypertext ideas. HN people value it as a counterweight to PARC's own story, because Nelson lists what its vision left out, though a commenter notes a few factual slips. https://www.youtube.com/embed/c6SUOeAqOjU 842 22951 Nelson's critique of Xerox PARC 2012-05-28T09:55:13Z yes 2016-10-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/41sgRP0G6y4/why-saudi-arabia-is-building-a-linear-city https://i.ytimg.com/vi/41sgRP0G6y4/hqdefault.jpg Why Saudi Arabia Is Building a Linear City https://i.ytimg.com/vi/41sgRP0G6y4/hqdefault.jpg The channel Neo explains why Saudi Arabia is planning a linear city, a very long, narrow city built in a single line in the desert. It covers the concept and the reasoning behind it. HN people pull it out as a clear overview whenever the Saudi linear city comes up in the news. https://www.youtube.com/embed/41sgRP0G6y4 921 8630495 saudi linear city 2021-03-03T20:00:01Z yes 2022-07-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/2K5Gqp1cEcM/why-our-screwdriver-took-3-years https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2K5Gqp1cEcM/hqdefault.jpg Why our Screwdriver took 3 YEARS https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2K5Gqp1cEcM/hqdefault.jpg Linus Tech Tips tells the story of designing and manufacturing their own screwdriver, and why it took three years. It covers handle size, bit storage, the ratchet mechanism and switching factories in China. HN people recommend it as a rare, honest look at the whole path from idea to a manufactured hardware product, including the setbacks. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2K5Gqp1cEcM 1752 4508077 designing and manufacturing a screwdriver 2022-08-31T17:19:22Z yes 2023-01-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/SKPYx4CEIlM/riftsketch-hands-leap-motions-birds-trees-and-tweets https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SKPYx4CEIlM/hqdefault.jpg RiftSketch: Hands, Leap Motions, birds, trees and tweets https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SKPYx4CEIlM/hqdefault.jpg Brian Peiris demonstrates RiftSketch, a live-coding environment in which he edits three.js scenes while wearing an Oculus Rift. He adds Leap Motion hand tracking and shows hands, birds, trees and tweets as the scene being built. HN people were amazed by the demo of coding and manipulating a 3D scene from inside VR, and one says it drew them into Unity. https://www.youtube.com/embed/SKPYx4CEIlM 362 28062 live coding in VR 2014-10-26T16:37:55Z yes 2015-11-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/nJlZT5AE9zY/a-perceptual-color-space-in-minecraft-oklab https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nJlZT5AE9zY/hqdefault.jpg A perceptual color space in Minecraft (Oklab) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nJlZT5AE9zY/hqdefault.jpg Gneiss Name explains the Oklab perceptual color space using Minecraft as the medium. The video shows why perceptual uniformity matters for color work and how Oklab achieves it. HN people recommend it because it explains color spaces and Oklab more clearly than other sources, despite the unusual Minecraft setting. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nJlZT5AE9zY 938 207402 oklab perceptual color space 2024-01-23T05:49:21Z yes 2026-03-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/AYEWsLdLmcc/why-video-game-doors-are-so-hard-to-get-right https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AYEWsLdLmcc/hqdefault.jpg Why video game doors are so hard to get right https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AYEWsLdLmcc/hqdefault.jpg A Vox video on why doors in video games are so difficult to get right. It looks at the interaction, animation and camera problems of the simple act of walking through a door. HN people share it as a vivid example of how small interactions are surprisingly hard to design and animate. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AYEWsLdLmcc 503 3738079 video game doors 2021-09-03T12:00:05Z yes 2024-06-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/jrMiqEkSk48/switches-are-clicky-here-s-why https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jrMiqEkSk48/hqdefault.jpg Switches are Clicky; Here's Why https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jrMiqEkSk48/hqdefault.jpg Technology Connections explains why wall light switches click, covering the snap-action mechanism and the design reasons behind the sound and feel. It also touches on sparking inside switches. HN people recommend it as the best background on switch design, and as one of the favorite videos from a channel with a hacker's eye for everyday technology. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jrMiqEkSk48 926 2966791 light switch design 2019-08-11T23:34:00Z yes 2023-02-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/bLk1cjZ4ll0/how-to-design-an-actually-good-toaster-with-lessons-from-the-1940-s https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bLk1cjZ4ll0/hqdefault.jpg How to design an actually good toaster with lessons from the 1940's https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bLk1cjZ4ll0/hqdefault.jpg Alec Watson of Technology Connections looks at Sunbeam toasters from the 1940s and uses them to argue what a good modern toaster should do. It is a design critique of an everyday appliance. HN people share it as a passionate case for good appliance design, and tell toaster and appliance makers to watch it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bLk1cjZ4ll0 662 851053 good toaster design 2020-05-30T15:20:56Z yes 2023-07-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/kRmbVOI6oIM/made-by-chris-coyier-codepen https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kRmbVOI6oIM/hqdefault.jpg Made By: Chris Coyier (CodePen) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kRmbVOI6oIM/hqdefault.jpg An Envato Made By profile of Chris Coyier, the creator of CSS-Tricks and CodePen. It shows how he runs a large web development site, two podcasts and CodePen from Milwaukee. HN people cite it as a portrait of a calm, respected web expert and as proof that you can build a major web business outside a tech hub. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kRmbVOI6oIM 424 52217 chris coyier profile 2015-03-26T13:38:03Z yes 2015-05-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/qm0IfG1GyZU/10-modern-layouts-in-1-line-of-css https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qm0IfG1GyZU/hqdefault.jpg 10 modern layouts in 1 line of CSS https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qm0IfG1GyZU/hqdefault.jpg A Chrome for Developers video showing ten modern page layouts built with a single line of CSS each. It demonstrates techniques such as grid and flexbox patterns, clamped sizing and aspect ratios. HN people submitted it as a quick tour of how much layout CSS now does in one line, and point to it when layout patterns come up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qm0IfG1GyZU 1299 1151175 one-line css layouts 2020-07-16T00:00:55Z yes 2021-02-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/cdPymLgfXSY/the-little-known-patterns-on-british-streets https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cdPymLgfXSY/hqdefault.jpg The Little-Known Patterns on British Streets https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cdPymLgfXSY/hqdefault.jpg Tom Scott explains the tactile paving patterns on British streets, such as the bobbled slabs at crossings and the ridged ones elsewhere, and what each tells blind and partially sighted people. He also explains why the slabs are bright yellow. HN people use it to show how accessibility measures work for disabled people, and to make the point that many blind people still have some vision. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cdPymLgfXSY 193 7497119 tactile paving patterns 2017-01-09T16:00:03Z yes 2021-04-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/RYlCVwxoL_g/an-invocation-for-beginnings https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RYlCVwxoL_g/hqdefault.jpg An Invocation for Beginnings https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RYlCVwxoL_g/hqdefault.jpg A short spoken video from Ze Frank, a few minutes long, about the anxiety of starting something new and the permission to begin. It is a pep talk for anyone about to make anything. HN people use it as a dose of inspiration for starting a project, and one keeps the audio on their player for exactly that. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RYlCVwxoL_g 181 1342783 starting creative work 2012-04-09T14:18:38Z yes 2015-01-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/6ozxnrs0BP4/war-stories-jordan-mechner-on-making-prince-of-persia-arstechnica https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6ozxnrs0BP4/hqdefault.jpg War Stories: Jordan Mechner on Making Prince of Persia (ArsTechnica) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6ozxnrs0BP4/hqdefault.jpg Jordan Mechner tells the story of making the original Prince of Persia in Ars Technica's War Stories series. He explains his creative process and how he used rotoscoped footage of live movement as a kind of motion capture for the animation. HN people recommend it as an enjoyable first-hand account of the creative process behind a classic game and its animation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6ozxnrs0BP4 1249 36180 making prince of persia 2020-03-17T14:00:04Z yes 2025-04-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/MOXQo7nURs0/experience-the-power-of-a-bookbooktm https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MOXQo7nURs0/hqdefault.jpg Experience the power of a bookbook™ https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MOXQo7nURs0/hqdefault.jpg An IKEA Singapore ad that parodies Apple's product launches by presenting its printed catalog as a revolutionary device called the bookbook. It copies the style of a Steve Jobs reveal and a Jony Ive-style voiceover. HN people hold it up as one of the best Apple parodies ever made, and bring it out when printed catalogs or books come up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MOXQo7nURs0 149 19226922 ikea bookbook ad 2014-09-03T10:41:11Z yes 2021-02-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/GnGI76__sSA/jonathan-ive-tribute-to-steve-jobs https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GnGI76__sSA/hqdefault.jpg Jonathan Ive - Tribute to Steve Jobs https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GnGI76__sSA/hqdefault.jpg Jonathan Ive's tribute to Steve Jobs, released in 2011 after Jobs's death. Ive remembers Jobs and the way he approached making products. HN people submitted it repeatedly as a moving first-hand portrait of Jobs from Apple's head of design. https://www.youtube.com/embed/GnGI76__sSA 450 967672 jony ive on steve jobs 2011-10-24T18:43:17Z yes 2022-12-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/2N9RCQjPqh4/a-step-saving-kitchen-1949 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2N9RCQjPqh4/hqdefault.jpg A Step Saving Kitchen, 1949 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2N9RCQjPqh4/hqdefault.jpg A 1949 US Department of Agriculture film, held by the US National Archives, on redesigning a kitchen so a cook takes fewer steps. It lays out how to arrange work centers, storage and appliances around the flow of preparing a meal. HN shares it as the source of the kitchen work triangle and as a charming counterpart to the Frankfurt Kitchen, an early case of designing around how people actually work. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2N9RCQjPqh4 817 3865790 kitchen ergonomics work triangle 2014-05-05T15:38:04Z yes 2024-11-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/_0QMKFzW9fw/violin-plots-should-not-exist https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_0QMKFzW9fw/hqdefault.jpg violin plots should not exist https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_0QMKFzW9fw/hqdefault.jpg Physicist Angela Collier explains, in an extended rant, why she thinks violin plots should not be used to show data. It is a critique of one chart type and what it fails to show. HN people share it as the best rant against violin plots, and one says it finally explained why they never liked them. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_0QMKFzW9fw 2535 289060 violin plots critique 2023-09-15T20:00:19Z yes 2024-06-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/5uhIiI9Ld5M/andy-bell-be-the-browser-s-mentor-not-its-micromanager https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5uhIiI9Ld5M/hqdefault.jpg Andy Bell – Be the browser’s mentor, not its micromanager https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5uhIiI9Ld5M/hqdefault.jpg Andy Bell's talk on writing CSS that gives the browser sensible rules and lets it make layout decisions, rather than hand-managing every viewport. It focuses on intrinsic sizing and composable layout approaches that need fewer media queries. HN people recommend it as the case for intrinsic, flexible CSS that cuts the amount of code and the number of breakpoints. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5uhIiI9Ld5M 2613 22868 intrinsic css and flexible layout 2022-06-21T13:56:14Z yes 2023-09-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/WMJ1H3Ai-qs/new-cellular-automata https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WMJ1H3Ai-qs/hqdefault.jpg NEW CELLULAR AUTOMATA https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WMJ1H3Ai-qs/hqdefault.jpg TodePond (Lu Wilson) presents new kinds of cellular automata, the grid-based systems where simple local rules produce complex patterns. It is a playful, hand-made look at inventing rules and watching what they do. HN people hold up TodePond as an all-time favorite channel and this video as the best way into its style. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WMJ1H3Ai-qs 748 137625 new cellular automata 2022-05-28T18:44:27Z yes 2023-11-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/S6-q5BheEYU/refactoring-ui-bad-about https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S6-q5BheEYU/hqdefault.jpg Refactoring UI: Bad About https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S6-q5BheEYU/hqdefault.jpg A screencast from the Refactoring UI series by Steve Schoger, who takes a weak page design and improves it step by step. He shows practical changes to spacing, hierarchy and styling that make an interface look better. HN points developers who cannot make a good-looking interface to it as the quickest way to pick up UI design skills they can apply right away. https://www.youtube.com/embed/S6-q5BheEYU 869 225297 improving UI visual design 2018-04-10T16:37:01Z yes 2024-10-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/v4boTbv9_nU/how-real-people-will-use-windows-8 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/v4boTbv9_nU/hqdefault.jpg How Real People Will Use Windows 8 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/v4boTbv9_nU/hqdefault.jpg Chris Pirillo watches non-technical users try the Windows 8 preview, including an older relative commenters call the dad test. It shows them struggling with the new start screen and the missing start button. HN people cite it as concrete evidence that Windows 8's interface confused ordinary users, and posted it before the release to warn of the usability problems. https://www.youtube.com/embed/v4boTbv9_nU 261 1895842 windows 8 usability with real users 2012-03-08T01:07:15Z yes 2012-09-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/2lXh2n0aPyw/piano-stairs-thefuntheory-com-rolighetsteorin-se https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2lXh2n0aPyw/hqdefault.jpg Piano stairs - TheFunTheory.com - Rolighetsteorin.se https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2lXh2n0aPyw/hqdefault.jpg The Fun Theory's piano stairs, in which a subway staircase is turned into a working piano keyboard to see if people choose the stairs over the escalator when it's fun. The video shows commuters playing notes as they climb. HN people use it as the standard example of changing behaviour by making the desired choice fun, especially in gamification threads. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2lXh2n0aPyw 108 24171627 piano stairs behaviour design 2009-10-07T13:13:42Z yes 2014-11-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Clgl63CWOkM/guerrilla-public-service-2011 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Clgl63CWOkM/hqdefault.jpg Guerrilla Public Service 2011 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Clgl63CWOkM/hqdefault.jpg Artist Richard Ankrom documents how he made and secretly installed a missing exit sign on a Los Angeles freeway in 2001. He matched the look of the official highway signs closely enough that it stayed up for years. HN people share it as a delight whenever fixing public signage, highway sign style or guerrilla civic improvements come up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Clgl63CWOkM 600 720600 guerrilla freeway sign 2011-08-05T23:58:35Z yes 2025-08-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/JBEtPQDQNcI/tablet-newspaper-1994 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JBEtPQDQNcI/hqdefault.jpg Tablet Newspaper (1994) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JBEtPQDQNcI/hqdefault.jpg A 1994 video from Knight Ridder showing a concept for a tablet newspaper, with a rectangular touchscreen, few buttons and finger-sized icons. It imagines reading the news on a flat device years before modern tablets. HN people cite it as prior art in the Apple and Samsung tablet disputes and as proof that a touchscreen slate was an obvious idea. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JBEtPQDQNcI 803 960235 1994 tablet newspaper concept 2011-04-23T08:35:09Z yes 2011-12-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/w-tFdreZB94/microsoft-productivity-future-vision https://i.ytimg.com/vi/w-tFdreZB94/hqdefault.jpg Microsoft: Productivity Future Vision https://i.ytimg.com/vi/w-tFdreZB94/hqdefault.jpg Microsoft's 2015 Productivity Future Vision, a concept film showing how people might work and live with future interfaces. It imagines interactive surfaces, mixed reality and context-aware computing across devices. HN people mention it as a source of interesting future-UI ideas, and also as the type of concept video that sets expectations real products later fail to meet. https://www.youtube.com/embed/w-tFdreZB94 389 2479167 microsoft future vision concept film 2015-03-10T07:54:33Z yes 2025-10-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/fSgEeI2Xpdc/how-humans-see-data-john-rauser-velocity-amsterdam-2016 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fSgEeI2Xpdc/hqdefault.jpg How Humans See Data - John Rauser - Velocity Amsterdam 2016 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fSgEeI2Xpdc/hqdefault.jpg John Rauser's Velocity Amsterdam 2016 talk on how human vision reads graphs, built on William Cleveland's research into graphical perception. It explains which visual encodings people judge accurately and how that should shape the charts you make. HN people recommend it as a coherent framework for making better graphs, grounded in Cleveland's research on perception. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fSgEeI2Xpdc 2481 29148 graphical perception for charts 2016-12-31T18:32:49Z yes 2023-11-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/_7ZtISeGyCY/the-augmentation-of-douglas-engelbart-full-documentary https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_7ZtISeGyCY/hqdefault.jpg The Augmentation of Douglas Engelbart | Full Documentary https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_7ZtISeGyCY/hqdefault.jpg A full-length documentary on the life and ideas of Douglas Engelbart, the inventor of the mouse and the creator of the 1968 Mother of All Demos. It includes interviews with people such as Alan Kay and Vint Cerf. HN people recommend it as a recent, well-produced biography of Engelbart with interviews from the people who built on his ideas. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_7ZtISeGyCY 3846 19616 Douglas Engelbart biography 2020-08-29T21:51:56Z yes 2026-03-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/n4Ss6F1qIHU/ibm-introduces-pointing-stick-trackpoint-1990 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/n4Ss6F1qIHU/hqdefault.jpg IBM introduces "Pointing Stick" (TrackPoint) (1990) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/n4Ss6F1qIHU/hqdefault.jpg An archival video of IBM introducing the Pointing Stick, later known as the TrackPoint, in 1990. It shows the small pointing device set in the keyboard and how it is meant to be used. HN people share it as an interesting record of the TrackPoint's introduction, in threads where fans praise pointing sticks for keeping hands on the keyboard. https://www.youtube.com/embed/n4Ss6F1qIHU 454 47817 ibm trackpoint introduction 2009-08-26T19:31:16Z yes 2021-09-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/9yW--eQaA2I/how-to-walk-through-walls-using-the-4th-dimension-miegakure-a-4d-game https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9yW--eQaA2I/hqdefault.jpg How to walk through walls using the 4th Dimension [Miegakure: a 4D game] https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9yW--eQaA2I/hqdefault.jpg A gameplay demo of Miegakure, a long-in-development 4D puzzle platformer in which the player shifts between slices of a fourth spatial dimension to walk through walls. It shows how the world looks and changes as the 4D rotation happens. HN people hold it up as the most intuitive look at how a 4D world could be played, and wait years for the game's release. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9yW--eQaA2I 212 2227881 miegakure 4d puzzle game 2014-08-27T17:13:42Z yes 2026-03-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/w9OKcKisUrY/starfire-director-s-cut https://i.ytimg.com/vi/w9OKcKisUrY/hqdefault.jpg Starfire Director's Cut https://i.ytimg.com/vi/w9OKcKisUrY/hqdefault.jpg A director's cut of Starfire, Sun Microsystems' 1994 concept film of future computing, which Bruce Tognazzini led. It imagines work and communication around large touch-sensitive desktop displays. HN people share it as a peak-90s vision whose predictions finally came true 20 to 30 years later. https://www.youtube.com/embed/w9OKcKisUrY 943 12345 sun starfire concept video 2012-05-07T11:06:31Z yes 2024-11-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/G7Z_g2fnEDg/literate-interactive-coding-devcards-by-bruce-hauman https://i.ytimg.com/vi/G7Z_g2fnEDg/hqdefault.jpg "Literate interactive coding: Devcards" by Bruce Hauman https://i.ytimg.com/vi/G7Z_g2fnEDg/hqdefault.jpg Bruce Hauman presents Devcards at Strange Loop, a ClojureScript tool for developing UI components and documentation as live, interactive cards inside the code. It shows hot-loading code while you work and writing literate examples that stay running. HN people call it an original and outstanding tools talk, and point to it as the model that React Storybook and similar tools resemble. https://www.youtube.com/embed/G7Z_g2fnEDg 2358 16472 devcards live ui development 2015-09-27T11:50:48Z yes 2019-09-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/pM_5S55jUzk/designing-path-of-exile-to-be-played-forever-chris-wilson-at-gdc-2019 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pM_5S55jUzk/hqdefault.jpg Designing Path of Exile to Be Played Forever. Chris Wilson at GDC 2019 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pM_5S55jUzk/hqdefault.jpg Chris Wilson of Grinding Gear Games gives a GDC 2019 talk about designing the action RPG Path of Exile to keep players engaged for years. It covers the thinking behind running the game as a long-lived free-to-play service. HN people share it as an inside account of what it takes to build and sustain a successful free-to-play game. https://www.youtube.com/embed/pM_5S55jUzk 3552 923836 long-lived free-to-play game design 2019-04-07T09:53:04Z yes 2022-08-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/2H2BPrgxedY/the-xerox-alto-a-personal-retrospective https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2H2BPrgxedY/hqdefault.jpg The Xerox Alto: A Personal Retrospective https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2H2BPrgxedY/hqdefault.jpg A Computer History Museum talk looking back on the Xerox Alto, the 1970s personal computer from Xerox PARC that introduced the bitmapped display, mouse and windowed interface. It is a first-person account of the machine and the people who built it. HN keeps resubmitting it as an essential first-hand look at the Alto, the machine behind the modern graphical interface. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2H2BPrgxedY 4918 29453 xerox alto retrospective 2010-02-07T10:08:43Z yes 2021-04-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/tURHTuKHBZs/why-do-hurricane-lanterns-look-like-that https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tURHTuKHBZs/hqdefault.jpg Why do hurricane lanterns look like that? https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tURHTuKHBZs/hqdefault.jpg Technology Connections explains why hurricane lanterns have their odd shape. It follows how each part of the lantern shapes the way air and flame behave. HN people recommend it as the video that won them over to the channel, a clear case of explaining why an everyday object looks the way it does. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tURHTuKHBZs 1906 6109671 why hurricane lanterns look the way they do 2021-06-16T15:24:29Z yes 2022-11-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/vMed1qceJ_Q/i-am-not-a-cyclist-and-most-dutch-people-aren-t-either https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vMed1qceJ_Q/hqdefault.jpg I am not a "Cyclist" (and most Dutch people aren't either) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vMed1qceJ_Q/hqdefault.jpg Not Just Bikes, a Canadian living in Amsterdam, argues that most Dutch people do not think of themselves as cyclists. They simply use bikes as ordinary transport, because the streets are built to make that easy. HN people recommend it as a great insight into Dutch street design and why cycling is normal there. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vMed1qceJ_Q 758 1620613 dutch cycling and street design 2020-10-05T17:59:48Z yes 2022-08-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/fTznEIZRkLg/hans-rosling-global-population-growth-box-by-box https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fTznEIZRkLg/hqdefault.jpg Hans Rosling: Global population growth, box by box https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fTznEIZRkLg/hqdefault.jpg Hans Rosling's TED talk on global population growth, using boxes to represent people and show how the world's numbers are likely to level off. It argues from data, with child mortality and family size at the center of the story. HN people treat it as the place to start with Rosling, and link it whenever a thread on population, poverty or demographic extrapolation needs a clear, data-based answer. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fTznEIZRkLg 616 1860159 population growth data storytelling 2010-07-09T18:11:33Z yes 2020-06-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/rWwNgVwQG1A/logicoma-elysian-final-version https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rWwNgVwQG1A/hqdefault.jpg Logicoma - Elysian (Final version) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rWwNgVwQG1A/hqdefault.jpg Elysian is a 64K intro by the demoscene group Logicoma, a real-time audiovisual piece packed into a tiny executable. This is a recording of the final version with its music. HN people call it the most impressive 64K intro they have seen, and a favorite for its music even when the visuals are plainer than others. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rWwNgVwQG1A 219 42586 64k demoscene intro 2016-10-24T21:57:41Z yes 2018-04-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/5xDRdWFdsoQ/chm-live-putting-your-finger-on-it-creating-the-iphone https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5xDRdWFdsoQ/hqdefault.jpg CHM Live | Putting Your Finger On It: Creating the iPhone https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5xDRdWFdsoQ/hqdefault.jpg A Computer History Museum live event on how the iPhone was created, in a fireside chat format with people involved in building it. They discuss the decisions and internal debates behind the first iPhone. HN people recommend it as one of the better first-hand accounts of how the iPhone came together. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5xDRdWFdsoQ 7482 38909 creation of the iphone 2017-06-22T15:59:33Z yes 2025-02-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/-p6WWRarjNs/open-offices-are-overrated https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-p6WWRarjNs/hqdefault.jpg Open offices are overrated https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-p6WWRarjNs/hqdefault.jpg A short Vox explainer on the history of the open-plan office. It contrasts the original rationale for open offices with the cheaper copies of copies that most companies use today. HN people pass it around in complaints about open floor plans as a quick history of why they exist and how the idea got watered down. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-p6WWRarjNs 391 4271510 history of open offices 2017-10-04T12:28:14Z yes 2019-03-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/MtzCLd93SyU/sid-meier-s-psychology-of-game-design https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MtzCLd93SyU/hqdefault.jpg Sid Meier's Psychology of Game Design https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MtzCLd93SyU/hqdefault.jpg Sid Meier, creator of Civilization, gives a GDC talk on the psychology behind game design. He discusses how players perceive luck, randomness and winning, and what his teams learned from playtesting the Civilization games. HN people cite it for how players actually experience randomness, odds and win states, from shuffled playlists to loot boxes. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MtzCLd93SyU 4641 136903 psychology of game design 2016-10-16T16:45:42Z yes 2019-07-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ihUt-163gZI/putting-the-fun-in-functional-applying-game-mechanics-to-functional-software https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ihUt-163gZI/hqdefault.jpg Putting the Fun in Functional: Applying Game Mechanics to Functional Software https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ihUt-163gZI/hqdefault.jpg Amy Jo Kim's Google TechTalk on applying game mechanics to everyday, functional software. She walks through examples of reputation, collecting and other game techniques used across social apps. HN people call it a classic on game mechanics and reputation systems, and recommend it for its examples of collecting and reward loops in social apps. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ihUt-163gZI 3382 54510 game mechanics in software 2009-01-31T02:36:43Z yes 2011-03-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/keoRX-Lni5s/how-mobile-games-are-designed-to-scam-you https://i.ytimg.com/vi/keoRX-Lni5s/hqdefault.jpg How mobile games are designed to SCAM you. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/keoRX-Lni5s/hqdefault.jpg Mrwhosetheboss looks at how mobile games are built to extract money from players, covering the psychological tricks and monetization schemes behind free-to-play games. HN people submitted it as a clear look at manipulative design in mobile games. https://www.youtube.com/embed/keoRX-Lni5s 1332 8147761 manipulative mobile game monetization 2022-10-01T11:33:51Z yes 2023-03-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/XpQMgbDJPok/junction-design-in-the-netherlands https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XpQMgbDJPok/hqdefault.jpg Junction design in the Netherlands https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XpQMgbDJPok/hqdefault.jpg BicycleDutch explains in about five minutes how junctions are designed in the Netherlands so cyclists, drivers and pedestrians are kept apart and protected. It shows real junctions and how their layout works. HN people use it as the compact introduction to Dutch junction design, and as evidence that the cycling-intersection problem is already solved there. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XpQMgbDJPok 310 630238 Dutch junction design 2014-02-23T16:04:27Z yes 2020-09-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/qAws7eXItMk/lecture-16-how-to-run-a-user-interview-emmett-shear https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qAws7eXItMk/hqdefault.jpg Lecture 16 - How to Run a User Interview (Emmett Shear) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qAws7eXItMk/hqdefault.jpg Emmett Shear, co-founder of Twitch, lectures in the YC startup series on how to run a user interview. He covers how founders can learn from real users when testing and validating a product. HN people send it to anyone asking how to get honest customer feedback, and call it an amazing talk on user testing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qAws7eXItMk 2787 218918 running user interviews 2014-11-13T23:25:46Z yes 2018-08-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/yorTG9at90g/why-does-celeste-feel-so-good-to-play https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yorTG9at90g/hqdefault.jpg Why Does Celeste Feel So Good to Play? https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yorTG9at90g/hqdefault.jpg Game Maker's Toolkit examines why Celeste feels so good to play, looking at how its movement and platforming mechanics are designed. It breaks down the small decisions that shape the feel of the controls. HN people recommend it as an amazing explanation of what developers must think about when designing movement, and as a fantastic deep dive into platformer mechanics. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yorTG9at90g 1054 3024383 celeste movement and game feel 2019-07-31T14:32:31Z yes 2025-02-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/fv-wlo8yVhk/your-colors-suck-it-s-not-your-fault https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fv-wlo8yVhk/hqdefault.jpg Your Colors Suck (it's not your fault) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fv-wlo8yVhk/hqdefault.jpg Acerola explains how color works in computer graphics, covering color spaces, perceptual brightness and why common representations like RGB mislead us. The tone is humorous and aimed at people who work with color on screens. HN people recommend it as another excellent, slightly humorous introduction to color theory and color spaces for computer graphics. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fv-wlo8yVhk 2221 641915 color spaces for graphics 2023-09-30T18:15:17Z yes 2025-02-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ikAb-NYkseI/neil-gaiman-inspirational-commencement-speech-at-the-university-of-the-arts-2012 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ikAb-NYkseI/hqdefault.jpg Neil Gaiman - Inspirational Commencement Speech at the University of the Arts 2012 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ikAb-NYkseI/hqdefault.jpg Neil Gaiman's 2012 commencement speech at the University of the Arts. He talks to arts graduates about making a creative career, learning as he went, and how to keep making work. HN people call it the most inspirational speech they have seen, and say it speaks to non-artists as much as to arts students. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ikAb-NYkseI 1195 1426679 creative careers advice 2012-05-23T16:40:23Z yes 2017-06-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/vyWaax07_ks/neom-is-the-parody-of-the-future https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vyWaax07_ks/hqdefault.jpg NEOM Is The Parody Of The Future https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vyWaax07_ks/hqdefault.jpg Adam Something picks apart NEOM, Saudi Arabia's planned desert megacity, including its 170 km long linear city The Line. He argues that the concept is more spectacle than workable urban design. HN people point to it as a decent teardown of the linear city plan, alongside other video essays debunking NEOM. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vyWaax07_ks 636 2207908 critique of neom and the line 2022-08-24T15:50:32Z yes 2024-04-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/iRv_syz2DAc/how-upside-down-models-revolutionized-architecture https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iRv_syz2DAc/hqdefault.jpg How Upside-Down Models Revolutionized Architecture https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iRv_syz2DAc/hqdefault.jpg Stewart Hicks explains how architects used hanging, upside-down models to find the shapes of arches and domes, working out compression by letting strings hang under their own weight. The video ties this method to the design of large buildings such as the Sagrada Familia. HN people share it as a mind-blowing look at how large buildings were designed upside down with string. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iRv_syz2DAc 885 2373627 hanging models in architecture 2024-09-19T13:00:55Z yes 2025-09-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/TCIMPYM0AQg/super-mario-world-camera-logic-review https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TCIMPYM0AQg/hqdefault.jpg Super Mario World Camera Logic Review https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TCIMPYM0AQg/hqdefault.jpg Shaun Inman walks through how the scrolling camera in Super Mario World decides when and how to move, treating it as a set of rules he examines one by one. It is a close study of a part of game design most players never notice. HN game makers recommend it as a surprising look at how much thought went into something as plain-sounding as camera movement. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TCIMPYM0AQg 247 258960 side-scrolling camera design 2010-05-06T21:46:55Z yes 2012-06-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/tWtvrPTbQ_c/the-skinner-box-how-games-condition-people-to-play-more-extra-credits https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tWtvrPTbQ_c/hqdefault.jpg The Skinner Box - How Games Condition People to Play More - Extra Credits https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tWtvrPTbQ_c/hqdefault.jpg An Extra Credits animated explainer on the Skinner box and how games use reward schedules to condition players to keep playing. It also offers some design suggestions for engaging players without hooking them. HN people use it as the nice overview of operant conditioning in games, and link it in arguments about loot boxes, social media and engagement metrics. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tWtvrPTbQ_c 418 1179507 skinner boxes in game design 2012-03-13T07:48:26Z yes 2020-08-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/G1r55efei5c/con-2016-how-i-code-and-use-a-computer-at-1-000-wpm-by-sina-bahram https://i.ytimg.com/vi/G1r55efei5c/hqdefault.jpg !!Con 2016 - How I Code and Use a Computer at 1,000 WPM!! By Sina Bahram https://i.ytimg.com/vi/G1r55efei5c/hqdefault.jpg Sina Bahram, an accessibility consultant who is blind, demonstrates at !!Con 2016 how he codes and uses a computer at around 1,000 words per minute with a screen reader. He asks what it would take to get through a day using only the keyboard and without looking at the screen. HN people tell everyone to watch it to hear what the web sounds like through a screen reader, including how inaccessible HN itself is. https://www.youtube.com/embed/G1r55efei5c 809 10658 computing while blind 2016-06-01T18:41:21Z yes 2022-07-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/yhGjCzxJV3E/guiltygearxrd-s-art-style-the-x-factor-between-2d-and-3d https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yhGjCzxJV3E/hqdefault.jpg GuiltyGearXrd's Art Style : The X Factor Between 2D and 3D https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yhGjCzxJV3E/hqdefault.jpg A GDC talk by Arc System Works on the art style of Guilty Gear Xrd, which uses 3D models and shading to look like hand-drawn 2D anime. It covers the lengths the team went to for a hand-drawn look in real-time 3D. HN people cite it as the definitive account of simulating 2D animation in 3D, and as the place cel shading and outlining techniques end up after many refinements. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yhGjCzxJV3E 3539 710571 guilty gear xrd 2d look in 3d 2015-05-21T16:36:10Z yes 2025-04-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/GYIPKLxoTcQ/genesys-an-interactive-computer-mediated-animation-system https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GYIPKLxoTcQ/hqdefault.jpg GENESYS: An Interactive Computer-Mediated Animation System https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GYIPKLxoTcQ/hqdefault.jpg A film of GENESYS, Ronald Baecker's 1969 MIT system for building animation interactively on the TX-2 computer. The animator acts out motion with a tablet and it is turned into animation. HN people share it as a companion to Sketchpad, an early demonstration of acting-out animation interfaces and GUI ideas decades before they were common. https://www.youtube.com/embed/GYIPKLxoTcQ 923 35775 interactive animation system 2011-08-23T01:53:50Z yes 2020-11-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/pBiWtJJN5zk/vcf-east-xerox-star-vs-apple-lisa https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pBiWtJJN5zk/hqdefault.jpg VCF East: Xerox Star vs. Apple Lisa https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pBiWtJJN5zk/hqdefault.jpg A Vintage Computer Federation East presentation comparing the Xerox Star and the Apple Lisa, two early commercial graphical desktops. It looks at how each machine's interface worked and where the two differed. HN people treat it as the go-to comparison of the Lisa and the Star, useful for seeing how Lisa's GUI conventions went beyond Xerox PARC. https://www.youtube.com/embed/pBiWtJJN5zk 2558 40796 xerox star vs apple lisa 2020-12-30T03:56:16Z yes 2026-04-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/5s5EvhHy7eQ/low-cost-multi-touch-whiteboard-using-the-wiimote https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5s5EvhHy7eQ/hqdefault.jpg Low-Cost Multi-touch Whiteboard using the Wiimote https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5s5EvhHy7eQ/hqdefault.jpg Johnny Lee shows how a Wii Remote can turn a projected screen into a low-cost multi-touch whiteboard using infrared pens. The video is a plain, homemade demonstration of the build and how it works. HN people hold Lee's low-budget Wiimote hacks up as models of ingenious HCI demos and wonder why none became products. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5s5EvhHy7eQ 245 4580407 wiimote multi-touch whiteboard 2007-12-07T18:26:21Z yes 2021-03-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/FWWhxfGq_yk/the-origin-story-behind-counter-strike-s-most-iconic-map-noclip-documentary https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FWWhxfGq_yk/hqdefault.jpg The Origin Story Behind Counter-Strike's Most Iconic Map - Noclip Documentary https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FWWhxfGq_yk/hqdefault.jpg A Noclip documentary on how de_dust2, Counter-Strike's most played map, came to be. It follows the map's origins and the choices that made its layout work. HN people call it the best documentary on de_dust2 and recommend it to anyone who likes FPS maps and Counter-Strike history. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FWWhxfGq_yk 2149 1595899 de_dust2 level design 2024-09-09T15:34:02Z yes 2026-04-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/hZ3gmh-d9oI/ted-nelson-computers-for-cynics-full-version https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hZ3gmh-d9oI/hqdefault.jpg Ted Nelson -- Computers for Cynics [full version] https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hZ3gmh-d9oI/hqdefault.jpg Ted Nelson, the computing visionary behind hypertext, talks straight to camera about how computers work and how they came to be. The full version of Computers for Cynics covers file systems, computing history, and the key people and lost opportunities along the way. HN people recommend it as an entertaining, funny tour of computing history told by someone who was there. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hZ3gmh-d9oI 6574 10931 ted nelson on computing history 2015-07-14T05:08:29Z yes 2021-04-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ri4_3P2Oh14/mark-ferrari-interview-the-making-of-monkey-island-behind-the-scenes https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ri4_3P2Oh14/hqdefault.jpg MARK FERRARI interview (The Making of Monkey Island - Behind The Scenes) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ri4_3P2Oh14/hqdefault.jpg An interview with pixel artist Mark Ferrari, known for his background art on The Secret of Monkey Island, from a behind-the-scenes series on the making of the game. He talks about creating that look under the tight color limits of early PC graphics. HN people use it as a primary source on how Monkey Island's pixel art was made, and as a lesson in dithering done well. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ri4_3P2Oh14 7272 10959 monkey island pixel art 2020-11-18T20:15:53Z yes 2025-01-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/9G0r7jL3xl8/viewpoint-demo-scott-kim-s-phd-project-stanford-university-1988 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9G0r7jL3xl8/hqdefault.jpg Viewpoint demo — Scott Kim's PhD project, Stanford University 1988 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9G0r7jL3xl8/hqdefault.jpg A demo and explanation of Viewpoint, Scott Kim's 1988 Stanford PhD project, which imagines how computers might be different if visual thinkers had designed them. It was programmed in Cedar and ran on a colour Dorado workstation at Xerox PARC. HN people treat it as a great piece of exploratory research showing how interfaces could have been different, and compare newer visual computing work to it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9G0r7jL3xl8 1011 5176 viewpoint computer for visual thinkers 2013-08-03T02:17:52Z yes 2020-04-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/y1Ca5czOY7Q/f-f-f-flowsheets-v2-demo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/y1Ca5czOY7Q/hqdefault.jpg F-F-F-Flowsheets v2 🎉🎉🎉 demo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/y1Ca5czOY7Q/hqdefault.jpg Glen Chiacchieri demonstrates version 2 of Flowsheets, a prototype programming environment that works like a spreadsheet interface into Python. It shows real data as you program, rather than leaving you to imagine it. HN people value it as a concrete experiment in making program behavior visible, which the author himself calls his preferred data manipulation environment. https://www.youtube.com/embed/y1Ca5czOY7Q 617 6042 flowsheets programming environment 2017-06-16T03:38:38Z yes 2020-03-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ikaqus5_QIg/the-secrets-of-monkey-island-an-evening-with-ron-gilbert https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ikaqus5_QIg/hqdefault.jpg The Secrets of Monkey Island - An Evening With Ron Gilbert https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ikaqus5_QIg/hqdefault.jpg A long livestream event from the Video Game History Foundation in which Ron Gilbert, creator of Monkey Island, talks about making the game. The session includes a look at the SCUMM scripting code behind the first game, which is edited and recompiled live. HN people share it for the creator's own account of Monkey Island and for the live hacking of its SCUMM scripts, which they cite as an early example of minilanguage scripting. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ikaqus5_QIg 20291 71308 monkey island development 2020-12-01T01:18:31Z yes 2021-03-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/NXN7TOg3kj4/freecad-0-20-for-beginners-1-setup-preferences-and-navigation-easy-tutorial-for https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NXN7TOg3kj4/hqdefault.jpg FreeCAD 0.20 For Beginners | 1 | Setup , preferences and navigation | Easy Tutorial for Learning CAD https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NXN7TOg3kj4/hqdefault.jpg The first video in MangoJelly's FreeCAD 0.20 beginner series, covering setup, preferences and navigating the 3D view. It is the starting point of a step-by-step tutorial playlist for learning the free CAD program. HN people point newcomers to this playlist as the good learning material FreeCAD has lacked, and say it taught them to model parts such as electronics cases. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NXN7TOg3kj4 1444 635966 freecad for beginners 2022-11-11T16:03:55Z yes 2024-06-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/oUaOucZRlmE/bret-victor-media-for-thinking-the-unthinkable https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oUaOucZRlmE/hqdefault.jpg Bret Victor - Media for Thinking the Unthinkable https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oUaOucZRlmE/hqdefault.jpg Bret Victor's talk on how the media and representations we think with limit or open up what we can think. He draws on the history of mathematical notation and on dataflow visualization work done for Nile to argue for richer tools for thought. HN people list it among the Bret Victor talks they cite most, and recommend it for inspiration on finding new ways to represent a problem. https://www.youtube.com/embed/oUaOucZRlmE 2373 33384 representations for thinking 2015-06-17T05:58:04Z yes 2023-05-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/7ZGCPap7GkY/meaningful-play-getting-gamification-right https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7ZGCPap7GkY/hqdefault.jpg Meaningful Play: Getting Gamification Right https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7ZGCPap7GkY/hqdefault.jpg Sebastian Deterding's Google TechTalk on gamification. He argues for building it on real game design and motivation rather than slapping points and badges on a product. HN people pass it on as the talk that got them thinking seriously about gamification and why stickiness in games is an art worth getting right. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ZGCPap7GkY 2997 118337 gamification done right 2011-02-19T04:56:31Z yes 2012-07-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/8CAafjodkyE/iphone-magnifier-and-voice-over https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8CAafjodkyE/hqdefault.jpg iPhone Magnifier and Voice over https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8CAafjodkyE/hqdefault.jpg Kristy Viers, a blind creator, demonstrates the iPhone Magnifier with VoiceOver, which uses the camera to describe what is in front of her. It speaks scene descriptions, number of faces and lighting conditions. HN people recommend her channel as a real look at how blind people use the iPhone, and this video as a striking example of on-device camera-to-speech. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8CAafjodkyE 230 2711 iphone camera descriptions for blind users 2020-11-08T19:10:01Z yes 2022-01-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/YJg02ivYzSs/hyper-reality https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YJg02ivYzSs/hqdefault.jpg HYPER-REALITY https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YJg02ivYzSs/hqdefault.jpg Keiichi Matsuda's 2016 short film imagines everyday life in a city where every surface is covered in augmented-reality overlays, ads and notifications. It is a concept film that treats AR as an interface design problem. HN people use it as the shorthand for an ad-saturated AR future, and say today's AR glasses are close to the tech it showed. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YJg02ivYzSs 376 3385985 AR dystopia concept film 2016-05-19T15:59:46Z yes 2021-11-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/dSg408i-eKw/magic-tv-extra-dr-richard-garfield-on-luck-versus-skill-magic-cruise-2012 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dSg408i-eKw/hqdefault.jpg Magic TV: Extra - Dr. Richard Garfield on "Luck Versus Skill" (Magic Cruise 2012) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dSg408i-eKw/hqdefault.jpg Richard Garfield, the designer of Magic: The Gathering, talks about luck versus skill in games at Magic Cruise 2012. He draws on his own design experience, and argues that the two are not simply opposite ends of one scale. HN game designers recommend it as the standard talk on balancing luck and skill, and cite the point that they are not opposites. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dSg408i-eKw 3312 96174 luck versus skill in games 2012-07-10T20:42:32Z yes 2022-07-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/m9AT7H4GGrA/the-secret-ingredient-to-photorealism https://i.ytimg.com/vi/m9AT7H4GGrA/hqdefault.jpg The Secret Ingredient to Photorealism https://i.ytimg.com/vi/m9AT7H4GGrA/hqdefault.jpg Blender Guru's Andrew Price explains how color management, exposure and tone mapping affect the realism of 3D renders in Blender. He argues that getting this setup right matters more than most other tricks. HN people point to it as the clearest explanation of color space and tone mapping in 3D rendering, though one finds it circles the point for a long stretch before getting there. https://www.youtube.com/embed/m9AT7H4GGrA 1888 3871452 tone mapping for photorealism 2017-02-17T11:01:09Z yes 2025-07-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/lvtfD_rJ2hE/amazing-technology-invented-by-mit-tangible-media https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lvtfD_rJ2hE/hqdefault.jpg Amazing Technology Invented By MIT - Tangible Media https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lvtfD_rJ2hE/hqdefault.jpg A compilation video of the MIT Media Lab Tangible Media Group's shape-changing displays, including the inFORM surface that moves in three dimensions. It shows people interacting with physical, programmable forms rather than flat screens. HN people share it as a striking example of tangible, shape-changing interfaces, and list it among programmable-matter displays. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lvtfD_rJ2hE 221 15655457 shape-changing tangible displays 2013-11-12T22:09:26Z yes 2014-10-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/c1l75QqRR48/the-bike-lanes-you-can-t-see-ontvlechten https://i.ytimg.com/vi/c1l75QqRR48/hqdefault.jpg The Bike Lanes You Can't See - Ontvlechten https://i.ytimg.com/vi/c1l75QqRR48/hqdefault.jpg Not Just Bikes explains ontvlechten, the Dutch practice of untangling road networks so that cyclists and drivers use different routes and not just different lanes. He shows why the bike lanes in the Netherlands are hard to notice. HN people use it as an example of how far Dutch bike infrastructure goes, and send people to the channel to see a less car-centered street design. https://www.youtube.com/embed/c1l75QqRR48 454 650917 Dutch ontvlechten bike networks 2020-09-21T17:59:52Z yes 2023-10-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/XfLlpxE6AYM/why-clip-art-was-everywhere-until-it-wasn-t https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XfLlpxE6AYM/hqdefault.jpg Why Clip Art Was Everywhere... Until It Wasn't https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XfLlpxE6AYM/hqdefault.jpg Linus Boman's video essay on the history of clip art: why it was everywhere and why it faded, and where later flat illustration styles fit in. It is a short design-history piece in the style of a documentary. HN people recommend it as a good account of clip art's place in design history, especially when the talk turns to Corporate Memphis. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XfLlpxE6AYM 1680 800374 history of clip art 2023-03-14T19:30:11Z yes 2023-10-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/VVaWmEI9O1w/why-we-should-build-with-stone-again https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VVaWmEI9O1w/hqdefault.jpg Why We Should Build With STONE (Again) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VVaWmEI9O1w/hqdefault.jpg The Aesthetic City makes the case for building with stone again. It is a video essay about stone as a building material and how it shapes the look and lifespan of buildings and cities. HN people submitted it several times as a pro-stone argument for architecture, and it comes up in threads about materials and infrastructure. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VVaWmEI9O1w 968 1254045 building with stone 2024-10-25T16:07:07Z yes 2025-06-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/MMggqenxuZc/half-life-2-s-invisible-tutorial https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MMggqenxuZc/hqdefault.jpg Half-Life 2's Invisible Tutorial https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MMggqenxuZc/hqdefault.jpg Game Maker's Toolkit examines how Half-Life 2 teaches the player its mechanics without text or tutorial screens. It breaks down how level layout and pacing introduce new ideas one at a time. HN people treat it as a standout of the series on game and level design, and a model for introducing content to players in order. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MMggqenxuZc 396 1411478 invisible tutorial design 2015-01-26T16:19:26Z yes 2024-09-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/zysL_lkdtys/why-tokyo-is-insanely-well-designed https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zysL_lkdtys/hqdefault.jpg Why Tokyo Is Insanely Well Designed https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zysL_lkdtys/hqdefault.jpg An OBF video on why Tokyo is so well designed as a city. It looks at what makes the city work. HN people submitted it several times in 2022 as a video worth watching on the design of Tokyo. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zysL_lkdtys 508 9730231 tokyo city design 2022-01-10T21:43:46Z yes 2022-10-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/-syl7m_i-80/macpaint-interview-and-demonstration-with-bill-atkinson-and-andy-herzfeld https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-syl7m_i-80/hqdefault.jpg MacPaint Interview and Demonstration, with Bill Atkinson and Andy Herzfeld https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-syl7m_i-80/hqdefault.jpg A Computer History Museum event where Bill Atkinson and Andy Hertzfeld talk about MacPaint and demonstrate it. MacPaint was the Macintosh's original drawing program, written by Atkinson. HN people submit it as a first-hand account of how MacPaint, an early graphical design tool, came to be. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-syl7m_i-80 4838 38002 macpaint history 2013-09-27T22:41:12Z yes 2018-07-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/OGSeLSmOALU/indiecade-2011-jonathan-blow-and-marc-ten-bosch https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OGSeLSmOALU/hqdefault.jpg IndieCade 2011: Jonathan Blow & Marc Ten Bosch https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OGSeLSmOALU/hqdefault.jpg Jonathan Blow (Braid) and Marc ten Bosch (Miegakure) speak at IndieCade 2011 under the title "Designing to Reveal the Nature of the Universe". The talk is about approaching game design as uncovering what a set of rules actually allows, rather than inventing content on top of it. HN game developers list it among the videos that changed how they think about game design, and it has been submitted to HN more than once. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OGSeLSmOALU 4066 78598 game design as discovery 2011-10-24T07:34:58Z yes 2025-02-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/vuMg0QwKAGI/this-is-not-a-wheelchair-introducing-the-rig https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vuMg0QwKAGI/hqdefault.jpg This is 'Not a Wheelchair' - Introducing The Rig https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vuMg0QwKAGI/hqdefault.jpg JerryRigEverything introduces The Rig, an e-bike-based mobility vehicle presented as an alternative to a wheelchair. The video shows how it works and how it moves. HN people see it as a better direction for assistive devices than disability dongles, a rethinking built on first-hand knowledge of disability. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vuMg0QwKAGI 440 7131218 e-bike based wheelchair alternative 2020-06-30T13:15:01Z yes 2026-08-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/vOE7EAlPUwE/kando-a-free-cross-platform-pie-menu https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vOE7EAlPUwE/hqdefault.jpg Kando - A Free Cross-Platform Pie Menu https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vOE7EAlPUwE/hqdefault.jpg The trailer for Kando 1.0, a free cross-platform pie menu by Simon Schneegans. The video shows the tool in use, set to an AI-generated song. HN people share it as a cool tool for pie-menu interaction, and as a charming example of giving software its own song. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vOE7EAlPUwE 161 13724 pie menu launcher 2024-06-07T18:29:46Z yes 2024-08-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ZH2wGpEZVgE/design-club-super-mario-bros-level-1-1-how-super-mario-mastered-level-design https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZH2wGpEZVgE/hqdefault.jpg Design Club - Super Mario Bros: Level 1-1 - How Super Mario Mastered Level Design https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZH2wGpEZVgE/hqdefault.jpg A Design Club episode that walks through level 1-1 of the original Super Mario Bros. and shows how the layout teaches the player the game's mechanics without text. It treats the first level as a lesson in level design. HN people cite it as the standard example of teaching through level design rather than tutorials, and as proof of how carefully Nintendo steers players. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZH2wGpEZVgE 343 1210525 Mario 1-1 level design 2014-06-05T14:18:20Z yes 2023-05-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/uYbdx4I7STg/the-weird-world-in-rgb https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uYbdx4I7STg/hqdefault.jpg The Weird World in RGB https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uYbdx4I7STg/hqdefault.jpg Technology Connections explains how RGB color works, from how screens mix red, green and blue to why that model breaks down for reflected light. It also covers why LED lighting can make objects look unnatural. HN people use it as the accessible explanation of color perception and of why RGB light behaves oddly when it reflects off things. https://www.youtube.com/embed/uYbdx4I7STg 1339 2664998 how rgb color works 2019-08-28T17:25:17Z yes 2023-11-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/_vRfNtvFVRo/advx-2018-jon-ingold-sparkling-dialogue-a-masterclass https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_vRfNtvFVRo/hqdefault.jpg AdvX 2018 - Jon Ingold - Sparkling Dialogue: A Masterclass https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_vRfNtvFVRo/hqdefault.jpg Jon Ingold of inkle gives a masterclass at AdventureX 2018 on writing dialogue for games. He rewrites a Blade Runner scene to show how to make game dialogue sparkle. HN people call it an insightful and very entertaining talk on doing game dialogue properly, and cite it alongside Ink, inkle's scripting language. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_vRfNtvFVRo 2985 42202 game dialogue writing 2018-12-01T13:00:05Z yes 2021-10-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/eQgxFuw8f1U/spatial-programming-without-escape https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eQgxFuw8f1U/hqdefault.jpg SPATIAL PROGRAMMING WITHOUT ESCAPE https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eQgxFuw8f1U/hqdefault.jpg Lu Wilson (TodePond) presents Cellpond, a visual programming language built around spatial rules on a grid of cells. The talk frames it as spatial programming that avoids the need to drop out into text code. HN people see it as an example of spatial programming, an alternative form of visual programming, and cite it when visual programming comes up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/eQgxFuw8f1U 2154 30265 spatial visual programming 2026-03-08T09:41:17Z yes 2026-03-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/kU_gH36GG58/the-masterful-design-of-the-two-liter-plastic-soda-bottle https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kU_gH36GG58/hqdefault.jpg The masterful design of the two-liter plastic soda bottle https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kU_gH36GG58/hqdefault.jpg Bill Hammack of engineerguy explains the design of the two-liter plastic soda bottle, looking at how its shape and structure are suited to holding a carbonated drink and to being mass-produced. HN people submitted it as a fine example of the design thinking hidden in an ordinary object, in the manner of Hammack's earlier video on the aluminum can. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kU_gH36GG58 775 758284 soda bottle design 2025-04-11T11:01:19Z yes 2025-07-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/iMtXqTmfta0/the-world-is-poorly-designed-but-copying-nature-helps https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iMtXqTmfta0/hqdefault.jpg The world is poorly designed. But copying nature helps. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iMtXqTmfta0/hqdefault.jpg A Vox video on biomimicry, the practice of solving design problems by copying solutions found in nature. It argues that many human-made designs are inefficient and that nature offers better models. HN people share it as a good companion to articles about nature-inspired engineering, such as the owl-wing noise research. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iMtXqTmfta0 410 9739690 biomimicry in design 2017-11-09T13:00:36Z yes 2023-05-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/5gdYHlYAKDY/refactoring-ui-wp-pusher-checkout-page https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5gdYHlYAKDY/hqdefault.jpg Refactoring UI: WP Pusher Checkout Page https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5gdYHlYAKDY/hqdefault.jpg Steve Schoger, co-author of Refactoring UI, walks through redesigning a checkout page for the WP Pusher product. He improves it step by step through hierarchy, spacing, colour and other visual details. HN people recommend these free videos to developers as the quickest practical way to make their interfaces look better. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5gdYHlYAKDY 673 141826 ui redesign walkthrough 2018-03-21T14:40:42Z yes 2023-12-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/WB2-2j9e4co/extreme-transformer-home-in-hong-kong-gary-chang-s-24-rooms-in-1 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WB2-2j9e4co/hqdefault.jpg Extreme transformer home in Hong Kong: Gary Chang's 24 rooms in 1 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WB2-2j9e4co/hqdefault.jpg Kirsten Dirksen tours the roughly 344 sq ft Hong Kong apartment of architect Gary Chang, which he reworked with sliding walls and fold-away fittings so it can become up to 24 different rooms. It is a tour of one very small home and the thinking behind it. HN people treat it as the ultimate example of the transforming-room idea, and cite it as proof that a very small apartment can feel beautiful and enough. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WB2-2j9e4co 617 1958318 transformable micro apartment 2013-05-12T13:32:06Z yes 2024-05-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/q3OuCR0EpGo/the-8pen https://i.ytimg.com/vi/q3OuCR0EpGo/hqdefault.jpg The 8pen https://i.ytimg.com/vi/q3OuCR0EpGo/hqdefault.jpg A promotional demo of the 8pen, an Android touchscreen keyboard that replaces the grid of keys with a gesture-based input method. It shows how text is entered by moving a finger out from a central point and circling. HN people hold it up as a striking, fast text-entry idea for phones that failed mainly because it looked unfamiliar, and as inspiration for new touchscreen input. https://www.youtube.com/embed/q3OuCR0EpGo 251 1092932 gesture-based phone keyboard 2010-10-30T12:26:09Z yes 2025-12-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/SJwEwA5gOkM/nerdy-sorting-out-sorting https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SJwEwA5gOkM/hqdefault.jpg [Nerdy] Sorting Out Sorting https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SJwEwA5gOkM/hqdefault.jpg "Sorting Out Sorting" is an early-1980s educational film from the University of Toronto that explains how sorting algorithms work using computer animation. It is an early example of explaining algorithms visually. HN treats it as the classic sorting visualization, still worth watching even though newer pages cover more algorithms. https://www.youtube.com/embed/SJwEwA5gOkM 1857 81124 animated sorting algorithms 2011-11-29T00:38:30Z yes 2017-10-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/C8--cXwuuFQ/recon-2013-the-future-of-re-dynamic-binary-visualization-christopher-domas https://i.ytimg.com/vi/C8--cXwuuFQ/hqdefault.jpg REcon 2013 - The Future of RE : Dynamic Binary Visualization (Christopher Domas) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/C8--cXwuuFQ/hqdefault.jpg Christopher Domas presents his cantor.dust tool at REcon 2013, which visualizes binary files so structure and patterns can be seen at a glance. It includes 3D pan, tilt and zoom views of byte trigraphs used for reverse engineering. HN people say it blew their mind and made hexdumps and debuggers feel primitive, and it is the reference whenever binary visualization comes up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/C8--cXwuuFQ 3802 9455 binary data visualization 2014-08-25T17:12:48Z yes 2024-09-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/OW-atKrg0T4/origins-of-the-apple-human-interface https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OW-atKrg0T4/hqdefault.jpg Origins of the Apple Human Interface https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OW-atKrg0T4/hqdefault.jpg A 1997 Computer History Museum talk in which Larry Tesler recounts how the Apple Lisa and Macintosh user interface came about. He covers the design decisions and the people behind the early desktop interface, with overhead foils as slides. HN uses it as a first-hand source on the Lisa and Mac UI, from the Z X C V edit keys to Apple's early concern with discoverability. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OW-atKrg0T4 7020 12677 origins of the Apple interface 2019-02-28T00:29:14Z yes 2026-04-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/gla830WPBVU/userland-creating-an-integrated-dataflow-environment-for-end-user-applications https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gla830WPBVU/hqdefault.jpg Userland: creating an integrated dataflow environment for end-user applications https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gla830WPBVU/hqdefault.jpg Hisham Muhammad presents Userland, his Ph.D. work on an integrated dataflow environment for end-user applications. It combines ideas from pipes, spreadsheets and the shell into one interface where data flows between cells. HN people bring it up as an existing, impressive take on dataflow and pipe-like interfaces whenever new command line or spreadsheet-style tools are discussed. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gla830WPBVU 316 4263 dataflow end-user environment 2019-10-21T12:02:15Z yes 2020-09-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/hs3piaN4b5I/flexbox-vs-css-grid-which-is-better https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hs3piaN4b5I/hqdefault.jpg Flexbox vs. CSS Grid — Which is Better? https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hs3piaN4b5I/hqdefault.jpg Jen Simmons of Layout Land compares CSS Flexbox and CSS Grid. She explains what each is built for, where they overlap and how to choose between them. HN people point to it whenever someone asks about flexbox versus grid, as the clearest rundown of what each does and does not do. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hs3piaN4b5I 258 314026 flexbox vs css grid 2018-01-30T05:30:01Z yes 2020-04-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/2Z43y94Dfzk/alto-system-project-larry-tesler-demonstration-of-gypsy https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2Z43y94Dfzk/hqdefault.jpg Alto System Project: Larry Tesler demonstration of Gypsy https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2Z43y94Dfzk/hqdefault.jpg Larry Tesler demonstrates Gypsy, the non-modal document editor built at Xerox PARC, running on a restored Xerox Alto at the Computer History Museum. It shows text editing with a mouse, selection and cut and paste as they worked in the 1970s. HN offers it as a first-hand look at early GUI text editing and a reference point for how the Alto's interface differed from the later Mac. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2Z43y94Dfzk 3161 30877 alto gypsy text editor demo 2019-03-11T21:24:43Z yes 2023-04-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/L6iUm_Cqx2s/aurora-strangeloop-2013-demo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/L6iUm_Cqx2s/hqdefault.jpg Aurora (StrangeLoop 2013 demo) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/L6iUm_Cqx2s/hqdefault.jpg Chris Granger demos Aurora at Strange Loop 2013, a prototype programming environment that tries to make building software visual and direct. The demo includes a TodoMVC example built in a fraction of the usual code. Aurora later led to the Eve project. HN people share it as the concrete picture of a graphical, immediate programming environment, and as the concept behind Eve. https://www.youtube.com/embed/L6iUm_Cqx2s 672 38202 aurora programming environment 2014-03-26T20:28:29Z yes 2014-07-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ldSkPqZKBl0/inge-druckrey-teaching-to-see https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ldSkPqZKBl0/hqdefault.jpg Inge Druckrey: Teaching to See https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ldSkPqZKBl0/hqdefault.jpg Teaching to See is a film portrait of Inge Druckrey, the Swiss-trained graphic designer and teacher, shared on Edward Tufte's channel. It follows her teaching of how to look closely and build design from the fundamentals of form and visual perception. HN people submitted it as a 40-minute crash course in design thinking. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ldSkPqZKBl0 2221 102343 learning to see as a designer 2012-12-13T23:20:09Z yes 2024-04-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/KZokQov_aH0/the-witness-a-great-game-that-you-shouldn-t-play https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KZokQov_aH0/hqdefault.jpg The Witness - A Great Game That You Shouldn't Play https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KZokQov_aH0/hqdefault.jpg Joseph Anderson's long critical review of The Witness, Jonathan Blow's puzzle game. He praises its design and world while arguing that its puzzles, pacing and approach to the player's time make it hard to recommend playing. HN people use it as the fair critique of why The Witness lacks respect for the player, and as a companion to finishing the game. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KZokQov_aH0 2462 6200335 the witness game critique 2016-03-31T18:12:01Z yes 2025-12-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Ie-gqwSHQr0/building-a-toolkit-for-design-by-matthew-griffith https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ie-gqwSHQr0/hqdefault.jpg "Building a Toolkit for Design" by Matthew Griffith https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ie-gqwSHQr0/hqdefault.jpg Matthew Griffith, creator of elm-ui, explains at elm-conf why he built a layout and styling toolkit for Elm that replaces most CSS. He argues for a smaller, more consistent set of layout primitives designed around how designers think about pages. HN people send it to anyone wanting a fresh perspective on CSS, layout and styling, and as the case for elm-ui as an alternative to CSS. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ie-gqwSHQr0 1945 24583 elm-ui layout toolkit 2018-10-17T13:58:29Z yes 2021-06-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Odv_vNFGOX4/1969-engelbart-demo-asis-conference-1-3 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Odv_vNFGOX4/hqdefault.jpg 1969 Engelbart Demo - ASIS Conference (1/3) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Odv_vNFGOX4/hqdefault.jpg Part 1 of 3 of Douglas Engelbart's 1969 demonstration of his NLS system at the ASIS conference. It is a follow-up to the 1968 Mother of All Demos, showing the mouse, screen editing and linked information at a more relaxed pace. HN treats it as the better-paced companion to the Mother of All Demos, and quotes Engelbart's own explanation of the mouse and screen pointer. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Odv_vNFGOX4 2099 2379 Engelbart's NLS demo 2018-02-10T01:57:37Z yes 2020-06-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/I1llZnsye0M/inky-a-sloppy-command-line-for-the-web https://i.ytimg.com/vi/I1llZnsye0M/hqdefault.jpg Inky: A Sloppy Command Line for the Web https://i.ytimg.com/vi/I1llZnsye0M/hqdefault.jpg A demo of Inky, a research prototype from MIT that gives the web a command line which accepts loose, abbreviated commands and responds with rich visual feedback. It was presented as a UIST 2008 research project. HN people point to it when asking for command-line usability research and as a relative of Mozilla Ubiquity. https://www.youtube.com/embed/I1llZnsye0M 160 1096 sloppy command line for the web 2008-10-28T14:14:32Z yes 2022-09-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/nvK8fua6O64/tun-un-ruining-the-mmo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nvK8fua6O64/hqdefault.jpg TUN: Un-Ruining the MMO https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nvK8fua6O64/hqdefault.jpg MrBTongue critiques how World of Warcraft changed the design of massively multiplayer games and argues for a different direction. He contrasts the levelling treadmill of theme-park MMOs with the more open play of sandbox worlds. HN people call it one of the most insightful and in-depth critiques of why MMOs became grindy copies of WoW, and cite it in sandbox-versus-theme-park debates. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nvK8fua6O64 845 290958 mmo design after world of warcraft 2013-02-14T09:03:59Z yes 2018-12-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/0Gr1XSyxZy0/9-biggest-mistakes-with-css-grid https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0Gr1XSyxZy0/hqdefault.jpg 9 Biggest Mistakes with CSS Grid https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0Gr1XSyxZy0/hqdefault.jpg A Layout Land video by Jen Simmons that walks through nine common mistakes people make when learning CSS Grid. It covers things like treating Grid as the answer to everything, sizing only with percentages, and assuming you still need breakpoints. HN points people to it as the quick, practical corrective for outdated CSS habits, especially the claim that Grid can replace many breakpoints and media queries. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0Gr1XSyxZy0 861 166154 css grid layout mistakes 2018-07-17T04:30:01Z yes 2022-12-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/lFb7BOI_QFc/why-do-corporate-art-styles-feel-fake https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lFb7BOI_QFc/hqdefault.jpg Why do "Corporate Art Styles" Feel Fake? https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lFb7BOI_QFc/hqdefault.jpg Solar Sands asks why the flat, brightly colored illustration style used by tech companies feels fake. The video names the style, known as Corporate Memphis or Alegria, and examines its look and why it has become so common and disliked. HN people use it as the explainer to point to when someone asks what this ubiquitous style is called and why everything looks the same. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lFb7BOI_QFc 731 5802465 corporate memphis illustration style 2021-02-06T21:00:07Z yes 2023-05-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/E3gS9tjACwU/mouse-pointers-and-fitts-s-law-computerphile https://i.ytimg.com/vi/E3gS9tjACwU/hqdefault.jpg Mouse Pointers & Fitts's Law - Computerphile https://i.ytimg.com/vi/E3gS9tjACwU/hqdefault.jpg Computerphile explains Fitts's law, which predicts how quickly people can hit a target with a pointer based on its size and distance. It shows why screen edges and corners are easy to reach and what that means for interface layout. HN people share it as the simplest explanation of Fitts's law for programmers, and as evidence when arguing about desktop UI choices like thin scrollbars. https://www.youtube.com/embed/E3gS9tjACwU 507 480033 fitts's law 2015-07-10T14:02:44Z yes 2018-03-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/BGXtckqhEIk/fly-pie-10-a-new-clipboard-menu-proper-touch-support-and-much-more https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BGXtckqhEIk/hqdefault.jpg Fly-Pie 10: A new Clipboard Menu, proper touch support & much more! https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BGXtckqhEIk/hqdefault.jpg A release trailer for Fly-Pie 10, a pie and marking menu extension for GNOME Shell by Simon Schneegans. This version adds a clipboard menu and proper touch support. HN people post it in pie menu threads as an example of practical, customizable radial menus that are more than eye candy. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BGXtckqhEIk 136 16042 pie menus on gnome 2021-12-01T20:43:20Z yes 2022-09-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/FEnRpy9Xfes/basics-of-css-grid-the-big-picture https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FEnRpy9Xfes/hqdefault.jpg Basics of CSS Grid: The Big Picture https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FEnRpy9Xfes/hqdefault.jpg Jen Simmons of Mozilla's Layout Land gives a big-picture introduction to CSS Grid, showing what it does and how it changes layout on the web. It is aimed at people who know older layout techniques such as floats. HN people call Jen Simmons's videos the best overviews of modern CSS layout, and say they helped back-end developers learn Grid. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FEnRpy9Xfes 925 195095 css grid basics 2018-02-13T05:30:01Z yes 2020-07-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/rwd4Lq0Xvgc/lecture-part-1-of-9 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rwd4Lq0Xvgc/hqdefault.jpg Lecture Part 1 of 9 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rwd4Lq0Xvgc/hqdefault.jpg The first of nine parts of a 1991 lecture by the architect and planner Andrés Duany on New Urbanism. He criticizes car-oriented development and makes the case for walkable, traditionally patterned towns. HN people recommend it as a funny and informative argument about why car-centered places fail pedestrians, often alongside urban design discussions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rwd4Lq0Xvgc 542 86383 new urbanism 2006-11-01T22:48:22Z yes 2023-12-01 monthly 0.47500000000000003 https://www.designertube.app/watch/7d59O6cfaM0/holoportation-virtual-3d-teleportation-in-real-time-microsoft-research https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7d59O6cfaM0/hqdefault.jpg holoportation: virtual 3D teleportation in real-time (Microsoft Research) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7d59O6cfaM0/hqdefault.jpg A Microsoft Research demo of holoportation, a system that captures people in 3D in real time and transmits them so a remote person appears in your room through a mixed-reality headset. It shows two people talking as if they were in the same space. HN people bring it up as the most compelling vision for VR and AR telepresence, especially in remote-work and VR threads. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7d59O6cfaM0 287 3648018 3d telepresence 2016-03-25T15:18:17Z yes 2020-02-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/qWFScmtiC44/talk-video-games-and-the-future-of-education https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qWFScmtiC44/hqdefault.jpg Talk: Video Games and the Future of Education https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qWFScmtiC44/hqdefault.jpg Jonathan Blow, creator of Braid and The Witness, gives a talk on video games and the future of education. He considers what games could offer as a way of teaching and learning. HN people post it repeatedly and suggest it to anyone asking whether engaging games could replace parts of education. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qWFScmtiC44 9868 130257 games and education 2020-07-20T05:04:12Z yes 2023-02-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/jjNca1L6CUk/disney-s-animatronics-a-living-history https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jjNca1L6CUk/hqdefault.jpg Disney's Animatronics: A Living History https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jjNca1L6CUk/hqdefault.jpg A Defunctland documentary on the history of Disney's animatronics, from early automata to the figures in the theme parks. It is split into chapters, including one on the Lincoln animatronic. HN people recommend it as a high-quality, entertaining history of animatronics and early robotics at Disney, often alongside news about new Disney robots. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jjNca1L6CUk 6335 4024230 disney animatronics history 2024-12-19T00:30:33Z yes 2025-12-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/CtnX1EJHbC0/internal-next-video-1991 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CtnX1EJHbC0/hqdefault.jpg Internal NeXT video (1991) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CtnX1EJHbC0/hqdefault.jpg An internal NeXT company video from 1991 in which Steve Jobs describes the company's market opportunity and where its computers fit. It is a period record of how NeXT pitched itself to its own people. HN people find it fascinating for showing Jobs's long-term product strategy, which they link to how he later ran Apple. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CtnX1EJHbC0 1129 272703 steve jobs next strategy 2012-09-25T23:06:15Z yes 2024-06-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/rZjbNWgsDt8/lisa-steve-jobs-sabotage-and-apple-s-secret-burial-full-documentary https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rZjbNWgsDt8/hqdefault.jpg Lisa: Steve Jobs’ sabotage and Apple’s secret burial | FULL DOCUMENTARY https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rZjbNWgsDt8/hqdefault.jpg A documentary from The Verge on the Apple Lisa, covering how the computer was developed, how it was sidelined at Apple, and what became of the unsold machines. It also features the Sun Remarketing company that supported the leftover Lisas. HN people share it as a thorough story of the Lisa's fate, and single out the Sun Remarketing segment as especially interesting. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rZjbNWgsDt8 1802 1449835 apple lisa history 2023-05-30T14:00:40Z yes 2025-10-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/xOOWk5yCMMs/the-future-of-cities https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xOOWk5yCMMs/hqdefault.jpg THE FUTURE OF CITIES https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xOOWk5yCMMs/hqdefault.jpg A short documentary by Oscar Boyson on the future of cities. HN people post it as a short documentary worth watching on where cities are headed, and one commenter says they really love it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xOOWk5yCMMs 1093 2343842 future of cities 2016-12-09T03:59:22Z yes 2019-04-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/sclZDCjUVvI/how-classic-sierra-game-graphics-worked-and-an-attempt-to-upscale-them https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sclZDCjUVvI/hqdefault.jpg How classic Sierra game graphics worked (and an attempt to upscale them) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sclZDCjUVvI/hqdefault.jpg Robin Ward (eviltrout) explains how the background graphics in classic Sierra adventure games were stored and drawn, and shows his attempt to upscale them. The games used vector-style drawing rather than plain bitmaps, which makes higher resolutions possible. HN people share it as the explanation behind a tool that renders and upscales Sierra backgrounds, and cite it for the fact that the games used vector graphics. https://www.youtube.com/embed/sclZDCjUVvI 338 569669 sierra adventure game graphics 2022-05-24T11:17:21Z yes 2025-05-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/g7_mOdi3O5E/future-of-screen-technology https://i.ytimg.com/vi/g7_mOdi3O5E/hqdefault.jpg Future of Screen Technology https://i.ytimg.com/vi/g7_mOdi3O5E/hqdefault.jpg A concept video from TAT, the Swedish mobile UI company later acquired by RIM, imagining how screen technology and interfaces might develop. The material here is thin, so only the general subject is clear from the title and channel. HN people submitted it in 2010 and 2012 as a look at where mobile screens and UIs might go, without much discussion. https://www.youtube.com/embed/g7_mOdi3O5E 138 4251121 future mobile screens 2010-09-01T11:21:59Z yes 2012-01-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/NfizT369g60/procedural-world-generation-of-ubisoft-s-far-cry-5-etienne-carrier-houdini-hive https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NfizT369g60/hqdefault.jpg Procedural World Generation of Ubisoft’s Far Cry 5 | Etienne Carrier | Houdini HIVE Utrecht https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NfizT369g60/hqdefault.jpg Etienne Carrier of Ubisoft explains at Houdini HIVE Utrecht how much of Far Cry 5's world was generated procedurally. He shows tools that place terrain features, plants and other objects using rules such as slope, sun and elevation, so artists can focus on hand-crafting key locations. HN people list it among the best talks on modern procedural generation and on how large game worlds are built with tools. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NfizT369g60 3965 99143 procedural world generation far cry 5 2018-06-19T19:34:00Z yes 2022-02-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Jv2JgzAl5yU/computational-physics-beyond-the-glass-by-sam-ritchie-strange-loop-2023 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Jv2JgzAl5yU/hqdefault.jpg "Computational Physics, Beyond the Glass" by Sam Ritchie (Strange Loop 2023) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Jv2JgzAl5yU/hqdefault.jpg Sam Ritchie's Strange Loop 2023 talk shows how he built an interactive, Lisp-based physics visualizer, starting from Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics. He demonstrates animated simulations that you can poke at and change. HN people list it among the best talks of 2023 and recommend it as a neat way into physics for programmers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jv2JgzAl5yU 2351 8634 interactive computational physics 2023-10-12T17:18:23Z yes 2024-07-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/SN--t9jXQc0/some-reflections-on-early-history-by-j-c-r-licklider-vpri-0093 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SN--t9jXQc0/hqdefault.jpg Some Reflections on Early History by J.C.R. Licklider (VPRI 0093) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SN--t9jXQc0/hqdefault.jpg J.C.R. Licklider gives a talk at the 1986 ACM Conference on the History of Personal Workstations, reflecting on the early history of interactive computing. The video is the archived recording from the Viewpoints Research Institute collection. HN people send others to Licklider as a primary source on the origins of personal workstations and interactive computing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/SN--t9jXQc0 3327 16620 early history of interactive computing 2015-08-06T05:21:21Z yes 2021-05-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/c2J91UG6Fn8/old-car-headlights-were-all-the-same-which-was-a-fairly-bright-idea https://i.ytimg.com/vi/c2J91UG6Fn8/hqdefault.jpg Old car headlights were all the same — which was a fairly bright idea https://i.ytimg.com/vi/c2J91UG6Fn8/hqdefault.jpg Alec Watson of Technology Connections explains why American cars had the same standardized headlights for decades, and how the rules of the time shaped what they looked like. It also covers what changed once the rules did. HN people cite it as the best example of mandating requirements versus mandating a specific solution, and as a story of standardization freezing design. https://www.youtube.com/embed/c2J91UG6Fn8 1521 2498546 standardized car headlights 2022-10-16T14:52:22Z yes 2023-07-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/07KHwjebf7k/immediate-railways-live-256-byte-intro-by-digimind-for-function-2015 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/07KHwjebf7k/hqdefault.jpg Immediate Railways (live) - 256 byte intro by Digimind for Function 2015 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/07KHwjebf7k/hqdefault.jpg A live recording of Immediate Railways, a 256-byte intro by Digimind shown at the Function 2015 demoparty. It renders a moving 3D railway scene from a program smaller than a tweet. HN people offer it as proof that the minimalist demoscene is alive, with a crowd reaction worth watching. https://www.youtube.com/embed/07KHwjebf7k 78 30437 256 byte demoscene intro 2015-09-15T13:04:29Z yes 2017-02-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/jusWW2pPnA0/rendering-tiny-glades-with-entirely-too-much-ray-marching https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jusWW2pPnA0/hqdefault.jpg Rendering Tiny Glades With Entirely Too Much Ray Marching https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jusWW2pPnA0/hqdefault.jpg A Graphics Programming Conference talk on how the indie game Tiny Glade is rendered, with a heavy use of ray marching. A developer of the game explains the rendering techniques and some of the tools behind it. HN people treat it as proof that there is still wizardry in game tech, and cite Tiny Glade as a small team's creative, technically inventive game. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jusWW2pPnA0 3560 107936 tiny glade rendering 2024-12-04T10:10:31Z yes 2025-04-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/DxfEbulyFcY/coding-adventure-atmosphere https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DxfEbulyFcY/hqdefault.jpg Coding Adventure: Atmosphere https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DxfEbulyFcY/hqdefault.jpg Sebastian Lague builds a planet atmosphere from scratch in Unity, simulating how light scatters to produce blue skies and sunsets. He explains the approximations needed to make it run in real time. HN people recommend it as an entertaining look at real-time Rayleigh scattering, and for the pleasure of watching visuals take shape from nothing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DxfEbulyFcY 1320 1345048 atmospheric scattering shader 2020-08-22T13:20:12Z yes 2026-05-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/LKJBND_IRdI/the-uncanny-valley-is-wrong https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LKJBND_IRdI/hqdefault.jpg The Uncanny Valley Is Wrong https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LKJBND_IRdI/hqdefault.jpg A video essay arguing that the uncanny valley, the idea that near-human faces and robots feel creepy, does not hold up as usually described. It examines examples of human-like characters and machines to make its case. HN people offer it as an amazing, convincing counterpoint whenever the uncanny valley comes up as settled fact. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LKJBND_IRdI 1104 235711 uncanny valley critique 2020-07-27T13:51:20Z yes 2021-11-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/SYeeTvitvFU/why-this-british-crossroads-was-so-dangerous https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SYeeTvitvFU/hqdefault.jpg Why this British crossroads was so dangerous https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SYeeTvitvFU/hqdefault.jpg Tom Scott explains why a rural English crossroads kept producing cyclist collisions even though visibility looked fine. The angle of the junction and the car's A-pillar can hide an approaching cyclist, because there is no relative motion against the background. HN people use it as the clearest visual of the blind-spot effect, and bring it up whenever junction or vehicle design and cyclist safety come up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/SYeeTvitvFU 252 3897694 dangerous junction design 2020-04-27T15:00:12Z yes 2022-08-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/JheGL6uSF-4/i-made-a-graph-of-wikipedia-this-is-what-i-found https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JheGL6uSF-4/hqdefault.jpg I Made a Graph of Wikipedia... This Is What I Found https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JheGL6uSF-4/hqdefault.jpg The adumb channel builds a graph of Wikipedia articles and their links, then explores the clusters and structure that appear. It is a data visualization project explained as a story of what the network showed. HN people point to it as a source of ideas for network visualization and for reading clusters in large graphs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JheGL6uSF-4 1184 4417357 wikipedia link graph 2024-03-30T16:00:23Z yes 2025-06-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/DeiATy-FfjI/why-do-maps-show-places-that-don-t-exist https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DeiATy-FfjI/hqdefault.jpg Why do maps show places that don't exist? https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DeiATy-FfjI/hqdefault.jpg Map Men, with Jay Foreman, explains why maps contain places that do not exist, such as trap streets, fake alleys and invented towns. It looks at why mapmakers add them and what they say about copyright and map making. HN people recommend it as a fun take on fake map entries and trap streets, and praise the Map Men series as a whole. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DeiATy-FfjI 360 3746059 trap streets in maps 2019-05-13T18:50:17Z yes 2025-04-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/JFaOYYSxSEA/classic-game-postmortem-another-world https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JFaOYYSxSEA/hqdefault.jpg Classic Game Postmortem - Another World https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JFaOYYSxSEA/hqdefault.jpg Eric Chahi gives a GDC Classic Game Postmortem on Another World, the 1991 game he created largely alone. He shows his rotoscoping setup and development tools, and explains his decision to use polygons. HN people call it one of the better GDC talks, valued for seeing Chahi's rotoscoping system and animation tools in action. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JFaOYYSxSEA 3945 24527 another world postmortem 2018-11-30T16:48:30Z yes 2023-07-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/k5eL_al_m7Q/google-maps-hacks-by-simon-weckert https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k5eL_al_m7Q/hqdefault.jpg Google Maps Hacks by Simon Weckert https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k5eL_al_m7Q/hqdefault.jpg Artist Simon Weckert documents a piece in which he pulls a handcart carrying 99 smartphones, all running Google Maps, through Berlin streets. The phones register as heavy traffic, and Maps shows a traffic jam on empty roads. HN people share it as a simple, funny demonstration of how Google Maps reads traffic from phones, and bring it up in threads on spoofing and traffic systems. https://www.youtube.com/embed/k5eL_al_m7Q 103 3625077 google maps traffic art hack 2020-02-01T11:13:55Z yes 2022-11-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/FSy9G6bNuKA/wireless-high-resolution-scrolling-is-amazing https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FSy9G6bNuKA/hqdefault.jpg Wireless High Resolution Scrolling is Amazing https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FSy9G6bNuKA/hqdefault.jpg Engineer Bo builds a wireless, high-resolution scroll knob from an encoder wheel and shows how smooth, fine-grained scrolling feels in use. It is a build log of a custom hardware input device. HN people point to it as a rare example of fresh input-device work and pair it with other DIY encoder and haptic knob projects. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FSy9G6bNuKA 1022 1035369 high resolution scroll wheel 2024-12-21T14:53:24Z yes 2025-06-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/FNVBK7-h9Fs/i-3d-printed-origami https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FNVBK7-h9Fs/hqdefault.jpg I 3D Printed Origami https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FNVBK7-h9Fs/hqdefault.jpg Maker Matthew Lim shows his experiments in 3D printing origami, making printed objects that fold like paper. It is a build video about the printing and folding problem rather than a talk. HN people keep submitting it as a neat example of origami-style folding made with a 3D printer. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FNVBK7-h9Fs 589 416563 3d printed origami 2025-12-20T13:09:24Z yes 2026-05-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ErMSHiQRnc8/animation-vs-physics https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ErMSHiQRnc8/hqdefault.jpg Animation vs. Physics https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ErMSHiQRnc8/hqdefault.jpg Alan Becker's stick-figure animation in which a character moves through a world that plays with physics. It is part of his Animation vs. series alongside Animation vs. Math. HN people say it is a beautifully presented way into the Animation vs. series and Alan Becker's channel. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ErMSHiQRnc8 968 49857484 stick figure animation 2023-12-09T13:00:08Z yes 2026-04-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/UQuIVsNzqDk/this-invention-made-disney-millions-but-then-they-lost-it https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UQuIVsNzqDk/hqdefault.jpg This Invention Made Disney MILLIONS, but Then They LOST It! https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UQuIVsNzqDk/hqdefault.jpg Corridor Crew recreates Disney's sodium vapor compositing, a pre-digital way of separating actors from backgrounds that Disney used into the early 1980s and then lost. They track down the special optics it needed and test whether it still beats a green screen. HN people call it a fantastic watch, and use it as the example of a superior technology that was lost to history. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UQuIVsNzqDk 745 7302242 Disney sodium vapor process 2024-04-07T16:00:31Z yes 2025-12-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/4f09VdXex3A/interactive-dynamic-video https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4f09VdXex3A/hqdefault.jpg Interactive Dynamic Video https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4f09VdXex3A/hqdefault.jpg A research video from Abe Davis and colleagues on Interactive Dynamic Video. It shows how tiny vibrations in ordinary footage can be analysed so viewers can virtually poke and push objects in the video and watch them respond. HN people kept submitting it over a decade as a striking piece of interaction research that makes a plain video feel touchable. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4f09VdXex3A 351 1174610 interactive dynamic video research 2016-08-02T12:59:04Z yes 2026-08-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ILNs1GChGDk/bsideslv-2013-3-2-7-sixteen-colors-archiving-the-evolution-of-ansi-and-ascii https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ILNs1GChGDk/hqdefault.jpg BSidesLV 2013 3 2 7 Sixteen Colors Archiving the Evolution of ANSI and ASCII Art Doug Moore Bren https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ILNs1GChGDk/hqdefault.jpg A BSides Las Vegas 2013 talk on Sixteen Colors, an archive of ANSI and ASCII art from the BBS era. It tells the history of the art scene and how the work was made and preserved. HN people recommend it as a good look at the 90s ANSI scene, usually in threads about BBS art archives and weird technical scenes. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ILNs1GChGDk 3457 15825 ansi and ascii art scene 2013-08-05T22:02:08Z yes 2022-11-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/LNidsMesxSE/animation-bootcamp-an-indie-approach-to-procedural-animation https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LNidsMesxSE/hqdefault.jpg Animation Bootcamp: An Indie Approach to Procedural Animation https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LNidsMesxSE/hqdefault.jpg David Rosen of Wolfire Games presents at GDC 2014 how Overgrowth uses procedural animation, building character movement from a few keyframes and physics rather than many hand-made animations. He explains the priorities that guided the approach. HN people recommend it for its clever procedural techniques and for the principle that animation should do no harm to gameplay or player control. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LNidsMesxSE 1573 786624 procedural animation in games 2017-10-21T18:13:52Z yes 2024-01-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/z-Ng5ZvrDm4/dear-alice https://i.ytimg.com/vi/z-Ng5ZvrDm4/hqdefault.jpg Dear Alice https://i.ytimg.com/vi/z-Ng5ZvrDm4/hqdefault.jpg Dear Alice is an animated advert for Chobani yoghurt from the studio THE LINE, in a solarpunk look often compared to Studio Ghibli. A longer cut of the commercial circulates on YouTube. HN people bring it up as a beautiful example of the solarpunk aesthetic, to the point that it appears in threads about solarpunk and as a reference for what a modern version could look like. https://www.youtube.com/embed/z-Ng5ZvrDm4 77 1389376 solarpunk aesthetic in an animated ad 2021-07-13T10:49:48Z yes 2025-07-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/mb3uK-_QkOo/we-are-the-art-brandon-sanderson-s-keynote-speech https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mb3uK-_QkOo/hqdefault.jpg We Are The Art | Brandon Sanderson’s Keynote Speech https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mb3uK-_QkOo/hqdefault.jpg Fantasy author Brandon Sanderson's keynote on art in the age of AI, titled We Are the Art. He argues that the value of art lies in the process and the person who makes it, and explains why he rebels against AI-generated work. HN people share it as an eloquent case that AI output is not art, since the finished work is a receipt of the effort and self-transformation behind it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mb3uK-_QkOo 1115 579420 art in the ai era 2026-01-30T18:01:10Z yes 2026-04-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/MZ2GuvUWaP8/everything-is-a-remix-part-1-2021 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MZ2GuvUWaP8/hqdefault.jpg Everything is a Remix Part 1 (2021) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MZ2GuvUWaP8/hqdefault.jpg Kirby Ferguson's refreshed Everything is a Remix, Part 1, shows how creative work is built by copying, transforming and combining earlier work. It is the first of a four-part series updated in 2021. HN people share it as a good short take on remixing in creative work, especially in threads about AI and authorship. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MZ2GuvUWaP8 1398 185975 remix in creativity 2021-09-07T06:29:16Z yes 2023-03-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/fxbCHn6gE3U/the-surprising-habits-of-original-thinkers-adam-grant-ted https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fxbCHn6gE3U/hqdefault.jpg The surprising habits of original thinkers | Adam Grant | TED https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fxbCHn6gE3U/hqdefault.jpg Adam Grant's TED talk on the habits of original thinkers, drawn from his research on creativity and originality. It looks at what people who come up with new ideas actually do differently. HN people point to it for ideas on being more creative and original, and for the point that non-conforming people are not worthless. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fxbCHn6gE3U 925 11969427 originality and creativity habits 2016-04-26T15:28:18Z yes 2021-09-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Bdh5I7F1oMs/how-the-demo-scene-works https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Bdh5I7F1oMs/hqdefault.jpg How the Demo Scene Works! https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Bdh5I7F1oMs/hqdefault.jpg The 8-Bit Guy explains how the demo scene works, covering its history and culture and what demos and intros are. It's a general introduction to the community that builds real-time audiovisual programs to show off programming and art. HN people recommend it as a good, accessible history and explainer of the demo scene. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Bdh5I7F1oMs 1855 516845 history of the demo scene 2021-09-20T15:12:36Z yes 2022-09-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/QwXAqIaUahI/universal-mind-of-bill-evans-1966-documentary https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QwXAqIaUahI/hqdefault.jpg Universal Mind of Bill Evans (1966 Documentary) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QwXAqIaUahI/hqdefault.jpg A 1966 documentary on the jazz pianist Bill Evans, in which he talks about how he learned and developed his playing and how he thinks about creating music. It mixes performance with his own account of the process. HN recommends it as a rare long conversation with a master about creativity and self-teaching, and one that matters to people outside music. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QwXAqIaUahI 2656 523282 creative process and self-teaching 2016-02-28T22:36:06Z yes 2024-03-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/vK1tlLOavvM/leonie-watson-design-like-you-give-a-damn-practical-accessibility-for-web-pros https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vK1tlLOavvM/hqdefault.jpg Léonie Watson, "Design like you give a damn: Practical accessibility for web pros" at W3Conf 2013 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vK1tlLOavvM/hqdefault.jpg Leonie Watson, an accessibility engineer who is herself a screen reader user, gives a W3Conf 2013 talk with practical accessibility advice for web professionals. She demonstrates how blind users navigate pages with a screen reader and why markup matters. HN recommends it as a crash course in web accessibility, with a screen reader demonstration that shows how real users read a page. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vK1tlLOavvM 2341 7108 practical web accessibility 2013-02-26T15:12:39Z yes 2015-12-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ROP45rjvOHg/how-this-guy-builds-mesmerizing-kinetic-sculptures-obsessed-wired https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ROP45rjvOHg/hqdefault.jpg How This Guy Builds Mesmerizing Kinetic Sculptures | Obsessed | WIRED https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ROP45rjvOHg/hqdefault.jpg A WIRED "Obsessed" episode profiling a maker who builds kinetic sculptures, mechanical pieces whose motion looks organic and hypnotic. It shows the sculptures moving and the hands-on work of making them. HN people submitted it simply as a mesmerizing piece of making, with no further comment. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ROP45rjvOHg 645 10466434 kinetic sculpture making 2020-02-20T19:25:04Z yes 2022-11-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/tu-Qe66AvtY/math-for-game-programmers-juicing-your-cameras-with-math https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tu-Qe66AvtY/hqdefault.jpg Math for Game Programmers: Juicing Your Cameras With Math https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tu-Qe66AvtY/hqdefault.jpg A GDC talk in the Math for Game Programmers series on using math to improve game cameras. Commenters single out its use of noise for camera motion and Voronoi diagrams to run split-screen cameras for several players. HN people cite it as an excellent talk on the quality of noise and their favorite real-world use of Voronoi diagrams. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tu-Qe66AvtY 1894 159034 game camera math 2017-12-23T21:11:47Z yes 2025-11-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/TZJLtujW6FY/paperman-and-the-future-of-2d-animation https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TZJLtujW6FY/hqdefault.jpg Paperman and the Future of 2D Animation https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TZJLtujW6FY/hqdefault.jpg A short video essay on Disney's 2012 short film Paperman and what its look means for the future of 2D animation. It looks at the way hand-drawn linework is combined with computer animation. HN people see it as a glimpse of where animation could go, and some want the same hand-drawn look in real time for VR. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TZJLtujW6FY 384 2257153 Paperman and hybrid 2D animation 2012-11-13T07:22:33Z yes 2013-12-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/bQECSInWVPY/steve-jobs-on-virtual-reality-d3-2005 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bQECSInWVPY/hqdefault.jpg Steve Jobs on Virtual Reality (D3, 2005) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bQECSInWVPY/hqdefault.jpg A clip of Steve Jobs on stage at the D3 conference in 2005, answering a question about virtual reality. He compares a video headset to headphones, as something personal and not shared. HN people bring it back whenever a new headset appears, as Jobs's 2005 case that VR gear would need to be as light and personal as headphones. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bQECSInWVPY 34 133448 Jobs on VR as headphones 2021-08-29T15:11:40Z yes 2025-06-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/4RWcWSN4HhI/globe-making-how-the-world-is-made-1955-british-pathe https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4RWcWSN4HhI/hqdefault.jpg Globe Making: How the World is Made (1955) | British Pathé https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4RWcWSN4HhI/hqdefault.jpg A 1955 British Pathe film showing how globes were made at the time. It is archival footage of a craft and manufacturing process, with the film's own period narration. HN people submit it as a satisfying piece of archive footage on how a globe was made. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4RWcWSN4HhI 161 5972800 globe making 1955 2014-04-13T12:42:27Z yes 2022-08-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/WJzi9R_55Iw/alan-kay-computer-applications-a-dynamic-medium-for-creative-thought-1972-vpri https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WJzi9R_55Iw/hqdefault.jpg Alan Kay: Computer Applications: A Dynamic Medium for Creative Thought 1972 (VPRI 893) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WJzi9R_55Iw/hqdefault.jpg Alan Kay's 1972 talk on computer applications as a dynamic medium for creative thought, archived by VPRI. It comes from the early days of personal computing, when Kay was developing his ideas about computers as a medium for learning. HN people keep finding it for its vision of computing as a creative medium, and for a favourite passage about aiming for Sistine Chapel ceilings instead of test scores. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WJzi9R_55Iw 2982 8668 alan kay dynamic medium talk 2015-09-29T23:19:38Z yes 2019-07-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/AoWi10YVmfE/fairy-lights-in-femtoseconds-tangible-holographic-plasma-siggraph https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AoWi10YVmfE/hqdefault.jpg Fairy Lights in Femtoseconds: Tangible Holographic Plasma (SIGGRAPH) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AoWi10YVmfE/hqdefault.jpg A SIGGRAPH demo from Yoichi Ochiai and colleagues of "Fairy Lights in Femtoseconds", where femtosecond lasers create tiny plasma points that float in mid-air and can be touched. The video shows interacting with these glowing 3D points as a display. HN people share it as a mind-bending mid-air display that you can touch, while noting the skin burns visible in the footage. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AoWi10YVmfE 200 1142573 tangible holographic plasma display 2015-06-22T15:40:23Z yes 2015-08-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/9U0XVdvQwAI/marble-marcher-a-fractal-physics-game https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9U0XVdvQwAI/hqdefault.jpg Marble Marcher - A Fractal Physics Game https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9U0XVdvQwAI/hqdefault.jpg CodeParade presents Marble Marcher, a game in which you roll a marble across levels that are 3D fractals. The video explains how fractal geometry is rendered and used as playable physics terrain. HN people recommend it as a striking example of non-standard fractal rendering and how much detail it can produce. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9U0XVdvQwAI 238 1748665 fractal physics game 2018-12-31T01:24:44Z yes 2022-10-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/J0gv2bV9ok4/another-world-the-making-of-with-eric-chahi https://i.ytimg.com/vi/J0gv2bV9ok4/hqdefault.jpg Another World - The Making Of with Eric Chahi https://i.ytimg.com/vi/J0gv2bV9ok4/hqdefault.jpg A making-of video with Eric Chahi, the creator of Another World, on how he built the 1991 game largely on his own. It touches on the game's polygon graphics and cinematic style. HN people keep resubmitting it as a first-hand account of how a landmark game was made. https://www.youtube.com/embed/J0gv2bV9ok4 1074 114378 making of another world 2013-03-17T10:31:43Z yes 2022-01-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/VO6XEQIsCoM/the-paradox-of-choice-barry-schwartz-ted https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VO6XEQIsCoM/hqdefault.jpg The paradox of choice | Barry Schwartz | TED https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VO6XEQIsCoM/hqdefault.jpg Psychologist Barry Schwartz argues in this TED talk that more choice does not make people happier. In his account, too many options lead to paralysis, regret and higher expectations. HN people reach for it whenever a thread touches choice overload, burnout or product options. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VO6XEQIsCoM 1223 6992256 paradox of choice 2007-01-16T16:42:10Z yes 2017-07-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/824yVKUPFjU/glenn-vanderburg-clo-the-algorithms-of-tex-in-clojure https://i.ytimg.com/vi/824yVKUPFjU/hqdefault.jpg Glenn Vanderburg - Cló: The Algorithms of TeX in Clojure https://i.ytimg.com/vi/824yVKUPFjU/hqdefault.jpg Glenn Vanderburg reimplements the algorithms of Donald Knuth's TeX in Clojure and uses the exercise to look back on thirty years of programming. He compares the original code with a modern functional version and talks about what has and hasn't changed. HN people recommend it for what it shows of the pains Knuth took in writing TeX and for its perspective on how far programming has come. https://www.youtube.com/embed/824yVKUPFjU 2545 9391 tex algorithms in clojure 2014-11-22T02:02:37Z yes 2021-09-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ZaTuFB5QXHo/oscilloscope-music-pictures-from-sound https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZaTuFB5QXHo/hqdefault.jpg Oscilloscope Music - Pictures from Sound https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZaTuFB5QXHo/hqdefault.jpg Techmoan shows oscilloscope music, where audio sent to an oscilloscope in XY mode draws pictures on the screen. The sound is made to produce the images, so you hear and see the same signal. HN people submitted it repeatedly as a neat example of art made directly from sound. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZaTuFB5QXHo 732 2081398 oscilloscope music 2016-11-23T10:57:54Z yes 2018-03-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/n4M7e79XTYk/spaceballs-9-fingers-amiga-demo-hd-50fps https://i.ytimg.com/vi/n4M7e79XTYk/hqdefault.jpg Spaceballs - 9 Fingers - Amiga Demo (HD 50fps) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/n4M7e79XTYk/hqdefault.jpg 9 Fingers, the 1993 Amiga demo by Spaceballs, captured in HD at 50fps. It is a demoscene production known for its real-time visual tricks on stock Amiga hardware. HN people list it among the classic Amiga demos and call it mind-blowing for what it does on a stock machine that fits on one floppy. https://www.youtube.com/embed/n4M7e79XTYk 183 82649 amiga demoscene classic 2014-11-02T21:48:24Z yes 2024-03-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/aBBuoD9eL5k/cities-without-people https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aBBuoD9eL5k/hqdefault.jpg Cities Without People https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aBBuoD9eL5k/hqdefault.jpg Jacob Geller's video essay on cities depicted without people, drawing on fiction such as Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities. It is a reflective essay on what empty cities suggest. HN people recommend it as an interesting philosophical essay on cities, and one credits it for introducing them to Invisible Cities. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aBBuoD9eL5k 1508 1682316 empty cities in fiction 2020-09-18T14:58:55Z yes 2025-06-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/t_yh_S31R9g/basic-beginners-freecad-v1-0-introduction-to-course https://i.ytimg.com/vi/t_yh_S31R9g/hqdefault.jpg Basic Beginners FreeCAD v1.0 : Introduction to Course https://i.ytimg.com/vi/t_yh_S31R9g/hqdefault.jpg The introduction to MangoJelly's beginner course for FreeCAD 1.0, the open source parametric 3D CAD program. It opens a long tutorial series that teaches the software from the basics. HN people say MangoJelly's thorough tutorials are what make FreeCAD learnable, and suggest them to people moving away from Fusion 360. https://www.youtube.com/embed/t_yh_S31R9g 240 265014 freecad beginner course 2024-11-19T19:26:20Z yes 2025-11-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/SO83KQuuZvg/coding-adventure-rendering-text https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SO83KQuuZvg/hqdefault.jpg Coding Adventure: Rendering Text https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SO83KQuuZvg/hqdefault.jpg Sebastian Lague's Coding Adventure on how text gets rendered. He builds it up from font glyph curves, trying different ways to rasterize them, on the CPU and the GPU, and checking how well each one works. HN people give it as the go-to explainer on font rendering techniques, and cite it as a source when they write about their own glyph rendering. https://www.youtube.com/embed/SO83KQuuZvg 4254 1212903 font rendering techniques 2024-04-13T09:44:13Z yes 2026-02-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/fWDxdoRTZPc/area-5150-by-crtc-and-hornet-party-version-ibm-pc-cga-demo-hardware-capture https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fWDxdoRTZPc/hqdefault.jpg Area 5150 by CRTC & Hornet (Party Version) / IBM PC+CGA Demo, Hardware Capture https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fWDxdoRTZPc/hqdefault.jpg A hardware capture of Area 5150, a demoscene production by CRTC and Hornet for the original IBM PC with CGA graphics and PC speaker sound. It is the sequel to the 8088 MPH demo and pushes a 4.77MHz 8088 far past what the machine was expected to do. HN people use it as the example of what CGA and the PC speaker can really do, and as the sequel to 8088 MPH. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fWDxdoRTZPc 612 68930 ibm pc cga demoscene 2022-08-14T07:11:17Z yes 2024-01-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/RPdB_zdyMbM/the-black-lotus-starstruck-amiga-demo-aga https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RPdB_zdyMbM/hqdefault.jpg The Black Lotus - Starstruck - Amiga Demo (AGA) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RPdB_zdyMbM/hqdefault.jpg "Starstruck" is a 2006 demoscene demo by The Black Lotus for the Amiga's AGA chipset, shown here as a video capture. It is real-time graphics and music from 1990s-era hardware. HN people share it as a favorite example of what the Amiga demoscene can do, and as proof that the scene is still making work like this. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RPdB_zdyMbM 378 116229 Amiga AGA demo 2013-01-06T20:40:17Z yes 2025-09-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/d6tp43wZqps/crafting-a-better-shader-for-pixel-art-upscaling https://i.ytimg.com/vi/d6tp43wZqps/hqdefault.jpg Crafting a Better Shader for Pixel Art Upscaling https://i.ytimg.com/vi/d6tp43wZqps/hqdefault.jpg t3ssel8r works through how to render pixel art without shimmering and artifacts when it is moved or scaled on screen, and builds a better upscaling shader step by step. It is a technical demo for people who make pixel-art games. HN people submitted it as the way to get artifact-free pixel art rendering. https://www.youtube.com/embed/d6tp43wZqps 759 205488 pixel art upscaling shader 2023-05-26T14:19:10Z yes 2025-01-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/EsIo57pH-pA/the-making-of-neon-signs-neonsigns-hk https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EsIo57pH-pA/hqdefault.jpg 霓虹的製作 The Making of Neon Signs | NEONSIGNS.HK 探索霓虹 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EsIo57pH-pA/hqdefault.jpg A short documentary from the West Kowloon Cultural District on how neon signs are made by hand in Hong Kong. It follows the craft of bending glass tubes and building the signs. HN people list it among interesting short documentaries and keep resubmitting it as a look at a fading craft. https://www.youtube.com/embed/EsIo57pH-pA 701 307353 neon sign making 2014-03-23T16:48:35Z yes 2022-09-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/tpUI8uOsKTM/virtual-production-in-mandalorian-the-end-of-green-screen https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tpUI8uOsKTM/hqdefault.jpg Virtual production in Mandalorian - the end of green screen? https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tpUI8uOsKTM/hqdefault.jpg VFX Geek explains the virtual production used on The Mandalorian. Real-time backgrounds from Unreal Engine are shown on large screens on set in place of green screen. HN people share it as a clear explanation of virtual sets and why they could replace green screen with more immersive results at lower cost. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tpUI8uOsKTM 423 725262 virtual production in the mandalorian 2020-02-09T16:27:40Z yes 2020-07-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/0bcZb-SsnrA/epc2018-wave-function-collapse-in-bad-north-oskar-stalberg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0bcZb-SsnrA/hqdefault.jpg EPC2018 | Wave Function Collapse in Bad North | Oskar Stalberg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0bcZb-SsnrA/hqdefault.jpg Oskar Stalberg's 2018 talk at the EPC game conference on using the Wave Function Collapse algorithm for procedural generation in his game Bad North. He explains how tile-based constraint solving builds varied, believable island levels. HN treats it as the clearest explanation from the creator himself of how wave function collapse works in a shipped game, and cites it alongside his Townscaper work. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0bcZb-SsnrA 2261 176213 wave function collapse procedural generation 2018-07-11T09:58:43Z yes 2023-09-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/D43PlUr1x_E/is-software-engineering-still-an-oxymoron-alan-kay-goto-2021 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/D43PlUr1x_E/hqdefault.jpg Is Software Engineering Still an Oxymoron? • Alan Kay • GOTO 2021 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/D43PlUr1x_E/hqdefault.jpg Alan Kay's GOTO 2021 talk asks whether software engineering deserves the name, comparing how software is built with engineering in other fields. He discusses large software failures and a CAD, simulation and fabrication approach to building systems. HN people bring it up in threads about failing software projects and outages as the thoughtful long view on how software should be made. https://www.youtube.com/embed/D43PlUr1x_E 3457 365179 software engineering critique 2021-11-25T13:00:06Z yes 2025-11-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/bsCN0Yx2Vbs/the-most-overused-game-graphic-you-never-noticed-texture-archaeology https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bsCN0Yx2Vbs/hqdefault.jpg The most overused game graphic you never noticed | Texture Archaeology https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bsCN0Yx2Vbs/hqdefault.jpg Kid Leaves Stoop traces one cobblestone texture that turns up in a huge number of games, back to the texture CDs that studios once bought their surfaces from. It is a short investigation of where the look of old game worlds came from. HN people share it as the explanation of where old game textures came from, and use it to argue that reusing stock textures was normal practice and not theft. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bsCN0Yx2Vbs 495 3140794 origin of stock game textures 2021-03-19T17:22:32Z yes 2023-05-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/IZmaeC_Ma5A/developing-the-best-free-photo-editor-ivan-kuckir-web2day-2019 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IZmaeC_Ma5A/hqdefault.jpg Developing the best free photo editor - Ivan KUCKIR - Web2day 2019 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IZmaeC_Ma5A/hqdefault.jpg Ivan Kuckir, the creator of Photopea, explains at Web2day 2019 how he built a browser-based photo editor that opens Photoshop files, largely on his own. He covers the technology choices and how he keeps it small and cheap to run. HN people share it as the first-hand story of how one developer built a free Photoshop alternative, and Kuckir himself links it in threads about Photopea. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IZmaeC_Ma5A 1646 14965 building photopea 2019-07-18T08:00:02Z yes 2021-04-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Y7f0YtzWBG4/how-mind-control-saved-oddworld-abe-s-oddysee-war-stories-ars-technica https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y7f0YtzWBG4/hqdefault.jpg How Mind Control Saved Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee | War Stories | Ars Technica https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y7f0YtzWBG4/hqdefault.jpg An episode of Ars Technica's War Stories on the making of Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee. Lorne Lanning of Oddworld Inhabitants tells how the studio nearly failed and how the game's mind-control mechanic helped it succeed. HN people recommend the War Stories series, and this episode in particular for Lorne Lanning's account of building the game. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y7f0YtzWBG4 1400 847647 making of Oddworld 2019-12-03T16:00:05Z yes 2021-12-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/2SdGkkp1aq8/robotic-liberation-by-pwp-vic-20 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2SdGkkp1aq8/hqdefault.jpg Robotic Liberation by PWP (VIC-20) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2SdGkkp1aq8/hqdefault.jpg Robotic Liberation is a demo for the Commodore VIC-20 by PWP, posted by viznut. It pushes the 8-bit machine to produce visual effects and sung, fake speech synthesis, wrapped in a story. HN people share it as a favourite example of demo effects serving a story, and as proof that even 8-bit systems can do this. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2SdGkkp1aq8 204 139008 vic-20 demoscene production 2006-06-09T09:37:44Z yes 2015-11-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/s_L-fp8gDzY/what-makes-people-engage-with-math-grant-sanderson-tedxberkeley https://i.ytimg.com/vi/s_L-fp8gDzY/hqdefault.jpg What Makes People Engage With Math | Grant Sanderson | TEDxBerkeley https://i.ytimg.com/vi/s_L-fp8gDzY/hqdefault.jpg Grant Sanderson, the creator of the 3Blue1Brown math videos, gives a TEDxBerkeley talk about what makes people engage with math. He draws on his experience making visual explanations of mathematics. HN people submit it as a look at what makes math explanations hold an audience's interest. https://www.youtube.com/embed/s_L-fp8gDzY 1142 1637805 engaging math explanations 2020-03-13T20:39:33Z yes 2022-07-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/yaa13eehgzo/how-i-make-science-animations https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yaa13eehgzo/hqdefault.jpg How I make science animations https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yaa13eehgzo/hqdefault.jpg Neuroscience YouTuber Artem Kirsanov explains how he makes the animations in his science videos. Commenters describe the workflow as Python combined with After Effects. HN people submit it and praise it as a look at how to build science animations with Python and After Effects, especially for people who already code. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yaa13eehgzo 2619 941267 making science animations 2023-08-07T10:21:58Z yes 2025-03-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/0af00UcTO-c/where-good-ideas-come-from-steven-johnson https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0af00UcTO-c/hqdefault.jpg Where good ideas come from | Steven Johnson https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0af00UcTO-c/hqdefault.jpg Steven Johnson's TED talk based on his book Where Good Ideas Come From. He argues that innovation comes less from lone flashes of insight than from connected, open environments where ideas can collide and combine. HN people share it as the short companion to Johnson's book and cite its idea of liquid networks. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0af00UcTO-c 1097 1716084 where good ideas come from 2010-09-21T13:55:04Z yes 2010-12-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/fXIeFJCqsPs/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-flow-the-secret-to-happiness https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fXIeFJCqsPs/hqdefault.jpg Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Flow, the secret to happiness https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fXIeFJCqsPs/hqdefault.jpg Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's TED talk on flow, the state of absorbed engagement in a challenging activity, and why it is tied to a sense of happiness. He draws on his research into optimal experience. HN people link it as an accessible introduction to flow and as advice for finding more focus and satisfaction in work. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fXIeFJCqsPs 1136 1100002 flow and happiness 2008-10-24T22:03:11Z yes 2022-08-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Lk0hSeQ5s_k/merlin-mann-scared-shitless-webstock-2011 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Lk0hSeQ5s_k/hqdefault.jpg Merlin Mann - Scared Shitless (Webstock 2011) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Lk0hSeQ5s_k/hqdefault.jpg Merlin Mann's Webstock 2011 talk about fear and how it holds people back from making and finishing things. He speaks to creative and tech workers about the anxiety that drives procrastination. HN people recommend it to anyone stuck, procrastinating or over-analyzing tools instead of doing the work. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Lk0hSeQ5s_k 1667 91080 fear and procrastination 2011-03-31T13:31:23Z yes 2011-09-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/s2bTQK6vbKI/the-story-of-super-mario-world https://i.ytimg.com/vi/s2bTQK6vbKI/hqdefault.jpg The Story of Super Mario World https://i.ytimg.com/vi/s2bTQK6vbKI/hqdefault.jpg A Gaming Historian documentary of about 80 minutes on the making of Super Mario World for the Super Nintendo. It covers the game's development at Nintendo and the choices behind it. HN people list it among the sources on how Nintendo made its design decisions for its successful games. https://www.youtube.com/embed/s2bTQK6vbKI 4705 8656811 making of super mario world 2022-05-06T17:00:27Z yes 2024-10-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/vPnehDhGa14/chain-of-fools-upgrading-through-every-version-of-windows-hq https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vPnehDhGa14/hqdefault.jpg Chain of Fools : Upgrading through every version of windows (HQ) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vPnehDhGa14/hqdefault.jpg Chain of Fools shows a Windows installation upgraded in place through successive versions, starting from Windows 1.0 and going up to Windows 7. Data and programs carry along the way, though the user's theme gets overwritten by defaults. HN people hold it up as a sight to behold and as proof of Microsoft's backward compatibility, while also noting what each upgrade resets. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vPnehDhGa14 590 2795056 upgrading through every windows version 2011-03-02T11:32:05Z yes 2013-01-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/dzN2pgL0zeg/pixel-pioneers-a-brief-history-of-graphics-part-one https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dzN2pgL0zeg/hqdefault.jpg Pixel Pioneers: A Brief History of Graphics, Part One https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dzN2pgL0zeg/hqdefault.jpg The first part of Ahoy's documentary series on the history of computer graphics, told largely through video games. It traces how game visuals developed from early hardware limits toward more advanced rendering. HN people use it as their go-to recommendation for the history of graphics, noting that despite the name it is really about video games. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dzN2pgL0zeg 497 753502 history of game graphics 2014-11-17T16:00:07Z yes 2017-10-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ev3vENli7wQ/autechre-gantz-graf-official-music-video-1080p-hd https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ev3vENli7wQ/hqdefault.jpg Autechre - Gantz Graf (Official Music Video) 1080p HD https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ev3vENli7wQ/hqdefault.jpg The official music video for Autechre's Gantz Graf, made by Alex Rutterford in 2002. Dense, angular 3D forms are animated in sync with the track. HN people hold it up as a favourite music clip that looks computer-generated but was synchronised by hand, and cite it as an influence on later visual work. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ev3vENli7wQ 236 501646 abstract 3d music video 2012-10-27T00:25:10Z yes 2022-11-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ygcGfnVM6Ho/joe-freedman-s-amazing-cycloid-drawing-machine https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ygcGfnVM6Ho/hqdefault.jpg Joe Freedman's Amazing Cycloid Drawing Machine https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ygcGfnVM6Ho/hqdefault.jpg A video of Freedman's cycloid drawing machine, a mechanical device that draws spirograph-like curves. HN also shared a laser-cut version of the machine. HN people submit it as an amazing machine for making cycloid drawings, and link it next to spirograph simulators. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ygcGfnVM6Ho 889 1248309 cycloid drawing machine 2015-11-01T08:34:07Z yes 2016-07-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/wq5D43qAsVg/everything-is-a-remix-part-3-original-series-2011 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wq5D43qAsVg/hqdefault.jpg Everything is a Remix Part 3 (Original Series, 2011) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wq5D43qAsVg/hqdefault.jpg Part 3 of Kirby Ferguson's Everything is a Remix series, arguing that creativity builds on copying and recombining existing ideas. It draws examples from music, film and technology. HN people send it to anyone arguing about copying, IP and competition, as the clearest account of how inventions evolve from earlier ones for everyone's benefit. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wq5D43qAsVg 677 500814 creativity as remixing 2011-06-22T19:02:34Z yes 2012-12-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/EMKLeS-Uq_8/hyperbolica-a-non-euclidean-adventure-old-trailer https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EMKLeS-Uq_8/hqdefault.jpg Hyperbolica: A Non-Euclidean Adventure [Old Trailer] https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EMKLeS-Uq_8/hqdefault.jpg CodeParade's devlog trailer for Hyperbolica, a game set in non-Euclidean space where hyperbolic geometry changes how movement and distance work. It shows early footage of how the game renders and lets you walk through these spaces. HN people recommend it to anyone curious about hyperbolic geometry, praising the developer's process videos and the game built around the concept. https://www.youtube.com/embed/EMKLeS-Uq_8 51 661834 hyperbolic geometry game 2020-05-02T19:00:17Z yes 2023-06-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/N_rildi0Izs/bliss-the-story-of-windows-xp-s-famous-default-wallpaper https://i.ytimg.com/vi/N_rildi0Izs/hqdefault.jpg Bliss - The Story of Windows XP’s Famous Default Wallpaper https://i.ytimg.com/vi/N_rildi0Izs/hqdefault.jpg Michael MJD tells the story of Bliss, the photograph of a green hill and blue sky used as the default wallpaper in Windows XP. He covers where the image came from and how it ended up on so many screens. HN people keep submitting it as a short history of one of the most-seen images in computing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/N_rildi0Izs 2258 1175179 windows xp bliss wallpaper 2021-12-31T22:15:09Z yes 2024-08-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/eGEQ_UuQtYs/illuminating-hyperbolic-geometry https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eGEQ_UuQtYs/hqdefault.jpg Illuminating hyperbolic geometry https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eGEQ_UuQtYs/hqdefault.jpg Mathematician Henry Segerman shows ways of visualizing hyperbolic geometry, using animation and physical models to make a space that is hard to picture more tangible. HN people keep resubmitting it as a striking visual explanation of hyperbolic geometry. https://www.youtube.com/embed/eGEQ_UuQtYs 266 266485 visualizing hyperbolic geometry 2015-12-14T17:25:05Z yes 2022-10-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/MnyeRlMsTgI/america-always-gets-this-wrong-when-building-transit https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MnyeRlMsTgI/hqdefault.jpg America Always Gets This Wrong (when building transit) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MnyeRlMsTgI/hqdefault.jpg Not Just Bikes argues that North American cities repeatedly build transit that is doomed to underperform, by treating it as a standalone line instead of part of a walkable, dense place. It uses examples such as a new rail line in London, Ontario, and answers the claim that the continent is too spread out for rail. HN people share it as the great video essay on what North America gets wrong when building transit, usually in threads about zoning, density and trains. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MnyeRlMsTgI 927 2159033 transit and urban form 2022-06-20T18:59:47Z yes 2023-08-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/JbiJqTBCQuw/casey-neistat-what-you-don-t-see https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JbiJqTBCQuw/hqdefault.jpg CASEY NEISTAT: WHAT YOU DON'T SEE https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JbiJqTBCQuw/hqdefault.jpg Nerdwriter1's video essay on Casey Neistat's vlogging style and what makes his videos work. It looks at how his editing, pacing and filming choices shape what viewers see. HN people recommend it as a good analysis of Neistat's style when the talk turns to vlogs and video making. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JbiJqTBCQuw 404 4640075 casey neistat video style 2016-08-03T14:00:00Z yes 2021-12-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/eRfXcWT_oFs/charlie-kaufman-bafta-screenwriters-lecture-series https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eRfXcWT_oFs/hqdefault.jpg Charlie Kaufman | BAFTA Screenwriters’ Lecture Series https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eRfXcWT_oFs/hqdefault.jpg Charlie Kaufman gives a lecture in the BAFTA Screenwriters' Lecture Series (2011) on writing and the creative process. It is aimed at screenwriters but is largely about how to work and what to say as a creator. HN people list it among the non-technical talks they want to rewatch, and share it as writing advice from a distinctive creator. https://www.youtube.com/embed/eRfXcWT_oFs 2469 543986 creative process in screenwriting 2017-01-06T17:00:04Z yes 2023-12-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/7jPKEyM44GU/tron-smart-house https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7jPKEyM44GU/hqdefault.jpg TRON Smart House https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7jPKEyM44GU/hqdefault.jpg A video tour of the TRON Intelligent House, a Tokyo smart-home demonstration built in 1989 as part of Japan's TRON project. It shows a house in which many networked computers handle everyday functions. HN people share it as a more informative window into the TRON project than written articles, proving it was a whole integrated system. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7jPKEyM44GU 565 41700 tron intelligent house 2010-06-21T09:50:44Z yes 2023-10-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/-qgreAUpPwM/pure-fourier-series-animation-montage https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-qgreAUpPwM/hqdefault.jpg Pure Fourier series animation montage https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-qgreAUpPwM/hqdefault.jpg A roughly 12-minute montage by 3Blue1Brown of Fourier series animations, in which chains of rotating circles trace out drawings. It is a visual piece to watch rather than a lesson. HN people share it as the hypnotic, oddly satisfying version of Fourier epicycles, often next to their own epicycle projects. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-qgreAUpPwM 749 690842 fourier series animation 2019-07-03T04:05:19Z yes 2020-08-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/vYLEuQrvND0/ross-s-game-dungeon-deus-ex-human-revolution https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vYLEuQrvND0/hqdefault.jpg Ross's Game Dungeon: Deus Ex - Human Revolution https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vYLEuQrvND0/hqdefault.jpg Ross Scott's Game Dungeon review of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, from the Accursed Farms channel. Commenters remember it for the critique of the game's heavy gold color filter. HN people recommend it as a delightful critique of the game, and cite it as an example of the piss filter look in games and film. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vYLEuQrvND0 2573 1015873 deus ex human revolution review 2016-09-11T15:13:44Z yes 2022-11-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/U_X5uR7VC4M/you-suck-at-photoshop-distort-warp-and-layer-effects https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U_X5uR7VC4M/hqdefault.jpg You Suck at Photoshop - Distort, Warp, & Layer Effects https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U_X5uR7VC4M/hqdefault.jpg The first episode of the comedy series You Suck at Photoshop, in which the character Donnie Hoyle teaches distort, warp and layer effects while his personal troubles keep intruding. The Photoshop techniques are real and the delivery is deadpan. HN people remember it fondly as the funniest Photoshop tutorial, and point to it as a starting place for faking images. https://www.youtube.com/embed/U_X5uR7VC4M 227 4969966 comedy Photoshop tutorial 2007-12-21T12:11:02Z yes 2024-08-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/6C8OJsHfmpI/sparked-a-live-interaction-between-humans-and-quadcopters-cirque-du-soleil https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6C8OJsHfmpI/hqdefault.jpg SPARKED: A Live Interaction Between Humans and Quadcopters | Cirque du Soleil https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6C8OJsHfmpI/hqdefault.jpg A short film from Cirque du Soleil, made with ETH Zurich and Verity Studios, in which performers interact live with a swarm of quadcopters. The drones move like characters in a choreographed piece. HN people share it as an eye-catching use of drone swarms in live performance, in threads about robot swarms and Cirque adopting new tech. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6C8OJsHfmpI 325 956563 human and quadcopter performance 2014-09-22T14:00:21Z yes 2015-07-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/f6U7YFPrz6Y/the-new-york-city-evolution-animation https://i.ytimg.com/vi/f6U7YFPrz6Y/hqdefault.jpg The New York City Evolution Animation https://i.ytimg.com/vi/f6U7YFPrz6Y/hqdefault.jpg An animated map by Myles Zhang showing how New York City grew over time, from the first Dutch settlement to the present day. It lets viewers watch the city's street grid and built-up area expand through the centuries. HN people share it as an enjoyable way to see the expansion of NYC over time, usually in threads about the city's rail and street history. https://www.youtube.com/embed/f6U7YFPrz6Y 538 5161972 nyc urban growth animation 2018-10-26T06:15:29Z yes 2025-06-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/LVWTQcZbLgY/the-sound-illusion-that-makes-dunkirk-so-intense https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LVWTQcZbLgY/hqdefault.jpg The sound illusion that makes Dunkirk so intense https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LVWTQcZbLgY/hqdefault.jpg A Vox explainer on the Shepard tone, an auditory illusion of a pitch that keeps rising, and how Hans Zimmer and Christopher Nolan used it in Dunkirk. It shows how the effect builds tension in the film. HN people point to it as the clearest example of Shepard tones in use and how they create suspense and anxiety. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LVWTQcZbLgY 182 8204965 shepard tone in dunkirk 2017-07-26T12:00:23Z yes 2022-06-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/DFWxvQn4cf8/rubyconf-2018-building-a-memex-with-ruby-by-andrew-louis https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DFWxvQn4cf8/hqdefault.jpg RubyConf 2018 - Building a Memex (with Ruby!) by Andrew Louis https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DFWxvQn4cf8/hqdefault.jpg Andrew Louis shows how he built a personal Memex in Ruby, pulling his own data from many apps and services into one archive. The talk draws on Vannevar Bush's idea of a Memex as a way to explore your own digital history. HN people list it among the few resources for gathering and exploring personal data, in the spirit of a Memex. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DFWxvQn4cf8 2275 4412 personal memex 2018-12-06T16:55:28Z yes 2025-03-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/KSEoHLnIXYk/tom-mullaney-the-chinese-typewriter-a-history https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KSEoHLnIXYk/hqdefault.jpg Tom Mullaney: The Chinese Typewriter: A History https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KSEoHLnIXYk/hqdefault.jpg Tom Mullaney, a historian at Stanford, gives a Letterform Archive lecture on the history of the Chinese typewriter. He explains how a script with thousands of characters was made to work on a machine and what that meant for later input methods. HN people recommend the lecture as the fuller, more serious version of the story that podcasts and articles only skim. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KSEoHLnIXYk 5134 50629 chinese typewriter history 2019-08-06T20:58:11Z yes 2023-09-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/tNYfqklRehM/max-cooper-aleph-2-official-video-by-martin-krzywinski https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tNYfqklRehM/hqdefault.jpg Max Cooper - Aleph 2 (Official Video by Martin Krzywinski) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tNYfqklRehM/hqdefault.jpg The official music video for Max Cooper's track Aleph 2, with visuals by Martin Krzywinski. The visuals illustrate ideas about infinity and set theory in time with the music. HN people recommend it as a splendid visualization of cardinality and proofs about infinity, set to music. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tNYfqklRehM 395 308558 visualizing infinity in music video 2019-10-30T14:11:59Z yes 2023-05-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/xm7BwEsdVbQ/disney-animator-reacts-to-ai-animation https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xm7BwEsdVbQ/hqdefault.jpg Disney Animator REACTS to AI Animation! https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xm7BwEsdVbQ/hqdefault.jpg Animator Aaron Blaise, who worked on Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin and directed Brother Bear, reacts to Corridor Crew's AI animation video. He gives his view on what AI means for working animators. HN people recommend it as a good, informed take from a veteran animator, one who argues the biggest threat to the industry is not the AI itself. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xm7BwEsdVbQ 1294 2291795 animator's reaction to ai animation 2023-03-09T22:48:34Z yes 2024-01-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/uQwQRFLFDd8/se7en-and-how-35mm-scans-lie-to-you https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uQwQRFLFDd8/hqdefault.jpg SE7EN & How 35mm Scans Lie to You https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uQwQRFLFDd8/hqdefault.jpg A video essay on Se7en and how 35mm film scans can mislead. It argues that comparisons between fan-made scans and official restorations can prey on nostalgia, especially over color. HN people recommend it as an excellent pushback on the supposed superiority of fan-scanned 4K film transfers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/uQwQRFLFDd8 901 511474 35mm film scans and color 2025-02-24T15:13:25Z yes 2025-11-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/kkGeOWYOFoA/nature-by-numbers https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kkGeOWYOFoA/hqdefault.jpg Nature by Numbers https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kkGeOWYOFoA/hqdefault.jpg A short animated film by Cristobal Vila of Etérea Estudios that shows mathematical patterns found in nature, such as the Fibonacci sequence and the golden ratio. It is about four minutes long and set to music. HN people share it as a visually stunning example of math made beautiful, best watched with the music on. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kkGeOWYOFoA 224 6631671 math in nature animation 2010-03-12T03:54:49Z yes 2014-04-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/o4YyI6_y6kw/oscillofun https://i.ytimg.com/vi/o4YyI6_y6kw/hqdefault.jpg Oscillofun https://i.ytimg.com/vi/o4YyI6_y6kw/hqdefault.jpg Oscillofun is a piece of audio that is both music and a vector animation. Played through an oscilloscope in X-Y mode, the stereo signal draws images in real time. HN people keep coming back to it as the first and still favorite example of oscilloscope music, a stereo stream that doubles as vector animation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/o4YyI6_y6kw 147 129474 oscilloscope music animation 2008-05-11T20:24:11Z yes 2024-12-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/FFpG3yf3Rxk/tokyo-has-built-the-world-s-best-subway https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FFpG3yf3Rxk/hqdefault.jpg Tokyo Has Built The World's Best Subway https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FFpG3yf3Rxk/hqdefault.jpg The B1M explains how Tokyo built its subway network, covering the engineering of the system and its stations. It looks at why the city's underground transit is held up as a model. HN people share it as a great explainer when Japan's train and subway systems come up, and as a good rabbit hole after visiting Tokyo. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FFpG3yf3Rxk 448 1509852 tokyo subway system 2021-05-12T10:52:31Z yes 2023-11-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/u5HAYVHsasc/shadertoy-for-absolute-beginners https://i.ytimg.com/vi/u5HAYVHsasc/hqdefault.jpg Shadertoy for absolute beginners https://i.ytimg.com/vi/u5HAYVHsasc/hqdefault.jpg An introduction to Shadertoy from The Art of Code channel, aimed at people who have never written a shader. It shows how to start making images with code in the browser. HN people recommend it as the video that made shader programming click, and found it a fun first look at what a shader is. https://www.youtube.com/embed/u5HAYVHsasc 1288 236607 shadertoy for beginners 2016-12-05T04:18:49Z yes 2023-09-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/4YBxeDN4tbk/your-business-card-is-crap https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4YBxeDN4tbk/hqdefault.jpg Your business card is CRAP! https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4YBxeDN4tbk/hqdefault.jpg A loud, over-the-top rant by Joel Bauer, as identified in HN comments, about why ordinary business cards fail and what a memorable one should be. It has become a long-running internet meme. HN people treat it as a classic, quoting it and using it as a joke reference in threads about business cards and design excess. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4YBxeDN4tbk 130 2763512 business card rant 2008-12-17T08:38:22Z yes 2022-08-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/wVp5koAOu9M/new-earthships-capture-more-energy-water-and-food-at-lower-cost https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wVp5koAOu9M/hqdefault.jpg New Earthships capture more energy, water & food at lower cost https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wVp5koAOu9M/hqdefault.jpg Kirsten Dirksen visits newer Earthships, off-grid homes built to capture their own energy, water and food. Commenters recall a water cycle in which shower water feeds indoor plants, then the toilet, then outdoor plants. HN people recommend it as a fun look at net-zero desert housing and a good entry into Dirksen's channel on alternative ways of living. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wVp5koAOu9M 1458 2325455 earthship off-grid homes 2020-07-12T23:26:00Z yes 2026-07-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/upzKj-1HaKw/steve-jobs-on-microsoft https://i.ytimg.com/vi/upzKj-1HaKw/hqdefault.jpg Steve Jobs on Microsoft https://i.ytimg.com/vi/upzKj-1HaKw/hqdefault.jpg A short clip from a 1996 interview with Steve Jobs, made before his return to Apple, in which he says Microsoft has no taste. He says the company brings little original thinking or culture to its products. HN people reach for it whenever taste and vision in products come up, as Jobs's own statement of what he thought Microsoft lacked. https://www.youtube.com/embed/upzKj-1HaKw 55 3116436 jobs on taste and microsoft 2006-01-26T08:53:50Z yes 2022-07-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Q8PdffUfoF0/papyrus-2-snl https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q8PdffUfoF0/hqdefault.jpg Papyrus 2 - SNL https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q8PdffUfoF0/hqdefault.jpg A Saturday Night Live sketch, the sequel to the 2017 original, about the Papyrus typeface and the fixation it provokes. It is comedy rather than instruction, and works only if you already know what Papyrus stands for. HN brings it up whenever a font thread turns to Papyrus, as the funny follow-up to a sketch they already count as a classic. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q8PdffUfoF0 414 8554177 papyrus font sketch 2024-04-14T08:07:04Z yes 2026-07-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/tjSxFAGP9Ss/the-end-of-art-an-argument-against-image-ais https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tjSxFAGP9Ss/hqdefault.jpg The End of Art: An Argument Against Image AIs https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tjSxFAGP9Ss/hqdefault.jpg Concept artist Steven Zapata makes a long video argument against image-generating AIs, from the point of view of working artists. He considers what these tools mean for art and for the people who make it. HN people submit it as the artists' side of the image-AI debate, which they see as the first AI battle fought by artists. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tjSxFAGP9Ss 2851 695409 argument against image ai 2022-10-17T22:06:42Z yes 2022-12-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/e3SwbHIPnfo/the-timeless-beauty-of-pre-rendered-graphics https://i.ytimg.com/vi/e3SwbHIPnfo/hqdefault.jpg The Timeless Beauty of Pre Rendered Graphics https://i.ytimg.com/vi/e3SwbHIPnfo/hqdefault.jpg A video essay on pre-rendered graphics, the technique that dominated games from the 1990s into the early 2000s before real-time 3D rendering replaced it. It looks at why the visuals of that era still hold up. HN people share it as a good look at how pre-rendered graphics dominated the 90s and early 2000s, usually when a thread touches on isometric or pixel-art game worlds. https://www.youtube.com/embed/e3SwbHIPnfo 321 2349746 pre-rendered game graphics 2024-04-24T15:38:19Z yes 2025-10-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/jg4OCeSTL08/jodorowsky-s-dune-2014-hd-trailer https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jg4OCeSTL08/hqdefault.jpg Jodorowsky's Dune (2014) - HD Trailer https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jg4OCeSTL08/hqdefault.jpg The trailer for the 2014 documentary Jodorowsky's Dune, about director Alejandro Jodorowsky's unmade 1970s adaptation of Dune. It shows the artists he gathered for the project and how their work spread into later science fiction films. HN people recommend the documentary as the story of an epic failure that still influenced the look of later sci-fi, aimed at fans of 70s and 80s science fiction. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jg4OCeSTL08 123 1234851 jodorowsky's dune documentary 2014-02-14T11:02:22Z yes 2017-04-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/l4w6808wJcU/there-s-no-crying-in-flag-design https://i.ytimg.com/vi/l4w6808wJcU/hqdefault.jpg There's No Crying in Flag Design https://i.ytimg.com/vi/l4w6808wJcU/hqdefault.jpg CGP Grey grades the flags of the US states against a few basic principles of good flag design. He explains why most of them fail and which ones succeed. HN treats it as the definitive popular case for good flag design, credited with more influence on flag redesigns than any written editorial. https://www.youtube.com/embed/l4w6808wJcU 1133 20651436 flag design 2023-04-02T19:30:08Z yes 2026-06-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/NlBjNmXvqIM/steve-jobs-on-why-xerox-failed https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NlBjNmXvqIM/hqdefault.jpg Steve jobs on why xerox failed https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NlBjNmXvqIM/hqdefault.jpg A short clip of Steve Jobs explaining why Xerox failed to capitalize on its own innovations. He argues that once sales and marketing people take over from product people, a dominant company loses its ability to make great products. HN people use it as the shortest explanation of why dominant companies decline, citing it in threads on Intel, Google, Blizzard and iRobot. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NlBjNmXvqIM 175 137404 why xerox failed 2017-03-14T09:12:59Z yes 2026-08-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/CVxeuwlvf8w/the-great-202-jailbreak-computerphile https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CVxeuwlvf8w/hqdefault.jpg The Great 202 Jailbreak - Computerphile https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CVxeuwlvf8w/hqdefault.jpg Computerphile with Professor David Brailsford on how a 1970s Bell Labs memo was recovered from a Linotron 202 phototypesetter. The story involves reverse engineering the machine's typesetting codes and files. HN people offer it as an excellent side trip whenever phototypesetters, early Unix or Bell Labs documents come up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CVxeuwlvf8w 1195 531685 linotron 202 typesetter 2013-12-12T20:34:34Z yes 2019-10-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/H2ZBSFiuWIo/the-world-s-last-turntable-ferry-has-a-really-clever-design https://i.ytimg.com/vi/H2ZBSFiuWIo/hqdefault.jpg The world's last turntable ferry has a really clever design https://i.ytimg.com/vi/H2ZBSFiuWIo/hqdefault.jpg Tom Scott visits a turntable ferry in Scotland, where the whole deck rotates so vehicles can drive on and off without reversing. He explains why that is a clever solution for a small slipway. HN people keep submitting it as a neat example of a simple mechanical design that solves a real constraint. https://www.youtube.com/embed/H2ZBSFiuWIo 257 2982970 turntable ferry design 2021-06-07T14:59:59Z yes 2024-10-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ob3VwY4JyzE/reinventing-minecraft-world-generation-by-henrik-kniberg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ob3VwY4JyzE/hqdefault.jpg Reinventing Minecraft world generation by Henrik Kniberg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ob3VwY4JyzE/hqdefault.jpg Henrik Kniberg, who worked at Mojang, talks at Jfokus about how Minecraft's world generation was reworked. He walks through how terrain is built procedurally, from noise functions to the shapes of mountains and caves. HN people point to it as a great talk on procedural generation from someone who built it inside Minecraft. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ob3VwY4JyzE 2981 913949 procedural world generation 2022-05-09T05:57:59Z yes 2025-03-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/iueVZJVEmEs/rory-sutherland-perspective-is-everything https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iueVZJVEmEs/hqdefault.jpg Rory Sutherland: Perspective is everything https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iueVZJVEmEs/hqdefault.jpg Rory Sutherland, the advertising executive, gives a TED talk arguing that perception shapes the value of things as much as their material properties. He uses examples from marketing and everyday life to show how reframing changes how people respond. HN people link it as a short introduction to Sutherland's ideas on perception and psychology in advertising. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iueVZJVEmEs 1105 1853866 perception and advertising 2012-05-04T17:23:06Z yes 2024-07-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/7vWSi44ZTSw/grand-theft-auto-1996-making-of-gta-retro-gaming-bbc-archive https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7vWSi44ZTSw/hqdefault.jpg GRAND THEFT AUTO 1996 Making Of - GTA - | Retro Gaming | BBC Archive https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7vWSi44ZTSw/hqdefault.jpg A BBC Archive segment from 1996 on the making of the original Grand Theft Auto, filmed with the small Scottish team behind it. It shows the developers at work on the game. HN people post it as a charming period record of a small team of nerds having fun making a game that became huge. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7vWSi44ZTSw 377 1068722 making of grand theft auto 1996 2021-12-16T00:00:02Z yes 2025-11-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/vqt94b8bNVc/the-rise-of-microsoft-windows-part-1-windows-1-0 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vqt94b8bNVc/hqdefault.jpg The Rise of Microsoft Windows Part 1: Windows 1.0 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vqt94b8bNVc/hqdefault.jpg The first part of a documentary series on the rise of Microsoft Windows, covering the development of Windows 1.0 from 1981 to 1985. It follows the effort and false starts behind the first release. HN people share it as an excellent computer history video on the highs and lows of Windows's difficult early development. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vqt94b8bNVc 3733 380468 development of windows 1.0 2022-03-06T01:16:38Z yes 2024-11-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/_cMxraX_5RE/sprite-fright-blender-open-movie https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_cMxraX_5RE/hqdefault.jpg Sprite Fright - Blender Open Movie https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_cMxraX_5RE/hqdefault.jpg Sprite Fright is a roughly ten-minute 3D animated short film made by Blender Studio and released as an open movie. It was made to push Blender development in the direction of real artists' needs. HN people mention it as a fun short and a favorite Blender Studio film, and as an example of dogfooding the software. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_cMxraX_5RE 630 9511155 Blender open movie 2021-10-29T15:00:10Z yes 2024-02-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/VVUeqxXwCA0/how-suburban-development-makes-american-cities-poorer-st02 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VVUeqxXwCA0/hqdefault.jpg How Suburban Development Makes American Cities Poorer [ST02] https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VVUeqxXwCA0/hqdefault.jpg An episode of Not Just Bikes' series on the ideas of Strong Towns. It argues that low-density suburban development brings in too little tax to pay for the roads and infrastructure it requires, leaving American cities poorer. HN people link it as the short answer to why suburbia is costly and not sustainable, and as a reply to people who defend it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VVUeqxXwCA0 493 1237216 cost of suburban development 2020-11-16T18:59:47Z yes 2024-07-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/d-53tzx69fM/brian-eno-message-don-t-get-a-job https://i.ytimg.com/vi/d-53tzx69fM/hqdefault.jpg Brian Eno message - Don't get a job https://i.ytimg.com/vi/d-53tzx69fM/hqdefault.jpg A short message from Brian Eno urging people not to get a job. He talks about creative communities, which he calls scenius, and mentions universal basic income. HN people share it as Eno's case for scenius and for making room for creative work, and drop it into threads about jobs and midlife. https://www.youtube.com/embed/d-53tzx69fM 182 1481260 Eno on scenius and work 2016-08-31T15:14:57Z yes 2023-08-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/aHUtMbJw8iA/why-is-css-so-weird https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aHUtMbJw8iA/hqdefault.jpg Why Is CSS So Weird? https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aHUtMbJw8iA/hqdefault.jpg A Mozilla Developer video explaining why CSS feels so different from a programming language. It frames CSS as a declarative language for describing layouts that must work in unknown conditions. HN people share it as the explanation of why CSS cannot be approached as code. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aHUtMbJw8iA 907 65902 why CSS works differently 2019-10-02T10:00:01Z yes 2024-01-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/RUwS1uAdUcI/hans-rosling-debunking-third-world-myths-with-the-best-stats-you-ve-ever-seen https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RUwS1uAdUcI/hqdefault.jpg Hans Rosling: Debunking third-world myths with the best stats you've ever seen https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RUwS1uAdUcI/hqdefault.jpg Hans Rosling's TED talk, in which he uses Gapminder's animated charts of income and life expectancy to show that the old split between rich and poor countries no longer describes the world. It is a data talk in which the presentation of the data is part of the argument. HN cites it to explain how the First/Third World split has faded, and treats Rosling's animated charts and energy as the model for presenting statistics. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RUwS1uAdUcI 1236 2202106 Gapminder and global statistics 2007-01-14T20:27:13Z yes 2017-11-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/6SL6zs2bDks/closed-captioning-more-ingenious-than-you-know https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6SL6zs2bDks/hqdefault.jpg Closed Captioning: More Ingenious than You Know https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6SL6zs2bDks/hqdefault.jpg Technology Connections explains how closed captioning works in analog television, and why the way captions were encoded in the broadcast signal was clever. It walks through the technique with equipment and examples. HN people recommend it, alongside his other analog TV videos, as a clear explanation of how closed captioning works. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6SL6zs2bDks 1188 1444922 how closed captioning works 2018-12-12T15:57:53Z yes 2021-11-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/su9EVeHqizY/if-rockets-were-transparent https://i.ytimg.com/vi/su9EVeHqizY/hqdefault.jpg If Rockets were Transparent https://i.ytimg.com/vi/su9EVeHqizY/hqdefault.jpg A CGI animation by Hazegrayart of a multi-stage rocket launch with the hulls rendered transparent. Viewers can see the stages, engines and payload working inside the vehicle. HN people submit it as a clear visual explanation of how a rocket works, made possible by seeing inside it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/su9EVeHqizY 553 8834282 transparent rocket animation 2020-05-14T14:43:11Z yes 2022-05-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/cVaDY0ChvOQ/gophercon-2018-writing-accessible-go-julia-ferraioli https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cVaDY0ChvOQ/hqdefault.jpg GopherCon 2018: Writing Accessible Go - Julia Ferraioli https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cVaDY0ChvOQ/hqdefault.jpg At GopherCon 2018, Julia Ferraioli talks about being a programmer with a vision impairment and what makes source code easy or hard to read for developers with disabilities. She shows how to write Go that is accessible to them. HN people send it to anyone asking how code and languages should accommodate disabled programmers, as it applies well beyond Go. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cVaDY0ChvOQ 1405 4177 accessible source code 2018-09-14T14:46:02Z yes 2019-12-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/1GXv2C7vwX0/f-for-fake-1973-how-to-structure-a-video-essay https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1GXv2C7vwX0/hqdefault.jpg F for Fake (1973) - How to Structure a Video Essay https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1GXv2C7vwX0/hqdefault.jpg An Every Frame a Painting video essay on Orson Welles' 1973 film F for Fake, using it to show how a video essay can be structured. It looks at how Welles' editing and narration build an argument about fakery and originality. HN uses it as a companion to the Welles film and as a model of how to tell a story well, recommending the whole Every Frame a Painting series for that reason. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1GXv2C7vwX0 271 1156222 video essay structure 2015-03-31T18:11:16Z yes 2023-01-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/PS6SBnccxMA/doom-documentary-part-1-to-hell-and-back https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PS6SBnccxMA/hqdefault.jpg DOOM Documentary: Part 1 - To Hell & Back https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PS6SBnccxMA/hqdefault.jpg Part 1 of NoClip's three-part DOOM Resurrected documentary on the making of the 2016 DOOM at id Software. It follows the team through the project's rough start and its rebuild. HN programmers recommend it, along with the rest of NoClip's documentaries, as an honest look at what it takes to make and finish a game. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PS6SBnccxMA 1708 2945431 making of DOOM (2016) 2016-12-12T17:00:04Z yes 2020-06-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/8nIB7e_eds4/coding-adventure-planetary-fluid-sim https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8nIB7e_eds4/hqdefault.jpg Coding Adventure: Planetary Fluid Sim https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8nIB7e_eds4/hqdefault.jpg In his Coding Adventure series, Sebastian Lague takes his particle-based fluid simulation and wraps it onto a planet with its own gravity. The video follows the experiments and the resulting visuals. HN people point to it as a fun, visual follow-up on fluid simulation for anyone who liked the earlier Coding Adventures. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8nIB7e_eds4 1643 905014 planetary fluid simulation 2025-01-29T11:04:09Z yes 2025-09-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/tokaUo_m39M/the-making-of-goldeneye-007-n64-documentary https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tokaUo_m39M/hqdefault.jpg The Making of GoldenEye 007 (N64) | Documentary https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tokaUo_m39M/hqdefault.jpg A fan-made documentary on the making of GoldenEye 007 for the Nintendo 64. It follows how the game was developed. HN people point to it as the ready-made, if long, answer to how GoldenEye came to be, and it resurfaced when the game was re-released. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tokaUo_m39M 6082 691822 making of goldeneye 007 2021-05-15T19:00:15Z yes 2023-02-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/CjE4JyfMVLc/classic-game-post-mortem-prince-of-persia https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CjE4JyfMVLc/hqdefault.jpg Classic Game Post Mortem: Prince of Persia https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CjE4JyfMVLc/hqdefault.jpg Jordan Mechner looks back on making Prince of Persia in a GDC postmortem. He covers how the classic platformer was designed and built in the late 1980s. HN people point to it as a favorite among game postmortems whenever Prince of Persia or Mechner's journals come up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CjE4JyfMVLc 3105 59027 prince of persia postmortem 2016-08-04T16:28:24Z yes 2024-05-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/N4UFC0y1tY0/put-your-name-on-your-game-a-talk-by-bennett-foddy-and-zach-gage https://i.ytimg.com/vi/N4UFC0y1tY0/hqdefault.jpg Put Your Name on Your Game, a Talk by Bennett Foddy and Zach Gage https://i.ytimg.com/vi/N4UFC0y1tY0/hqdefault.jpg Bennett Foddy and Zach Gage, both known for small, distinctive games, give a GDC talk urging developers to put their own name on their games. They argue for authorship and a personal voice in how games are made and presented. HN people recommend it in threads on freelancing, portfolios and why games are not marketed like films by their director. https://www.youtube.com/embed/N4UFC0y1tY0 3664 150430 authorship in games 2019-04-24T16:21:51Z yes 2025-02-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/xMzojQFyMo0/seymour-papert https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xMzojQFyMo0/hqdefault.jpg Seymour Papert https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xMzojQFyMo0/hqdefault.jpg A video of Seymour Papert, the MIT educator associated with the Logo programming language, on learning with computers. Commenters describe him arguing for programming for everyone and for learning that stays physical. HN people link it for Papert's ideas, wishing he had been the one to bring computers to ordinary people. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xMzojQFyMo0 383 43678 seymour papert on learning with computers 2009-06-18T20:25:55Z yes 2017-01-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/kfM-yu0iQBk/shader-basics-blending-and-textures-shaders-for-game-devs-part-1 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kfM-yu0iQBk/hqdefault.jpg Shader Basics, Blending & Textures • Shaders for Game Devs [Part 1] https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kfM-yu0iQBk/hqdefault.jpg Part 1 of Freya Holmér's Shaders for Game Devs series, covering shader basics, blending and textures. It is a hands-on tutorial in a game engine that teaches graphics concepts along the way. HN people recommend it as a good first-steps shader tutorial that also teaches a lot about graphics in general. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kfM-yu0iQBk 13991 1909416 shader basics for games 2021-02-26T16:03:04Z yes 2025-04-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/odF4GSX1y3c/how-highways-wrecked-american-cities https://i.ytimg.com/vi/odF4GSX1y3c/hqdefault.jpg How highways wrecked American cities https://i.ytimg.com/vi/odF4GSX1y3c/hqdefault.jpg A Vox explainer on how the US interstate highway program carved up American cities. It covers how highways were routed through dense, often Black and poor neighborhoods, and what that did to urban life. HN people submit it as a short, clear account of how highway building reshaped cities, and cite it as a source in arguments about car dependence. https://www.youtube.com/embed/odF4GSX1y3c 279 3814181 highways and city planning 2016-05-11T13:03:22Z yes 2018-12-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/EVQHeowMdjI/the-pixel-painter https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EVQHeowMdjI/hqdefault.jpg The Pixel Painter https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EVQHeowMdjI/hqdefault.jpg A short documentary about Hal Lasko, a partially blind retired man who made detailed pixel artwork in Microsoft Paint well into his nineties. It shows his method and his late-life turn to digital art. HN people suggest it to fans of unusual tool-bound art, such as the Excel spreadsheet artist Tatsuo Horiuchi. https://www.youtube.com/embed/EVQHeowMdjI 509 978350 ms paint pixel art 2013-07-23T05:03:52Z yes 2016-01-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/3FOzD4Sfgag/edgar-wright-how-to-do-visual-comedy https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3FOzD4Sfgag/hqdefault.jpg Edgar Wright - How to Do Visual Comedy https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3FOzD4Sfgag/hqdefault.jpg An Every Frame a Painting video essay on how director Edgar Wright stages visual comedy. It breaks down his use of framing, cutting and props, with clips from his films and others. HN brings it up whenever physical or visual comedy comes up, as a well-explained example of showing rather than telling in film. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3FOzD4Sfgag 480 11361516 visual comedy in film 2014-05-27T06:53:43Z yes 2022-07-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/swCy6pQSEpk/graphical-quadratic-formula-solver-from-1915-nomogram https://i.ytimg.com/vi/swCy6pQSEpk/hqdefault.jpg Graphical quadratic formula solver from 1915 (nomogram) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/swCy6pQSEpk/hqdefault.jpg Math professor Chris Staecker demonstrates a 1915 nomogram, a printed graphical device for solving the quadratic formula without calculating. It is one of his short videos on old calculating tools. HN people recommend Staecker's channel for its short, funny, enjoyable looks at nomograms and old calculators, and this one is the example they point to. https://www.youtube.com/embed/swCy6pQSEpk 496 25512 nomogram quadratic solver 2022-03-02T11:27:08Z yes 2023-01-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/by9lQvpvMIc/how-clay-s-ui-layout-algorithm-works https://i.ytimg.com/vi/by9lQvpvMIc/hqdefault.jpg How Clay's UI Layout Algorithm Works https://i.ytimg.com/vi/by9lQvpvMIc/hqdefault.jpg Nic Barker explains how the layout algorithm in Clay, his UI layout library written in C, works. He covers how it sizes and positions elements, and why it needs so little overhead. HN developers recommend it to people building their own UI layout, and discuss it as an elegant alternative to HTML for app interfaces. https://www.youtube.com/embed/by9lQvpvMIc 2605 262055 UI layout algorithm 2025-03-02T06:59:21Z yes 2026-08-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/-hj1haLcdI0/errant-signal-social-spaces-and-payload-races https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-hj1haLcdI0/hqdefault.jpg Errant Signal: Social Spaces & Payload Races https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-hj1haLcdI0/hqdefault.jpg A video essay from Errant Signal on how online game spaces shape communities. It contrasts old community-run Team Fortress 2 servers with the matchmaking in newer games like Overwatch. HN people recommend it as an interesting take on how the structure of game servers helps or prevents lasting online social spaces. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-hj1haLcdI0 699 130553 social spaces in online games 2016-07-11T00:26:48Z yes 2019-04-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/dopu3ZtdCsg/plan9-acme-intro-part-1 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dopu3ZtdCsg/hqdefault.jpg Plan9 Acme Intro - Part 1 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dopu3ZtdCsg/hqdefault.jpg A screencast introduction to Acme, the text editor and user interface from Plan 9, shown in use. It demonstrates how Acme leans on mouse clicks for cut, copy, paste, search and running commands instead of menus and keyboard shortcuts. HN people point to it as the quickest way to see Acme's mouse-driven workflow, which commenters say is hard to explain and easier to watch. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dopu3ZtdCsg 457 22150 plan 9 acme editor 2010-01-15T00:27:02Z yes 2012-09-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/hVDN2mjJpb8/how-to-break-bad-habits-hooked-how-to-build-habit-forming-products-by-nir-eyal https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hVDN2mjJpb8/hqdefault.jpg How to Break Bad Habits - Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hVDN2mjJpb8/hqdefault.jpg A video on breaking bad habits drawn from Nir Eyal's book Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products. It describes how products are designed to create habits, which also explains how people can unpick them. HN people recommend it, along with the book, as an explanation of how social media and apps are designed to hook people. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hVDN2mjJpb8 781 434486 habit-forming product design 2015-10-04T16:09:38Z yes 2018-03-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/TrScy1icWjI/simcity-30-years-later-a-retrospective https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TrScy1icWjI/hqdefault.jpg SimCity 30 Years Later: A Retrospective https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TrScy1icWjI/hqdefault.jpg LGR's Clint Basinger looks back at SimCity on its 30th anniversary, covering the game, its history and its legacy. It is a long-form retrospective in the style of the Lazy Game Reviews channel. HN people treat LGR as the reliable source on Maxis games and share this as the most recent word on SimCity's history. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TrScy1icWjI 1201 1189032 SimCity retrospective 2019-02-01T17:16:32Z yes 2022-11-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/UVlBmdvIC6s/solarpunk-cities-our-last-hope https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UVlBmdvIC6s/hqdefault.jpg SolarPunk Cities: Our Last Hope? https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UVlBmdvIC6s/hqdefault.jpg A video essay from DamiLee on solarpunk as a picture of how cities could look and work, set against the cyberpunk future. It is about the vision and aesthetics of sustainable urban living. HN people submitted it and recommended it in solarpunk threads as a good introduction to the idea. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UVlBmdvIC6s 1115 1722518 solarpunk cities 2023-11-04T16:00:22Z yes 2024-06-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/9X68dm92HVI/are-we-in-control-of-our-decisions-dan-ariely https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9X68dm92HVI/hqdefault.jpg Are we in control of our decisions? | Dan Ariely https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9X68dm92HVI/hqdefault.jpg Dan Ariely's TED talk on why people make predictable mistakes in their decisions. He uses visual illusions as a metaphor and examples such as opt-in versus opt-out organ donation to show how defaults and choice framing steer behaviour. HN people cite it as the standard reference for default effects and pricing psychology in product and signup design. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9X68dm92HVI 1047 2218790 decision illusions and defaults 2009-05-19T16:09:11Z yes 2017-04-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ts4BD8AqD9g/the-story-of-rollercoaster-tycoon-noclip-greatest-hits https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ts4BD8AqD9g/hqdefault.jpg The Story of RollerCoaster Tycoon | Noclip Greatest Hits https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ts4BD8AqD9g/hqdefault.jpg A noclip documentary on RollerCoaster Tycoon and the games that followed it. It covers the creation of the game, what happened after RCT2, and the legacy kept alive by the OpenRCT2 community. HN people recommend it as the more detailed history of RCT, going beyond the original game to its aftermath and community. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ts4BD8AqD9g 2224 592177 story of rollercoaster tycoon 2021-05-02T16:20:17Z yes 2026-03-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/1ftJhDBZqss/multi-touch-new-touchscreen-technology-2006 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1ftJhDBZqss/hqdefault.jpg Multi Touch - New Touchscreen Technology (2006) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1ftJhDBZqss/hqdefault.jpg A 2006 demo of multi-touch screen technology, in which images and objects on a large display are manipulated directly with several fingers at once. It shows what multi-touch looked like before it reached phones. HN called it the coolest demo in years in 2007 and later resurfaced it as a look at what multi-touch screens were like in 2006. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1ftJhDBZqss 211 249146 early multi-touch demo 2006-03-18T06:47:20Z yes 2013-09-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/UHbQmqmmIFk/2advanced-studios-v2-flash-website-in-2001 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UHbQmqmmIFk/hqdefault.jpg 2Advanced Studios v2 flash website in 2001 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UHbQmqmmIFk/hqdefault.jpg A Web Design Museum recording of the 2Advanced Studios version 2 website from 2001, a Flash site with a futuristic interface. It is a record of the heavily animated, art-rich style of web design in the Flash era. HN people hold it up as the high point of weird, ambitious web UIs, with commenters who say 2Advanced changed how they thought about media and interaction. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UHbQmqmmIFk 84 29193 2advanced flash website 2018-12-23T10:59:34Z yes 2022-06-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/L7SJVBX7jxo/map-making-1961 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/L7SJVBX7jxo/hqdefault.jpg Map Making (1961) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/L7SJVBX7jxo/hqdefault.jpg A 1961 British Pathe newsreel film on how maps were made, showing the survey and drawing methods of the time. It is a record of mid-century cartographic work before digital mapping. HN people share it for the amazing ingenuity of 1960s Ordnance Survey methods. https://www.youtube.com/embed/L7SJVBX7jxo 216 2266951 1960s map making 2014-04-13T12:17:02Z yes 2021-11-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/4aw9uyj9MAE/procedurally-crafting-manhattan-for-marvel-s-spider-man https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4aw9uyj9MAE/hqdefault.jpg Procedurally Crafting Manhattan for Marvel's Spider-Man https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4aw9uyj9MAE/hqdefault.jpg A GDC talk by developers at Insomniac Games on how they procedurally built Manhattan for Marvel's Spider-Man. It covers the tools and procedural methods used to generate a large, detailed city. HN people list it among the best talks on modern procedural generation, and cite it for how much proc gen went into a big-budget game. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4aw9uyj9MAE 4046 88792 procedural city generation for games 2019-04-15T16:56:12Z yes 2022-02-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/wqzihgR_-SI/hbo-intro-behind-the-scenes https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wqzihgR_-SI/hqdefault.jpg HBO Intro Behind The Scenes https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wqzihgR_-SI/hqdefault.jpg A making-of video about the classic HBO intro from the early 1980s, made before computer graphics took over. It shows how the starburst, the chrome logo and the camera moves were built with physical models and motion control. HN loves it as a record of brilliant pre-CG motion graphics, including a chrome logo literally built out of brass. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wqzihgR_-SI 638 36559 hbo intro making-of 2012-09-29T19:50:49Z yes 2018-11-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/RCh3Q08HMfs/cdak-by-quite-and-orange-final-version-4k-intro-fullhd-1080p-hq-demoscene-demo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RCh3Q08HMfs/hqdefault.jpg cdak by Quite & orange (Final version) | 4k intro (FullHD 1080p HQ demoscene demo) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RCh3Q08HMfs/hqdefault.jpg A screen capture of "cdak" by Quite and orange, a demoscene 4k intro in which the whole real-time audiovisual piece fits in 4096 bytes of executable. This is the final version, at 1080p. HN calls it possibly the best 4k demo ever made and the standard example of surprising creativity under tight size limits. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RCh3Q08HMfs 250 126852 4k demoscene intro 2011-06-22T20:19:58Z yes 2025-07-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/HmL2l-bcuUQ/oldest-us-mall-blends-old-modern-with-225-sq-ft-micro-lofts https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HmL2l-bcuUQ/hqdefault.jpg Oldest US mall blends old/modern with 225-sq-ft micro-lofts https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HmL2l-bcuUQ/hqdefault.jpg Kirsten Dirksen tours the oldest enclosed mall in the US in Providence, converted into micro-lofts of about 225 square feet with retail kept on the ground floor. Developers and residents explain how the old building and new apartments fit together. HN people use it as a concrete example of how dead malls can be repurposed as small apartments, and for how the economics were weighed. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HmL2l-bcuUQ 911 7248015 mall to micro-apartments 2015-01-26T15:40:57Z yes 2020-07-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/zwoyfH7TgEQ/revision-2019-compo-amiga-demo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zwoyfH7TgEQ/hqdefault.jpg Revision 2019 - Compo - Amiga Demo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zwoyfH7TgEQ/hqdefault.jpg A recording of the Amiga demo competition at the Revision 2019 demoparty. Commenters point to Eon by TBL in the stream as the standout, running on a stock Amiga 500. HN people recommend it as a showcase of what an Amiga 500 can do in the right hands, with the crowd reaction adding to the experience. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zwoyfH7TgEQ 3678 62948 amiga demoscene competition 2019-04-21T23:40:21Z yes 2020-11-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/AmUPhEVWu_E/importance-of-html-headings-for-accessibility https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AmUPhEVWu_E/hqdefault.jpg Importance of HTML Headings for Accessibility https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AmUPhEVWu_E/hqdefault.jpg Aaron Cannon, a blind web developer, demonstrates how a screen reader user moves through web pages that do and do not use HTML headings properly. It shows concretely how heading structure shapes navigation for people using assistive technology. HN people recommend it as an eye-opening demonstration of what flat or missing heading structure does to screen reader users. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AmUPhEVWu_E 522 41520 html headings and screen readers 2008-07-28T21:47:48Z yes 2013-08-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/rmsIZUuBoQs/alan-kay-on-linux https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rmsIZUuBoQs/hqdefault.jpg Alan Kay on Linux https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rmsIZUuBoQs/hqdefault.jpg A short clip of Alan Kay, the personal computing pioneer, giving his opinion of Linux. As HN commenters quote it, he calls it a budget of bad ideas and a distraction from rethinking computing. HN people pass it around as Kay's blunt take on Linux and Unix, used to argue that computing should be rethought rather than copied. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rmsIZUuBoQs 38 19698 alan kay on linux 2014-04-08T09:02:37Z yes 2018-04-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/5R-6WvAihms/screen-reader-basics-voiceover-a11ycasts-07 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5R-6WvAihms/hqdefault.jpg Screen Reader Basics: VoiceOver -- A11ycasts #07 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5R-6WvAihms/hqdefault.jpg An episode of the A11ycasts series from Chrome for Developers introducing the macOS screen reader VoiceOver. It shows the basics of turning it on and navigating a page so developers can test how their sites sound. HN people recommend it as a quick starting point for learning how screen readers work and for finding the vocabulary to look up shortcuts on other systems. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5R-6WvAihms 731 126538 learning to use voiceover 2016-10-14T17:03:00Z yes 2023-08-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/1rfwKuXIhcE/all-about-riso-olivia-and-pindot-risograph https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1rfwKuXIhcE/hqdefault.jpg ALL ABOUT RISO | olivia and pindot | risograph https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1rfwKuXIhcE/hqdefault.jpg A video from the Olivia and Pindot channel introducing risograph printing, the duplicator-based print process used for zines and art prints. It explains how riso works and shows what the prints look like. HN people call it the best video on riso printing and share it to show how good the prints look. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1rfwKuXIhcE 789 269586 risograph printing 2018-08-24T19:53:09Z yes 2023-09-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/iq5JaG53dho/one-year-of-work-for-ten-seconds-of-film https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iq5JaG53dho/hqdefault.jpg ONE YEAR of Work for TEN SECONDS of Film https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iq5JaG53dho/hqdefault.jpg A Corridor Crew video about how much work goes into a few seconds of finished film. The material here is thin, so the exact project is not clear from the title alone. HN people cite Corridor Crew's videos, this one included, as proof that working VFX artists are experimenting with AI tools and teaching others how. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iq5JaG53dho 1825 1677887 vfx production effort 2025-10-05T16:01:20Z yes 2026-08-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/fUtdFbK4YG4/can-one-street-solve-silicon-valley-s-housing-and-transportation-woes-peter https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fUtdFbK4YG4/hqdefault.jpg Can one street solve Silicon Valley’s housing and transportation woes? | Peter Calthorpe https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fUtdFbK4YG4/hqdefault.jpg Urban planner Peter Calthorpe, known for coining transit-oriented development, talks about how redevelopment around existing streets and corridors could ease Silicon Valley's housing and transportation problems. He draws on projection modeling done for California. HN people cite it in housing, transit and cost-of-living threads as a detailed, numbers-backed case for denser mixed-use development. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fUtdFbK4YG4 1740 1339 transit-oriented development 2020-02-28T20:04:22Z yes 2022-12-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/OK2y4Z5IkZ0/a-real-life-haptic-glove-ready-player-one-technology-today-smarter-every-day-190 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OK2y4Z5IkZ0/hqdefault.jpg A Real Life Haptic Glove (Ready Player One Technology Today) - Smarter Every Day 190 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OK2y4Z5IkZ0/hqdefault.jpg Destin Sandlin of Smarter Every Day tries a HaptX haptic glove, a VR glove that pushes back on the hand to simulate touch. He tests how convincing the tactile feedback is and what the hardware does. HN points to it as the best demonstration that tactile feedback could finally make VR convincing, such as the spider legs felt on the palm. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OK2y4Z5IkZ0 665 3223910 haptic VR gloves 2018-03-01T15:18:15Z yes 2021-08-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/HmStJQzclHc/alex-sexton-peachpuffs-and-lemonchiffons-cssconfus2014 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HmStJQzclHc/hqdefault.jpg Alex Sexton: Peachpuffs and Lemonchiffons [CSSConfUS2014] https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HmStJQzclHc/hqdefault.jpg Alex Sexton's CSSConf US 2014 talk traces the odd history of named colors in CSS, from X11 names to oddities like peachpuff and lemonchiffon. It is a funny tour of how these names ended up in the web's color vocabulary. HN people recommend it as the entertaining full history of CSS color names, usually alongside color-picker and color-naming projects. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HmStJQzclHc 1561 8628 history of css color names 2014-07-16T22:48:44Z yes 2022-11-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Gz7oJjWg8_Y/james-kunstler-at-ted-talk-2004 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Gz7oJjWg8_Y/hqdefault.jpg James Kunstler at TED talk 2004 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Gz7oJjWg8_Y/hqdefault.jpg James Howard Kunstler's 2004 TED talk, posted by the Design Hedron channel, criticising the built environment of American suburbs and the state of modern architecture. He makes the argument in a blunt, entertaining style. HN people treat it as the most compelling statement of the case against ugly, soulless modern building, even while calling Kunstler a bit of a kook. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gz7oJjWg8_Y 1174 5763 critique of american built environment 2018-04-05T11:44:46Z yes 2022-12-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/zCLCIw-HSJc/ted-nelson-and-doug-engelbart-come-to-dinner https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zCLCIw-HSJc/hqdefault.jpg Ted Nelson and Doug Engelbart come to dinner https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zCLCIw-HSJc/hqdefault.jpg Howard Rheingold films an informal dinner conversation with computing visionaries Ted Nelson, who coined hypertext, and Doug Engelbart, who led the Mother of All Demos. The two talk casually about their ideas and careers. HN treats it as a rare, warm glimpse of two pioneers just talking, and recommends it to anyone interested in Nelson and Engelbart. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zCLCIw-HSJc 842 2523 ted nelson and doug engelbart dinner 2013-09-18T19:58:34Z yes 2020-06-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/2kfIFDX9kE4/at-and-t-you-will https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2kfIFDX9kE4/hqdefault.jpg AT&T "You Will" https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2kfIFDX9kE4/hqdefault.jpg A 1993 AT&T television commercial from the "You Will" campaign, imagining everyday connected technology of the near future. It is a short advertising piece, uploaded by a pop-culture archive. HN people submit it as a prophetic ad that predicted how connected everyday life would become. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2kfIFDX9kE4 32 104180 att you will ad 1993 2009-09-14T22:32:14Z yes 2015-09-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Bqx6li5dbEY/ted-nelson-in-herzog-s-lo-and-behold https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Bqx6li5dbEY/hqdefault.jpg Ted Nelson in Herzog's "Lo and Behold" https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Bqx6li5dbEY/hqdefault.jpg Ted Nelson, the hypertext pioneer behind Project Xanadu, is interviewed by Werner Herzog for the documentary Lo and Behold. He explains his vision for linked, connected documents and his criticism of how the web and copy and paste work. HN people share it as the place where Nelson explains his vision, and one calls it incomprehensible at first but now almost magical. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Bqx6li5dbEY 232 41609 ted nelson on hypertext vision 2016-12-29T19:46:27Z yes 2019-10-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/XFTcA4QLHw0/black-sails-opening-credits-starz https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XFTcA4QLHw0/hqdefault.jpg Black Sails | Opening Credits | STARZ https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XFTcA4QLHw0/hqdefault.jpg The opening title sequence of the STARZ pirate drama Black Sails. It is a short piece of motion design set to the show's theme music, with a hurdy-gurdy in the soundtrack. HN commenters bring it up as an example of a title sequence they consider hard to beat. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XFTcA4QLHw0 91 3354367 title sequence 2014-01-29T19:49:46Z yes 2022-10-01 monthly 0.4625 https://www.designertube.app/watch/xNqs_S-zEBY/the-future-of-design https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xNqs_S-zEBY/hqdefault.jpg The Future of Design https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xNqs_S-zEBY/hqdefault.jpg A 2013 SpaceX demo in which engineers design a rocket part in 3D using hand gestures, with the design shown in a holographic-style display and sent on toward 3D printing. It was presented as a vision of how engineering design could work without a mouse and keyboard. HN people submitted it many times as a striking glimpse of gesture-controlled 3D design going straight to fabrication. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xNqs_S-zEBY 229 6695656 gesture-controlled 3d design 2013-09-05T21:19:58Z yes 2014-05-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/1fZTOjd_bOQ/are-we-stuck-with-the-same-desktop-ux-forever-ubuntu-summit-25-10 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1fZTOjd_bOQ/hqdefault.jpg Are we stuck with the same Desktop UX forever? | Ubuntu Summit 25.10 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1fZTOjd_bOQ/hqdefault.jpg Scott Jenson, who worked on the classic Mac at Apple and on Android at Google, asks at Ubuntu Summit 25.10 whether desktop UX is stuck. He covers why interface patterns were copied across platforms and what that means for open source desktops. HN treats it as the thoughtful explanation of what Apple lost in interface design and a source of optimism that the desktop is open to real experimentation again. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1fZTOjd_bOQ 2610 509539 future of desktop ux 2025-12-11T17:31:08Z yes 2026-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/OiY1cheLpmI/full-length-event-building-paper https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OiY1cheLpmI/hqdefault.jpg Full Length Event - Building Paper https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OiY1cheLpmI/hqdefault.jpg Facebook's full event on building Paper, its 2014 iOS app. Several team members talk about the design and engineering of the app, including how it handles continuous touch gestures and animation, and the animation engine behind it. HN people point to it for the detailed discussion of continuous touch gestures and animation, and for the author of Pop explaining the animation engine. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OiY1cheLpmI 5456 39262 building facebook paper 2014-04-18T19:29:20Z yes 2014-11-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/CGRtyxEpoGg/why-western-designs-fail-in-developing-countries https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CGRtyxEpoGg/hqdefault.jpg Why Western Designs Fail in Developing Countries https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CGRtyxEpoGg/hqdefault.jpg A Design Theory video essay on why designs made by Western teams so often fail when applied in developing countries. It discusses designing from within your own cultural context, and the One Laptop Per Child project as a case, starting around the nine-minute mark. HN people repeatedly submit it and cite it as an explanation of why outside solutions fail, from OLPC to malaria nets, and of expert blindness. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CGRtyxEpoGg 1656 1764969 why western designs fail abroad 2024-06-30T14:06:27Z yes 2024-08-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/NxsaHxON350/i-m-re-imagining-the-command-line-interpreter https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NxsaHxON350/hqdefault.jpg I'm Re-Imagining the Command Line Interpreter https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NxsaHxON350/hqdefault.jpg James (DrMiaow) shows his attempt to rethink the command line interpreter, a new design for how a shell and terminal interface behave. The video walks through the ideas and demonstrates the prototype. Submitted five times in 2023 as a serious rethink of the shell, and later linked by a developer who picked up the terminal's synchronized output mode from it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NxsaHxON350 714 171617 reimagining the command line 2023-08-31T07:00:44Z yes 2023-10-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/VckU9UXI_XE/dots https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VckU9UXI_XE/hqdefault.jpg Dots https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VckU9UXI_XE/hqdefault.jpg Posy's Dots is a hyperzoom video into color halftone printing. It zooms into printed dots to show how CMYK images are built. HN people keep posting it as a mesmerising look at how CMYK halftone dots make up a printed image. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VckU9UXI_XE 658 548715 color halftone dots 2023-07-16T08:18:40Z yes 2024-12-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/kxkrdLI6e6M/how-dark-patterns-trick-you-online https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kxkrdLI6e6M/hqdefault.jpg How Dark Patterns Trick You Online https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kxkrdLI6e6M/hqdefault.jpg Nerdwriter1 explains dark patterns, interface tricks that steer users into choices that benefit the company, such as hard-to-cancel subscriptions and sneaky contact-list grabs. It draws on examples collected at darkpatterns.org, including the LinkedIn contact-list lawsuit. HN's go-to short introduction to dark patterns, used to put a name on things like easy sign-up and hard opt-out. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kxkrdLI6e6M 417 1812714 dark patterns 2018-03-28T22:19:29Z yes 2018-04-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/N4t3-__3MA0/fresh-impressions-on-brandmarks-from-my-5-year-old https://i.ytimg.com/vi/N4t3-__3MA0/hqdefault.jpg Fresh Impressions on Brandmarks (from my 5-year-old) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/N4t3-__3MA0/hqdefault.jpg A father, Adam Ladd, records his 5-year-old child reacting to well-known company logos and brandmarks. The child's plain, unfiltered reactions show which brands register with a young viewer. HN people enjoy it as a charming test of logo recognition, and one holds it up as a model of a human, low-key pitch. https://www.youtube.com/embed/N4t3-__3MA0 155 1663138 children and brand recognition 2012-01-30T04:53:57Z yes 2012-02-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/HsOKwUwL1bE/pixel-art-animation-reinvented-astortion-devlog https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HsOKwUwL1bE/hqdefault.jpg Pixel Art Animation. Reinvented - Astortion Devlog https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HsOKwUwL1bE/hqdefault.jpg A devlog by aarthificial on Astortion, a technique for pixel art animation that applies skeletal animation and texture mapping to pixel art. The video shows how it works and what it looks like in motion. HN people recommend it as a convincing recent innovation in pixel art animation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HsOKwUwL1bE 281 2578787 pixel art skeletal animation 2022-04-26T15:36:26Z yes 2022-06-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/RMWNvwLiXIQ/the-story-behind-audacity https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RMWNvwLiXIQ/hqdefault.jpg The Story Behind Audacity https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RMWNvwLiXIQ/hqdefault.jpg Tantacrul (Martin Keary) explains that he is now in charge of Audacity, the open-source audio editor, after its acquisition by Muse Group. He tells the program's story, includes an interview with its original developers, and discusses plans to improve its interface and usability. HN people praise his funny, pragmatic take on software usability, and cite the video when discussing Audacity's redesign and telemetry. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RMWNvwLiXIQ 921 516531 audacity ux redesign 2021-04-30T13:00:09Z yes 2021-05-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/OCkO8mNK3Gg/dark-patterns-are-your-games-playing-you https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OCkO8mNK3Gg/hqdefault.jpg Dark Patterns: Are Your Games Playing You? https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OCkO8mNK3Gg/hqdefault.jpg A talk by Chris Wilson on dark patterns in games. It goes through the manipulative design techniques that make games keep players spending time and money. HN people share it as a helpful, easy-to-digest reminder of how games use dark patterns. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OCkO8mNK3Gg 1013 249725 dark patterns in games 2025-11-15T20:06:12Z yes 2026-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/9MqVfzxAp6A/keynote-making-progress-alan-kay https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9MqVfzxAp6A/hqdefault.jpg Keynote: Making Progress — Alan Kay https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9MqVfzxAp6A/hqdefault.jpg Alan Kay, the computer scientist behind Smalltalk and the Dynabook vision, gives a keynote titled Making Progress. It is a wide-ranging talk from one of the people who shaped personal computing about what real progress in computing and thinking looks like. HN people repeatedly submit it as a keynote worth everyone's time from one of computing's great thinkers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9MqVfzxAp6A 3487 20293 alan kay on progress in computing 2021-08-01T23:18:30Z yes 2021-11-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/-80VsIdAHZw/communal-computing-for-21st-century-science-apr-2023 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-80VsIdAHZw/hqdefault.jpg Communal computing for 21st century science, Apr 2023 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-80VsIdAHZw/hqdefault.jpg A Dynamicland talk from April 2023, with Bret Victor, on communal computing for 21st-century science. It presents a way of doing computing in shared physical space, with people working together in a room rather than alone at screens. HN people submitted it several times as the current update on Dynamicland and Bret Victor's vision of communal computing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-80VsIdAHZw 575 5162 communal computing for science 2024-10-10T23:46:41Z yes 2024-10-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/uI7J3II59lc/hypercard-in-the-world-may-2016 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uI7J3II59lc/hqdefault.jpg Hypercard in the World, May 2016 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uI7J3II59lc/hqdefault.jpg A Dynamicland demo from May 2016 that carries HyperCard's idea of programmable cards into physical space. Paper cards in a room are recognised by cameras, linked together and given live, projected behaviour, with no screen or mouse. HN keeps resubmitting it as a striking glimpse of a physical, communal alternative to screen-based computing, and it is the thing newer spatial-computing projects get compared to. https://www.youtube.com/embed/uI7J3II59lc 2821 11788 hypercard in physical space 2024-08-29T17:43:38Z yes 2024-09-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/TIUMgiQ7rQs/ui-lit-by-the-lights-in-your-room https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TIUMgiQ7rQs/hqdefault.jpg UI lit by the lights in your room https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TIUMgiQ7rQs/hqdefault.jpg Bob Burrough, a former Apple engineer, demos a user interface that is lit by the lights in the room. The interface chrome reacts to the real ambient light and the device's orientation, giving it a physical, 3D look. HN people use it as the counterexample to boring flat UI, a working demo of interfaces that respond to real light, and cite it when Apple moves toward glassy designs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TIUMgiQ7rQs 236 193306 ambient-lit ui 2019-01-01T19:18:24Z yes 2020-10-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/QyMsF31NdNc/breaking-conventions-with-the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QyMsF31NdNc/hqdefault.jpg Breaking Conventions with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QyMsF31NdNc/hqdefault.jpg The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild team (Hidemaro Fujibayashi, Satoru Takizawa and Takuhiro Dohta) explain at GDC 2017 how the game was designed. They show the original top-down 2D prototype and cover ideas such as multiplicative gameplay and the chemistry engine behind how objects interact. HN people treat it as Nintendo explaining its own design decisions, and cite it for the chemistry engine and for how fun showed up in a simple prototype. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QyMsF31NdNc 5310 564937 breath of the wild design 2017-03-10T18:01:52Z yes 2023-05-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/b9ifQvQCO7Y/longhorn-concept https://i.ytimg.com/vi/b9ifQvQCO7Y/hqdefault.jpg Longhorn concept https://i.ytimg.com/vi/b9ifQvQCO7Y/hqdefault.jpg A 2003 concept video for Microsoft's Longhorn, the project that became Windows Vista. It shows an ambitious vision of the desktop, with rich visuals and new ways of organizing files and information. HN people use it as the benchmark of what Longhorn promised, and as the reason Vista disappointed when the product was not executed to match. https://www.youtube.com/embed/b9ifQvQCO7Y 169 1246532 longhorn concept video 2006-10-24T14:09:13Z yes 2019-11-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/S6mUFrXexAk/the-genius-of-2x4-framing https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S6mUFrXexAk/hqdefault.jpg The Genius of 2x4 Framing https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S6mUFrXexAk/hqdefault.jpg Architect Stewart Hicks explains why the 2x4 and light wood framing became the dominant way of building houses in North America. He covers the history behind balloon and platform framing and why the system works so well. HN people recommend it as an architect's take on the 2x4 and balloon framing, alongside the argument that light wood framing is the hamburger of construction. https://www.youtube.com/embed/S6mUFrXexAk 744 2724536 2x4 wood framing 2022-07-28T13:00:25Z yes 2022-12-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ifYuvgXZ108/programmable-ink-by-szymon-kaliski-strange-loop-2022 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ifYuvgXZ108/hqdefault.jpg "Programmable Ink" by Szymon Kaliski (Strange Loop 2022) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ifYuvgXZ108/hqdefault.jpg Szymon Kaliski's Strange Loop 2022 talk on Programmable Ink, work from Ink and Switch that explores programming with pen and paper. Handwritten ink on a tablet becomes live and responds to code. HN people recommend it strongly as the best modern take on early tablet visions of computing with diagrams and handwriting. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ifYuvgXZ108 2133 14797 programmable ink 2022-10-05T13:41:31Z yes 2022-11-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/TMe0WnkF1Lc/pasquale-d-silva-designing-with-animation https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TMe0WnkF1Lc/hqdefault.jpg Pasquale D'Silva - Designing with animation https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TMe0WnkF1Lc/hqdefault.jpg Pasquale D'Silva speaks at Web Directions on designing with animation, about using animation principles to add meaning to user interfaces. The talk runs about fifty minutes and goes with his essay on transitional interfaces. HN people name it a favourite talk on using animation to make UI transitions carry meaning rather than just decorate. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TMe0WnkF1Lc 3015 49726 animation in interface design 2013-11-19T03:52:50Z yes 2016-11-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ipVFRH6TQfM/i-made-a-lamp-you-can-make-yourself https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ipVFRH6TQfM/hqdefault.jpg I made a lamp you can make yourself https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ipVFRH6TQfM/hqdefault.jpg Steven Bennett's video on the Open Task Light, a lamp he designed that anyone can build themselves. It sums up the project, which he has also documented in a series of build logs. HN people recommend it as a good summary of the open lamp project, which has a great series of build logs behind it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ipVFRH6TQfM 1205 586008 open task light diy lamp 2026-08-31T15:55:31Z yes 2026-09-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/TZUhobpe6XA/oral-history-of-larry-tesler-part-1-of-3 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TZUhobpe6XA/hqdefault.jpg Oral History of Larry Tesler, part 1 of 3 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TZUhobpe6XA/hqdefault.jpg Part one of three of the Computer History Museum's oral history of Larry Tesler, the interface designer who worked at Xerox PARC and Apple. It is a first-person account of his career and the work around early graphical interfaces. HN people list it among the few good first-hand sources on how the Lisa, the Star and later Apple came together. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TZUhobpe6XA 10823 2641 larry tesler oral history 2020-02-24T22:03:21Z yes 2026-04-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/14VYnFhBKcY/shut-up-about-the-y-axis-it-shouldn-t-always-start-at-zero https://i.ytimg.com/vi/14VYnFhBKcY/hqdefault.jpg Shut up about the y-axis. It shouldn’t always start at zero. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/14VYnFhBKcY/hqdefault.jpg Vox argues in this short video that a chart's y-axis does not always have to start at zero. It explains when a truncated axis is reasonable and when it misleads. HN resubmits it and uses it in chart-honesty arguments, as backing for the point that shifting the y-axis can be misleading but is not always wrong. https://www.youtube.com/embed/14VYnFhBKcY 154 1026443 y-axis baseline in charts 2015-11-19T13:35:11Z yes 2017-05-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/NH0aEp1oDOI/adobe-photoshop-cs5-content-aware-fill-sneak-peek https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NH0aEp1oDOI/hqdefault.jpg Adobe Photoshop CS5: Content-Aware Fill Sneak Peek https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NH0aEp1oDOI/hqdefault.jpg An Adobe sneak peek of Content-Aware Fill, a feature in Photoshop CS5. The demo shows an object being selected and removed from a photo, with the program filling the gap with matching background. HN treats it as the demo that blew everyone's mind, and keeps linking it as the standard example of content-aware object removal. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NH0aEp1oDOI 307 5211309 photoshop content-aware fill 2010-03-23T20:38:34Z yes 2010-08-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/WumyfLEa6bU/practical-procedural-generation-for-everyone https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WumyfLEa6bU/hqdefault.jpg Practical Procedural Generation for Everyone https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WumyfLEa6bU/hqdefault.jpg Kate Compton's GDC talk introduces procedural generation to a general game-development audience. It walks through practical techniques for generating content, with many examples and links to interesting work. HN people treat it as the accessible starting point, saying everybody should understand procedural generation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WumyfLEa6bU 1890 443745 procedural generation 2017-05-31T18:36:45Z yes 2018-04-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/CwrePe4-ID4/the-lost-art-of-paste-up https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CwrePe4-ID4/hqdefault.jpg The Lost Art of Paste-Up https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CwrePe4-ID4/hqdefault.jpg A short film from the London Review of Books about paste-up, the analogue method of assembling magazine and newspaper pages by hand before desktop publishing. It shows how text and images were laid out on boards and prepared for printing. HN people submit it as a look at how print layout worked before DTP, and cite it to explain the paste-up and stat camera workflow. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CwrePe4-ID4 497 161355 analogue magazine paste-up 2019-10-14T11:30:32Z yes 2023-06-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ygp4-kmjpzI/devs-play-s01e05-doom-part-1-intro-60fps-1-10 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ygp4-kmjpzI/hqdefault.jpg "Devs Play" S01E05 - Doom (Part 1 - Intro) 60fps [1/10] https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ygp4-kmjpzI/hqdefault.jpg The first part of a ten-part Double Fine Devs Play episode in which John Romero and Bioshock level designer Jean-Paul LeBreton play through Doom's first episode. They talk about Doom's level design and how the game was developed. HN recommends the series for hearing Romero and LeBreton analyse Doom's level design in depth. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ygp4-kmjpzI 685 258839 doom level design 2015-01-21T06:31:31Z yes 2015-02-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/_qa5iWdfNKg/talk-practical-pigment-mixing-for-digital-painting https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_qa5iWdfNKg/hqdefault.jpg Talk - Practical Pigment Mixing for Digital Painting https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_qa5iWdfNKg/hqdefault.jpg A 17-minute SIGGRAPH Asia 2021 presentation on mixing digital paint the way physical pigments mix, rather than with RGB blending. It demonstrates how simulated pigments produce more natural, vivid mixes, such as blue and yellow giving green. HN people call it absolutely fascinating and recommend it to anyone working with both digital and physical color. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_qa5iWdfNKg 1065 29513 pigment mixing for digital painting 2021-12-09T21:52:51Z yes 2024-12-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/72M5kcnAL-4/new-game-in-town https://i.ytimg.com/vi/72M5kcnAL-4/hqdefault.jpg New Game in Town https://i.ytimg.com/vi/72M5kcnAL-4/hqdefault.jpg Ted Nelson demonstrates a working prototype of Xanadu in 2016, presenting what he calls usable and open Xanadocuments: documents with parallel, side-by-side connections and transclusion rather than one-way web links. It is Nelson's own pitch for his long-running alternative to the web's document model. HN submits it as the latest look at Xanadu, though one commenter reads the demo's focus on issues like paying for remixed copyrighted content as a sign it is far from real-world use. https://www.youtube.com/embed/72M5kcnAL-4 600 25029 xanadu hypertext demo 2016-08-29T22:46:02Z yes 2016-09-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/4NGe4dzlukc/making-games-better-for-the-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-designing-for-disability https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4NGe4dzlukc/hqdefault.jpg Making Games Better for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing | Designing for Disability https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4NGe4dzlukc/hqdefault.jpg Game Maker's Toolkit looks at how games fail deaf and hard of hearing players and what developers can do about it, such as better subtitles and visual cues for sound. It is part of the Designing for Disability series on game accessibility. HN people recommend the series as a very good, concrete illustration of what accessible game design actually looks like, and surface it in threads on game accessibility guidelines. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4NGe4dzlukc 775 380712 game accessibility for deaf players 2018-07-16T15:02:19Z yes 2021-04-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/8FpigqfcvlM/sequelitis-mega-man-classic-vs-mega-man-x https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8FpigqfcvlM/hqdefault.jpg Sequelitis - Mega Man Classic vs. Mega Man X https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8FpigqfcvlM/hqdefault.jpg Egoraptor's Sequelitis episode compares the original Mega Man with Mega Man X, arguing that X teaches players its mechanics through level design instead of text. It uses the opening stage as a worked example, with a comic voice throughout. HN treats it as the classic funny but sharp example of teaching through design, invisible onboarding and tutorial levels. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8FpigqfcvlM 1193 15652627 mega man x level design teaching 2011-11-01T01:10:12Z yes 2020-02-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/R2mC-NUAmMk/seeing-ai-2016-prototype-a-microsoft-research-project https://i.ytimg.com/vi/R2mC-NUAmMk/hqdefault.jpg Seeing AI 2016 Prototype - A Microsoft research project https://i.ytimg.com/vi/R2mC-NUAmMk/hqdefault.jpg A Microsoft research video of the 2016 prototype of Seeing AI, a smartphone app that describes the surrounding world to people who are blind or have low vision. It shows the app recognizing scenes, people and objects and speaking the results aloud. HN people keep it as the reference for AI-assisted sight for the blind, citing it whenever new vision models or accessibility tools arrive. https://www.youtube.com/embed/R2mC-NUAmMk 165 440230 seeing ai prototype 2016-03-30T17:51:49Z yes 2016-04-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/5qxg0ykOcgM/myst-co-creator-rand-miller-extended-interview-ars-technica https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5qxg0ykOcgM/hqdefault.jpg Myst Co-Creator Rand Miller: Extended Interview | Ars Technica https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5qxg0ykOcgM/hqdefault.jpg An extended Ars Technica War Stories interview with Rand Miller, co-creator of the game Myst. He recounts how Myst was made and released. HN people send it to anyone who wants the story of Myst from its creator, and point to the extended cut for more on its development. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5qxg0ykOcgM 6426 142264 myst development story 2020-02-21T16:04:39Z yes 2023-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Zu91meda2I8/why-this-font-is-everywhere https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Zu91meda2I8/hqdefault.jpg Why this font is everywhere https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Zu91meda2I8/hqdefault.jpg A Vox video on why Helvetica and fonts like it show up on so many logos, signs and interfaces. It traces how the typeface came to dominate and what that says about design. HN people repeatedly submit it as an accessible answer to why one typeface is everywhere. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Zu91meda2I8 621 2543748 helvetica ubiquity 2020-06-16T12:30:03Z yes 2021-07-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/9sKKan_Q9VU/the-man-who-invented-more-than-800-iconic-toys-eddy-s-world-the-new-yorker https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9sKKan_Q9VU/hqdefault.jpg The Man Who Invented More Than 800 Iconic Toys | Eddy's World | The New Yorker https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9sKKan_Q9VU/hqdefault.jpg A New Yorker documentary short on Eddy Goldfarb, the toy inventor behind more than 800 toys, including Ker-Plunk and Chattering Teeth. It follows him through his work and his approach to inventing playthings. HN people submit it as a charming profile of a prolific inventor of everyday toys. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9sKKan_Q9VU 1117 971055 toy inventor eddy goldfarb 2020-12-14T17:00:02Z yes 2026-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/42oQN7fy_eM/stop-signs-suck-and-we-should-get-rid-of-them https://i.ytimg.com/vi/42oQN7fy_eM/hqdefault.jpg Stop Signs Suck and We Should Get Rid of Them https://i.ytimg.com/vi/42oQN7fy_eM/hqdefault.jpg Not Just Bikes argues that stop signs are a symptom of poor street design and shows how Dutch intersections work without them. It contrasts North American stop-controlled junctions with designs that make traffic slow down and negotiate the crossing naturally. HN people cite it as the clearest explainer of why full stops make little sense and why a stop sign signals an unsafe intersection design, especially in threads on cyclist safety and the Idaho stop. https://www.youtube.com/embed/42oQN7fy_eM 364 905871 stop signs and intersection design 2020-01-13T09:00:00Z yes 2022-08-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/mGTV8qLbBWE/jonathan-blow-conflicts-in-game-design-2008-talk https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mGTV8qLbBWE/hqdefault.jpg Jonathan Blow: Conflicts in Game Design 2008 talk https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mGTV8qLbBWE/hqdefault.jpg Jonathan Blow's 2008 talk on conflicts in game design, focusing on how a game's story and its gameplay work against each other. He argues that even acclaimed games such as Grand Theft Auto and Half-Life align them poorly. HN sends people here for the deepest treatment of story versus gameplay, long but worth it for anyone interested in the problem. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mGTV8qLbBWE 3898 77685 story and gameplay conflict in games 2011-04-07T18:48:35Z yes 2015-12-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/9Yomqk0C6kE/valve-s-secret-weapon https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9Yomqk0C6kE/hqdefault.jpg Valve's "Secret Weapon" https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9Yomqk0C6kE/hqdefault.jpg Game Maker's Toolkit looks at how Valve uses playtesting to make its games polished and intuitive. The video shows how watching real players, rather than relying on developer assumptions, shapes level layout, tutorials and design decisions. HN people share it as a clear case for playtesting as the practice behind Valve's polish. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9Yomqk0C6kE 1052 1927821 playtesting at valve 2023-05-24T16:16:23Z yes 2023-08-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/tffX3VljTtI/classic-game-postmortem-deus-ex https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tffX3VljTtI/hqdefault.jpg Classic Game Postmortem: Deus Ex https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tffX3VljTtI/hqdefault.jpg Warren Spector gives a GDC Classic Game Postmortem of Deus Ex, the 2000 immersive sim from Ion Storm. He talks about how the team was organised, the questions he asks before starting a game project, and how the game got made. HN points to it for Spector's practical framework for starting a game project and for his case that a linear story can still give players freedom. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tffX3VljTtI 3685 218463 deus ex postmortem 2017-04-19T16:25:01Z yes 2025-09-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/zH2dFXDMwe4/y-oslo-how-to-draw-an-orange-mike-monteiro https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zH2dFXDMwe4/hqdefault.jpg Y Oslo - How to draw an orange, Mike Monteiro https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zH2dFXDMwe4/hqdefault.jpg Designer Mike Monteiro of Mule Design gives a talk at the Y Oslo conference built around how to draw an orange. He uses it to talk about the practice of design. HN people submitted it as a design talk worth everyone's time, with little commentary beyond that. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zH2dFXDMwe4 3214 11130 mike monteiro design talk 2025-10-28T13:55:52Z yes 2026-02-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/g3CyRZY90M4/why-most-japanese-clip-art-looks-like-this https://i.ytimg.com/vi/g3CyRZY90M4/hqdefault.jpg Why Most Japanese Clip Art Looks Like This https://i.ytimg.com/vi/g3CyRZY90M4/hqdefault.jpg A video from the channel Life Where I'm From that explains why so much Japanese clip art has the same recognizable look. It looks at where the style comes from and what makes it feel familiar. HN people submitted it several times as a worthwhile look at a distinctive illustration style. https://www.youtube.com/embed/g3CyRZY90M4 447 349330 japanese clip art style 2021-12-14T20:43:53Z yes 2022-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/huPF3Gid7DE/how-one-gameplay-decision-changed-diablo-forever-war-stories-ars-technica https://i.ytimg.com/vi/huPF3Gid7DE/hqdefault.jpg How One Gameplay Decision Changed Diablo Forever | War Stories | Ars Technica https://i.ytimg.com/vi/huPF3Gid7DE/hqdefault.jpg An Ars Technica War Stories episode on the making of the first Diablo, built around the gameplay decision that changed it. It tells how the game moved from a turn-based design to real-time combat. HN people share it as a behind-the-scenes account of a single design call that reshaped a classic game, including the show-of-hands vote to go real-time. https://www.youtube.com/embed/huPF3Gid7DE 1398 1147951 diablo real-time decision 2020-08-18T15:00:02Z yes 2021-04-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/HtKmLciKO30/dwarf-fortress-what-happens-when-it-becomes-a-game-the-zach-and-tarn-adams https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HtKmLciKO30/hqdefault.jpg Dwarf Fortress: What Happens When It Becomes A Game? The Zach and Tarn Adams Interviews https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HtKmLciKO30/hqdefault.jpg An interview documentary from On Doubt with Zach and Tarn Adams, the brothers behind Dwarf Fortress. It looks at what happens to their famously deep, text-based simulation game when it becomes a commercial game. HN people submit it repeatedly as the interview documentary on the Dwarf Fortress brothers, and cite it among talks by both of them. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HtKmLciKO30 1728 215283 dwarf fortress creators interview 2018-04-05T09:23:38Z yes 2020-03-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/2b7uMJkvS0o/this-city-concept-breaks-architecture-the-line https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2b7uMJkvS0o/hqdefault.jpg This city concept breaks architecture (THE LINE) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2b7uMJkvS0o/hqdefault.jpg An architect on the DamiLee channel looks at The Line, the proposed linear megacity in Saudi Arabia, and explains why she thinks the concept fails as architecture and city planning. It is a skeptical critique of the design. HN points to it as a sober, reasonable architect's analysis of The Line, one that makes sense even to people who are not architects. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2b7uMJkvS0o 1043 5402556 the line megacity critique 2022-08-22T14:07:35Z yes 2022-10-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/d8UJ6cIkLUI/the-palm-pre-is-the-reason-you-love-your-phone https://i.ytimg.com/vi/d8UJ6cIkLUI/hqdefault.jpg The Palm Pre Is The Reason You Love Your Phone https://i.ytimg.com/vi/d8UJ6cIkLUI/hqdefault.jpg MrMobile (Michael Fisher) looks back at the Palm Pre and its webOS, arguing that it shaped the phones people use today. The video revisits what the Pre introduced to smartphone interfaces. HN people submitted it as a retrospective on how webOS and the Palm Pre influenced modern phone design. https://www.youtube.com/embed/d8UJ6cIkLUI 1733 531310 palm pre and webos 2024-02-24T23:45:11Z yes 2026-09-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/AuRTS35ouTs/introducing-project-bloks https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AuRTS35ouTs/hqdefault.jpg Introducing Project Bloks https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AuRTS35ouTs/hqdefault.jpg Google introduces Project Bloks, a research project on tangible programming for kids using physical blocks that connect to teach coding concepts. The video shows the hardware pieces and how children use them. HN people submit it as Google's take on tangible programming for children. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AuRTS35ouTs 213 916906 tangible programming for kids 2016-06-27T15:00:08Z yes 2016-07-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/AG_791Y-vs4/the-ai-purple-problem https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AG_791Y-vs4/hqdefault.jpg The AI Purple Problem https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AG_791Y-vs4/hqdefault.jpg Syntax looks at why AI-generated websites so often end up with a purple or blue-purple gradient look. The video treats it as a visible tell of AI-made design and discusses what causes the default. HN people cite it as the explanation for why a blue-purple gradient has become a giveaway of AI-generated design. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AG_791Y-vs4 686 67528 ai purple website problem 2025-10-03T12:00:19Z yes 2026-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/SDI8ubVZi7w/config-2024-in-defense-of-an-old-pixel-marcin-wichary-director-of-design-figma https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SDI8ubVZi7w/hqdefault.jpg Config 2024: In defense of an old pixel (Marcin Wichary, Director of Design, Figma) | Figma https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SDI8ubVZi7w/hqdefault.jpg Marcin Wichary, Director of Design at Figma, gives a Config 2024 talk defending the old pixel. It is a design-history look at pixels and pixel fonts on screens. HN people call it a brilliant presentation on pixel fonts and treat it as the thing to watch if the pixel and bitmap type interest you. https://www.youtube.com/embed/SDI8ubVZi7w 1604 39059 pixel fonts and the old pixel 2024-06-29T00:57:49Z yes 2025-02-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/d8-b6QEN-rk/light-table-watches-preview https://i.ytimg.com/vi/d8-b6QEN-rk/hqdefault.jpg Light Table watches preview https://i.ytimg.com/vi/d8-b6QEN-rk/hqdefault.jpg A preview of Light Table's watches feature, from its creator Chris Granger. It shows values inside running code being displayed live in the editor as you work. HN people share it as a prime example of live interaction with code, and the coolest feature of Light Table. https://www.youtube.com/embed/d8-b6QEN-rk 62 15355 light table live watches 2014-01-10T02:16:11Z yes 2014-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/2lFzqBt3z0w/the-dangerous-feature-in-tesla-s-doors https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2lFzqBt3z0w/hqdefault.jpg The Dangerous Feature in Tesla's Doors https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2lFzqBt3z0w/hqdefault.jpg A Bloomberg Originals video about the electronic door-release design on Tesla vehicles and the safety concerns it raises. It looks at what happens when a convenience-driven redesign of a basic physical control becomes hard to operate in an emergency. HN people post it as a watch-worthy look at the safety problem with Tesla's door handles, and cite it in threads about how car door handles have evolved. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2lFzqBt3z0w 1122 934970 tesla door handle safety 2025-12-29T09:00:08Z yes 2026-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/YOZi-7V11k8/when-phones-were-fun-and-nokia-was-crazy https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YOZi-7V11k8/hqdefault.jpg When Phones Were Fun – And Nokia Was Crazy https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YOZi-7V11k8/hqdefault.jpg MrMobile (Michael Fisher) looks back at the era when phone makers, Nokia above all, tried wildly different shapes, keypads and form factors. The video tours the odd and experimental handsets of that period. HN people link it as the reminder of a time when phone design was varied and playful, before every phone became a slab. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YOZi-7V11k8 694 3702762 nokia phone design 2020-06-13T15:00:12Z yes 2022-08-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/2fl3Ifv9yGQ/apple-ads-1997-2001 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2fl3Ifv9yGQ/hqdefault.jpg Apple Ads 1997-2001 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2fl3Ifv9yGQ/hqdefault.jpg A compilation of Apple television ads from 1997 to 2001, the years after Steve Jobs returned to the company. It collects the commercials from that period in one video. HN people submitted it as a record of Apple's advertising and brand revival in those years. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2fl3Ifv9yGQ 494 253620 apple advertising 1997-2001 2008-01-13T18:19:25Z yes 2010-05-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/5b6g8eT0uuc/unexpected-baskerville-the-story-of-lovefrom-serif-with-the-letterform-archive https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5b6g8eT0uuc/hqdefault.jpg Unexpected Baskerville: The Story of LoveFrom Serif with the Letterform Archive https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5b6g8eT0uuc/hqdefault.jpg A San Francisco Public Library talk with the Letterform Archive on the story of LoveFrom Serif, a typeface by the LoveFrom design studio that is inspired by Baskerville. It tells how the typeface came about. HN people submitted it as a talk for those who like type history and the making of a new typeface. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5b6g8eT0uuc 4140 17800 lovefrom serif baskerville 2023-10-09T00:32:22Z yes 2023-11-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/K-NBcP0YUQI/how-the-inventor-of-mario-designs-a-game https://i.ytimg.com/vi/K-NBcP0YUQI/hqdefault.jpg How the inventor of Mario designs a game https://i.ytimg.com/vi/K-NBcP0YUQI/hqdefault.jpg A Vox video on how Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Mario, approaches designing a game. It looks at the thinking behind his games and what makes them feel the way they do. HN people submit it as a short look at the design approach of the creator of Mario. https://www.youtube.com/embed/K-NBcP0YUQI 355 5721390 miyamoto's game design approach 2017-01-12T13:00:17Z yes 2020-06-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ODZBL80JPqw/xerox-star-user-interface-1982-2-of-2 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ODZBL80JPqw/hqdefault.jpg Xerox Star User Interface (1982) 2 of 2 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ODZBL80JPqw/hqdefault.jpg The second part of a 1982 demonstration of the Xerox Star user interface, posted by VintageCG. It shows the Star's document and text editing, with its icons, windows and mouse-driven commands. HN people use it as a primary source on early GUI design and point to its text editor as far ahead of its time. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ODZBL80JPqw 481 57246 xerox star interface 2009-08-28T20:31:52Z yes 2022-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/9ElrcTtAxzA/the-secret-science-of-perfect-spacing https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9ElrcTtAxzA/hqdefault.jpg The Secret Science of Perfect Spacing https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9ElrcTtAxzA/hqdefault.jpg Chainlift, the creator behind the LiftKit UI project, explains how spacing works in interface design and shows examples of consistent versus off spacing. It covers why spacing scales and proportion make layouts look right. HN people recommend it to developers who cannot make a decent-looking GUI, as a good set of spacing examples. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9ElrcTtAxzA 580 676918 spacing in ui design 2024-03-01T01:28:46Z yes 2026-02-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/QKc54z5SsEs/design-crit-business-cards-from-american-psycho https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QKc54z5SsEs/hqdefault.jpg Design Crit: Business cards from American Psycho https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QKc54z5SsEs/hqdefault.jpg Linus Boman critiques the business cards from American Psycho, looking at the typography and paper choices of the famous scene. HN people point typography lovers to it as a great analysis of the American Psycho business card scene. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QKc54z5SsEs 897 2629433 american psycho business cards 2020-07-09T17:00:05Z yes 2023-05-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/cTLCfl01zuE/the-tube-map-nearly-looked-very-different https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cTLCfl01zuE/hqdefault.jpg The Tube Map nearly looked very different https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cTLCfl01zuE/hqdefault.jpg Map Men, with Jay Foreman, tell the story of the London Tube map and how it nearly looked very different. The video centers on Harry Beck's diagrammatic design and how it came to replace geographically accurate maps. HN people recommend it as the great history of this style of transit map, and as the account of how Beck's design was not wanted by the operator at first. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cTLCfl01zuE 684 2602778 history of the tube map 2022-09-26T15:02:32Z yes 2024-06-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/3dA60D-j290/the-mirror-tarkovsky-s-long-take https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3dA60D-j290/hqdefault.jpg The Mirror: Tarkovsky's Long Take https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3dA60D-j290/hqdefault.jpg A video presenting a long take from Andrei Tarkovsky's film The Mirror, centered on its barn scene. It lets one of the film's best-known sequences be seen on its own. HN people mention it as a favorite long shot in cinema history and link it whenever Tarkovsky's long takes come up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3dA60D-j290 92 70643 tarkovsky long take in the mirror 2016-01-15T16:16:15Z yes 2022-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Ta4ef1xBeMA/interview-with-graphic-designer-paul-rand-part-1-of-3 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ta4ef1xBeMA/hqdefault.jpg interview with graphic designer, Paul Rand-Part 1 of 3 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ta4ef1xBeMA/hqdefault.jpg The first of three parts of an interview with graphic designer Paul Rand. He talks about his design decisions, logos and the worth of his own trade. HN people use it as Rand's own voice on logos, on what makes design memorable, and on why design matters less than designers think. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ta4ef1xBeMA 581 143002 paul rand on design and logos 2008-07-08T16:57:26Z yes 2010-04-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Wai4ub90stQ/jeff-speck-the-walkable-city https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Wai4ub90stQ/hqdefault.jpg Jeff Speck: The walkable city https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Wai4ub90stQ/hqdefault.jpg City planner Jeff Speck's TED talk on the walkable city. He argues that making cities walkable is the way to fix many of their problems, and explains what makes a street worth walking. HN people link it as an interesting, relevant case for walkable cities in threads on cars and urban life. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Wai4ub90stQ 1017 400947 walkable cities 2013-10-14T15:36:02Z yes 2018-07-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/8i60_REoeIY/justin-falcone-the-origin-of-hypercard-in-the-breakdown-of-the-bicycle-for-the https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8i60_REoeIY/hqdefault.jpg Justin Falcone: The Origin of HyperCard in the Breakdown of the Bicycle for the Mind https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8i60_REoeIY/hqdefault.jpg Justin Falcone's CSSConf Australia talk on the origin and importance of HyperCard, Apple's hypermedia authoring tool, and how it relates to Steve Jobs' idea of the computer as a bicycle for the mind. He made the slides in HyperCard itself. HN people call it a fantastic talk on why HyperCard mattered, and share it whenever HyperCard comes up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8i60_REoeIY 1441 5462 history of hypercard 2017-05-19T05:05:24Z yes 2018-07-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/zRGRJRUWafY/miyamoto-on-world-1-1-how-nintendo-made-mario-s-most-iconic-level https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zRGRJRUWafY/hqdefault.jpg Miyamoto on World 1-1: How Nintendo made Mario's most iconic level https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zRGRJRUWafY/hqdefault.jpg Eurogamer talks with Shigeru Miyamoto about World 1-1 of Super Mario Bros., with the level on screen. He explains how Nintendo designed the first stage to teach players how the game works. HN people submitted it as a first-hand account of how Nintendo made Mario's most famous level. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zRGRJRUWafY 499 2025629 super mario bros world 1-1 design 2015-09-07T13:59:49Z yes 2015-11-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/TWAMr72VaaU/eve-a-day-in-the-life https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TWAMr72VaaU/hqdefault.jpg Eve: A day in the life https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TWAMr72VaaU/hqdefault.jpg Eve: A day in the life is a demo by Chris Granger of what programming looks like in Eve, a language and environment meant to be designed for humans. It shows a programmer inspecting a running app and asking why a UI element is missing. HN treats it as a touchstone for live, inspectable programming, and compares new debugging and editing tools to the way its demos let you ask why something is not there. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TWAMr72VaaU 363 79774 eve programming environment 2016-12-06T01:47:49Z yes 2023-02-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Sw0syzCeH4Q/erik-spiekermann-uber-ios-7 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Sw0syzCeH4Q/hqdefault.jpg Erik Spiekermann über iOS 7 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Sw0syzCeH4Q/hqdefault.jpg Typographer Erik Spiekermann talks in German about iOS 7, with English captions available. He gives a type designer's view of its design, including the thin, ultra light type. HN people cite it as the sharpest argument against design that looks beautiful but ignores usability, especially thin fonts that strain the eyes. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Sw0syzCeH4Q 98 80962 spiekermann on ios 7 2013-06-13T18:39:19Z yes 2018-04-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/MNuOmTQdFjA/stefan-sagmeister-the-power-of-time-off https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MNuOmTQdFjA/hqdefault.jpg Stefan Sagmeister: The power of time off https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MNuOmTQdFjA/hqdefault.jpg Graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister gives a TED talk on taking time off from work. He describes closing his design studio for a year every seven years and argues the break feeds the creative work that follows. HN people bring it up whenever sabbaticals, mini-retirements or vacations come up, as the best argument for spreading rest through a career. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MNuOmTQdFjA 1057 487337 sabbaticals and creativity 2009-10-05T19:16:52Z yes 2026-08-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ucSUs3adMQ8/elastic-opening-credits-halt-and-catch-fire https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ucSUs3adMQ8/hqdefault.jpg Elastic - Opening Credits: Halt & Catch Fire https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ucSUs3adMQ8/hqdefault.jpg The opening title sequence for the AMC drama Halt and Catch Fire, designed by the studio Elastic and published by the Cooper Hewitt design museum. It is a short piece of title design for a show about the early personal computer industry. HN people cite it as a nicely made show intro that fits their taste in hacker soundtracks and still feels relevant today. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ucSUs3adMQ8 45 103969 halt and catch fire title sequence 2016-02-10T21:32:16Z yes 2026-04-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/qIcM21l61TE/how-designers-destroyed-the-world-mike-monteiro-at-usi https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qIcM21l61TE/hqdefault.jpg How Designers Destroyed the World - Mike Monteiro, at USI https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qIcM21l61TE/hqdefault.jpg Mike Monteiro of Mule Design argues that designers are responsible for what they put into the world, and that the harms of tech products are design failures. This is the USI recording of a talk he has given at several conferences. HN's go-to talk on tech ethics and on designers refusing to ship harm, brought up whenever ethics in big tech or software harms come up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qIcM21l61TE 2748 64104 designer responsibility and ethics 2015-07-13T14:52:32Z yes 2024-07-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/UP_TBaKODlw/your-first-look-at-the-all-new-affinity https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UP_TBaKODlw/hqdefault.jpg Your first look at the all-new Affinity https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UP_TBaKODlw/hqdefault.jpg Affinity's first look at its all-new app, presented by the company, including its CEO. It shows the new design software, and the CEO says that scripting is coming. HN people post it as the main source on the all-new Affinity, and quote the CEO's comments in it about scripting and what stays free. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UP_TBaKODlw 1378 272393 all-new affinity app 2025-10-30T12:00:26Z yes 2025-11-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/mx4eSkMBx-U/aesthetics-of-far-cry-2 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mx4eSkMBx-U/hqdefault.jpg Aesthetics of Far Cry 2. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mx4eSkMBx-U/hqdefault.jpg A video essay on the visual style of Far Cry 2. It looks at how the game's art direction, color, lighting and world details work together. HN recommends it as a good showcase of the aesthetic choices and art direction behind Far Cry 2. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mx4eSkMBx-U 5278 1332155 far cry 2 art direction 2019-03-17T14:46:33Z yes 2022-08-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/bJ3i4K3hefI/dynamic-documents-as-personal-software-geoffrey-litt https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bJ3i4K3hefI/hqdefault.jpg Dynamic documents as personal software - Geoffrey Litt https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bJ3i4K3hefI/hqdefault.jpg Geoffrey Litt gives a talk expanding on his essay about malleable software in the age of LLMs. He shows demos of dynamic documents that people can reshape into their own personal software. HN people take it as the author's concrete companion to the malleable software essay, with demos that make the idea tangible. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bJ3i4K3hefI 3061 4841 dynamic documents as personal software 2023-05-23T19:28:27Z yes 2025-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/NLyIYmPfCps/programming-with-on-line-graphics https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NLyIYmPfCps/hqdefault.jpg Programming with On-Line Graphics https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NLyIYmPfCps/hqdefault.jpg A 1966 demo of Bert Sutherland's PhD work on programming with on-line graphics, posted by Bill Buxton. It shows programs built and edited as diagrams on an interactive display, an early form of graphical and dataflow-style programming. HN people share it as a record of pioneering interactive visual programming and point readers to Sutherland's thesis. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NLyIYmPfCps 1107 4612 graphical programming 1966 2011-08-09T21:52:10Z yes 2020-02-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Ko4V3G4NqII/macworld-san-francisco-2000-the-mac-os-x-introduction-pt-1 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ko4V3G4NqII/hqdefault.jpg Macworld San Francisco 2000-The Mac OS X Introduction (Pt.1) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ko4V3G4NqII/hqdefault.jpg Steve Jobs introducing Mac OS X at Macworld San Francisco in 2000, part one of the keynote. He presents the new Aqua interface, the underlying architecture and how older applications would run. HN people treat it as the key record of the OS X launch, quoted for Jobs's description of Aqua's design goal and for details on Quartz, Cocoa and the open kernel. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ko4V3G4NqII 575 786909 mac os x and aqua introduction 2006-08-21T03:54:10Z yes 2017-11-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ZDY9YCYv7z8/exploring-large-tables-with-table-lens-1994-ramana-rao-and-stuart-card https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZDY9YCYv7z8/hqdefault.jpg Exploring Large Tables with Table Lens - 1994 - Ramana Rao & Stuart Card https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZDY9YCYv7z8/hqdefault.jpg A 1994 demonstration video of the Table Lens, a visualization technique for exploring large tables, by Ramana Rao and Stuart Card. It shows the focus-plus-context approach to viewing many rows and columns at once. HN people submitted it as a classic piece of information visualization research worth revisiting. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZDY9YCYv7z8 572 1772 table lens visualization 2016-11-13T01:16:57Z yes 2022-07-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/IX-gTobCJHs/nokia-morph-concept-long https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IX-gTobCJHs/hqdefault.jpg Nokia Morph Concept (long) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IX-gTobCJHs/hqdefault.jpg A long version of the concept video for the Nokia Morph, a flexible, transformable device imagined by Nokia and its research partners around 2008. It shows a phone that folds and stretches and uses touch-sensitive and tactile surfaces. HN people recall it as the vision that wowed them, a benchmark for foldable and tactile devices, and also as a cautionary example of company concept videos. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IX-gTobCJHs 357 4889007 nokia morph concept device 2008-02-25T08:08:23Z yes 2025-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/tq_KOmXyVDo/how-i-animated-this-video https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tq_KOmXyVDo/hqdefault.jpg How I Animated This Video https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tq_KOmXyVDo/hqdefault.jpg Comedian and filmmaker Joel Haver explains, in his own deadpan style, how he makes his animated shorts. He rotoscopes live footage and uses EbSynth to carry hand-drawn keyframes across the frames. HN cites it as the clearest look at a real rotoscoping workflow, often to argue that his painstaking process is not the same thing as AI image generation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tq_KOmXyVDo 439 6173825 rotoscope animation process 2021-01-22T18:56:20Z yes 2024-08-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/M0zgj2p7Ww4/xerox-parc-office-alto-commercial https://i.ytimg.com/vi/M0zgj2p7Ww4/hqdefault.jpg Xerox Parc - Office Alto Commercial https://i.ytimg.com/vi/M0zgj2p7Ww4/hqdefault.jpg A 1979 Xerox PARC commercial for the Office Alto, posted by the Computer History Museum. It shows the Alto workstation's graphical, mouse-driven interface in office tasks, an early sales pitch for the system that shaped later desktop computers. HN people hold it up as a classic ad that shows how much the old Xerox systems did, and cite it when arguing modern software has regressed from explorable, user-programmable environments. https://www.youtube.com/embed/M0zgj2p7Ww4 61 229195 xerox alto commercial 2012-04-20T17:54:14Z yes 2022-10-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/bUTPlQzfz1k/tides-a-demo-for-64-html-sliders https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bUTPlQzfz1k/hqdefault.jpg "Tides" – a demo for 64 HTML sliders https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bUTPlQzfz1k/hqdefault.jpg Tides is a demo built entirely out of 64 HTML sliders, with the sliders moving in sync to music. It is the music video for blinry's Sliderland creative-coding project. HN people call it a well-executed concept synced to music, and tell people to watch it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bUTPlQzfz1k 135 9593 html sliders demo 2022-04-17T16:05:33Z yes 2024-02-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/5VNP9RYIS_E/the-strange-return-of-art-deco-in-america https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5VNP9RYIS_E/hqdefault.jpg The Strange Return of Art Deco in America https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5VNP9RYIS_E/hqdefault.jpg Architect and YouTuber Stewart Hicks looks at the return of Art Deco in recent American buildings. The video talks with the author of a book on highrises and uses material from it. HN people share it as a good, recent look at the comeback of art deco buildings. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5VNP9RYIS_E 847 600844 art deco revival in architecture 2023-12-14T14:00:04Z yes 2024-04-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/P1e7ZCKQfMA/how-blind-people-use-instagram https://i.ytimg.com/vi/P1e7ZCKQfMA/hqdefault.jpg How Blind People Use Instagram https://i.ytimg.com/vi/P1e7ZCKQfMA/hqdefault.jpg Tommy Edison, who is blind, shows how he uses Instagram on an iPhone with VoiceOver. It shows how the screen reader speaks each button and lets him navigate the app by touch. HN people offer it as an entertaining, concrete look at a blind person using a mainstream app with VoiceOver, though one thread suspected a viral ad. https://www.youtube.com/embed/P1e7ZCKQfMA 132 471982 blind use of instagram 2012-06-26T13:38:59Z yes 2014-08-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/gfHcnig8Lo4/kantega-the-mysterious-life-of-ux-designers https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gfHcnig8Lo4/hqdefault.jpg Kantega | The Mysterious Life Of UX Designers https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gfHcnig8Lo4/hqdefault.jpg A short video from the Norwegian consultancy Kantega on the working life of UX designers, titled The Mysterious Life Of UX Designers. It presents what UX designers do day to day for an outside audience. HN people submitted it as a fun and approachable look at what UX designers do. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gfHcnig8Lo4 203 627725 life of ux designers 2018-03-19T12:37:00Z yes 2022-03-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/8J6HuvosP0s/typography-for-docs https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8J6HuvosP0s/hqdefault.jpg Typography for Docs https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8J6HuvosP0s/hqdefault.jpg Matthew Butterick, author of Practical Typography, gives a talk titled Typography for Docs at the Write the Docs conference. He introduces the basics of good typography for people who write and publish documents. HN people recommend it as an entertaining intro to typography for beginners, from the author of Practical Typography. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8J6HuvosP0s 3214 13137 typography basics for documents 2013-04-09T06:23:59Z yes 2016-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ZORzsubQA_M/superblocks-how-barcelona-is-taking-city-streets-back-from-cars https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZORzsubQA_M/hqdefault.jpg Superblocks: How Barcelona is taking city streets back from cars https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZORzsubQA_M/hqdefault.jpg A Vox explainer on Barcelona's superblocks, which group city blocks into car-limited zones and give streets back to pedestrians. It shows how the plan reshapes street life and public space. HN people cite it as their mental model for fixing car-centric places and as an example of large car reductions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZORzsubQA_M 331 7909515 barcelona superblocks 2016-09-27T12:00:57Z yes 2018-04-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/jIv-EcX9tUs/john-whitney-experiments-in-motion-graphics-1968-generative-graphics https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jIv-EcX9tUs/hqdefault.jpg John Whitney - Experiments in motion graphics 1968 - Generative graphics https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jIv-EcX9tUs/hqdefault.jpg John Whitney's 1968 experiments in computer motion graphics, made on an IBM display system. They are abstract moving patterns, an early form of generative graphics. HN people point to it as the place to start with early computer graphics, with Whitney inventing something close to the screensaver. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jIv-EcX9tUs 715 73264 john whitney motion graphics 2019-01-28T17:37:15Z yes 2024-10-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/8UAsN9wvePE/eastern-and-western-design-how-culture-rewires-the-brain https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8UAsN9wvePE/hqdefault.jpg Eastern & Western Design: How Culture Rewires The Brain https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8UAsN9wvePE/hqdefault.jpg A Design Theory video essay on how cultural background shapes perception and thinking, comparing Eastern and Western approaches to design. It draws on psychology research about cultural differences in cognition to explain why designs from different regions look and work differently. HN people recommend it as a data-rich companion to the article on the psychological effects of rice versus wheat farming. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8UAsN9wvePE 2192 1529717 culture and design cognition 2023-10-04T19:48:05Z yes 2024-04-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/MvJPKOLDSos/rockstar-s-game-design-is-outdated https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MvJPKOLDSos/hqdefault.jpg Rockstar's Game Design is Outdated https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MvJPKOLDSos/hqdefault.jpg A long video essay by NakeyJakey arguing that Rockstar's game design has fallen behind, with the mission structure in games like Red Dead Redemption 2 as a main target. It breaks down how the missions and open world fit together. HN people recommend it as an in-depth critique of Rockstar's design, with a warning that it is not to everyone's taste. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MvJPKOLDSos 2267 11919511 rockstar game design critique 2018-12-17T17:50:54Z yes 2022-09-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/zxM4vN_4jJY/ar-screen-hackathon-project https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zxM4vN_4jJY/hqdefault.jpg AR Screen hackathon project https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zxM4vN_4jJY/hqdefault.jpg A hackathon demo of an augmented reality screen built with a Leap Motion controller and an Oculus DK2 headset. Virtual screens appear in the user's surroundings and are controlled by hand. HN is split: some cite it as a neat early example of AR and VR passthrough interfaces, and one thread asks whether the video is real at all. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zxM4vN_4jJY 90 603110 ar screen hackathon demo 2015-06-09T20:01:19Z yes 2015-12-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/0-_zVkrWCOk/documents-as-user-interfaces-video-demo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0-_zVkrWCOk/hqdefault.jpg Documents as User Interfaces Video Demo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0-_zVkrWCOk/hqdefault.jpg A video demo by Eric Bier, of Xerox PARC, showing documents used as user interfaces. It belongs to the family of PARC-era demos that includes Cedar, the Xerox Star and Smalltalk. HN lists it among the amazing Xerox PARC demos to watch, a point of comparison for how early graphical environments worked. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0-_zVkrWCOk 439 1634 documents as user interfaces 2011-03-26T02:41:59Z yes 2021-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/jErqdRE5zpQ/canon-cat https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jErqdRE5zpQ/hqdefault.jpg Canon Cat https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jErqdRE5zpQ/hqdefault.jpg A short informal demo of the Canon Cat, the 1987 text-centered computer designed by Jef Raskin. It shows how editing works with the Leap keys and without a mouse. HN people share it as a great look at what it would be like to use a Canon Cat now, a machine for editing text with the fewest keystrokes. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jErqdRE5zpQ 375 16577 canon cat interface 2014-03-03T13:17:18Z yes 2024-05-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/cktmhqXMsGI/handmadecon-2015-ron-gilbert https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cktmhqXMsGI/hqdefault.jpg HandmadeCon 2015 - Ron Gilbert https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cktmhqXMsGI/hqdefault.jpg Ron Gilbert, in a fireside-chat style talk at HandmadeCon 2015, discusses making games at LucasArts and his indie game Thimbleweed Park, then in development. The conversation covers his approach to game design and development. HN people recommend it as a great fireside chat with the creator of classic adventure games, and cite it on topics like dynamic game audio. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cktmhqXMsGI 4288 22466 ron gilbert fireside chat 2016-06-06T15:47:31Z yes 2020-06-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/7Zd3iNOXTow/loren-brichter-on-tweetie https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7Zd3iNOXTow/hqdefault.jpg Loren Brichter on Tweetie https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7Zd3iNOXTow/hqdefault.jpg Loren Brichter, creator of the Tweetie iPhone Twitter client, gives a talk at Stanford about the history and making of the app. He covers how he built Tweetie and the interface decisions behind it. HN people treat it as a great and still interesting account of how a celebrated iPhone app came together, from its author. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7Zd3iNOXTow 2023 15359 making of tweetie 2010-01-22T23:31:44Z yes 2013-03-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/2wBe3SDCcz8/the-william https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2wBe3SDCcz8/hqdefault.jpg The William https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2wBe3SDCcz8/hqdefault.jpg A concept video for The William, a reimagined electric stove top built around a touch screen instead of knobs and fixed burners. It is a design concept shown in a short film rather than a product that went on sale. HN remembers it as a beautifully reimagined everyday appliance that everyone wanted and that never shipped, and uses it as shorthand for an exciting design that stayed a concept. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2wBe3SDCcz8 141 868070 touch screen stove concept 2010-07-01T23:05:51Z yes 2018-07-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/bLSLN96Gn-w/designing-math-ft-grant-sanderson-3blue1brown-i-config-2026 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bLSLN96Gn-w/hqdefault.jpg Designing Math ft. Grant Sanderson (3Blue1Brown) I Config 2026 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bLSLN96Gn-w/hqdefault.jpg Grant Sanderson, the creator of the math channel 3Blue1Brown, speaks at Figma's Config 2026 about designing math. The talk is about how he builds visual explanations of mathematical ideas. HN people submitted it as a talk by a master of visual explanation, given to a design audience. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bLSLN96Gn-w 1649 341024 designing math explanations 2026-06-26T19:23:17Z yes 2026-07-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/psAeTDYezdo/the-apple-lisa-the-machine-that-invented-the-mac-full-documentary-apple50 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/psAeTDYezdo/hqdefault.jpg The Apple Lisa: The Machine That Invented the Mac | Full Documentary #apple50 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/psAeTDYezdo/hqdefault.jpg A full-length documentary on the Apple Lisa, the 1983 computer that preceded the Macintosh. It covers how the Lisa and its graphical interface were made. HN posted it as a free full-length film on the Lisa, the machine that led to the Mac. https://www.youtube.com/embed/psAeTDYezdo 6473 38401 apple lisa history 2024-09-24T02:44:32Z yes 2025-07-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/VWDFgzAjr1k/the-only-car-free-neighbourhood-in-canada-and-why-you-can-t-live-there https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VWDFgzAjr1k/hqdefault.jpg The Only* Car-Free Neighbourhood in Canada (and why you can't live there) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VWDFgzAjr1k/hqdefault.jpg A Not Just Bikes video on a car-free neighbourhood in Canada, a place where people live without cars, and on why it is so hard to build another one. It asks what car-free living looks like and why it is nearly impossible to build. HN people use it as a rare real example of a car-free neighbourhood, evidence of the demand for walkable places and of how zoning rules stand in the way. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VWDFgzAjr1k 858 1092295 car-free neighbourhood 2022-04-04T19:00:14Z yes 2023-10-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/0Ck-NPqf2c8/modern-day-typographer-elle-cordova https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0Ck-NPqf2c8/hqdefault.jpg Modern Day Typographer - Elle Cordova https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0Ck-NPqf2c8/hqdefault.jpg A video by Elle Cordova titled Modern Day Typographer, on the subject of typography. HN discussion is minimal, so little more can be said about its content. HN people submitted it as a video about typography worth watching. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0Ck-NPqf2c8 183 605220 typography 2026-09-08T19:34:20Z yes 2026-10-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/-woNlmVcdjc/children-of-men-don-t-ignore-the-background https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-woNlmVcdjc/hqdefault.jpg Children of Men: Don't Ignore The Background https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-woNlmVcdjc/hqdefault.jpg Nerdwriter1 looks at how Alfonso Cuaron's Children of Men uses its backgrounds to build the world. The video essay shows how details behind the main action carry much of the film's story. HN points to it as a great review of the film, and as an example of video essays that show you much more than meets the eye. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-woNlmVcdjc 469 2136176 children of men background storytelling 2015-09-09T12:00:01Z yes 2020-12-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/dAX0trP3hIQ/creativity-and-game-design-mov https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dAX0trP3hIQ/hqdefault.jpg Creativity and Game Design.mov https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dAX0trP3hIQ/hqdefault.jpg Chris Crawford gives a talk on creativity and game design. Crawford is a veteran game designer and author known for his strong views on what interactive entertainment should be. HN people point to it as an interesting companion to other lectures on creativity. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dAX0trP3hIQ 3537 13083 creativity in game design 2011-05-05T20:29:34Z yes 2017-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/id86HeV-Vb8/vr-interface-design-pre-visualisation-methods https://i.ytimg.com/vi/id86HeV-Vb8/hqdefault.jpg VR Interface Design Pre-Visualisation Methods https://i.ytimg.com/vi/id86HeV-Vb8/hqdefault.jpg Mike Alger's video on pre-visualizing interface design for virtual reality, from his master's project. It uses 3D renders to show zones around the user, such as the main content and peripheral areas, and the physical affordances of VR interfaces. HN people point to it as a clear, realistic breakdown of VR interface zones and affordances, with good 3D renderings. https://www.youtube.com/embed/id86HeV-Vb8 1083 168879 vr interface zones 2015-10-04T16:33:26Z yes 2016-11-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/C5FUtrmO7gI/jonathan-blow-truth-in-game-design https://i.ytimg.com/vi/C5FUtrmO7gI/hqdefault.jpg Jonathan Blow - Truth In Game Design https://i.ytimg.com/vi/C5FUtrmO7gI/hqdefault.jpg Jonathan Blow, creator of Braid and The Witness, gives a talk titled Truth in Game Design from 2011. He argues for designing around the discovery of real truths about a system rather than inventing arbitrary rules, with ideas on how complex systems can give more back than the designer put in. HN people recommend it to puzzle and game designers, and cite it for complex systems that return more than you put in. https://www.youtube.com/embed/C5FUtrmO7gI 2882 80016 truth in game design 2017-08-15T15:15:13Z yes 2022-08-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/E9_wLks1kAg/one-page-design-philosophy-one-of-the-most-important-videos-for-game-developers https://i.ytimg.com/vi/E9_wLks1kAg/hqdefault.jpg One Page Design Philosophy - One Of The Most Important Videos For Game Developers https://i.ytimg.com/vi/E9_wLks1kAg/hqdefault.jpg Stone Librande's GDC talk on One Page Designs, a method of laying out a game's design on a single sheet. The talk argues that a one-page diagram communicates a design to a team better than long documents. HN people recommend it to anyone designing games, and it came up next to the Grim Fandango puzzle document as a model for concise game design documentation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/E9_wLks1kAg 3119 520843 one page game design documents 2024-10-18T22:17:37Z yes 2026-10-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/4X4f83C8ANg/why-you-hate-comic-sans-comic-sans-hate https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4X4f83C8ANg/hqdefault.jpg Why You Hate Comic Sans -- Comic Sans Hate https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4X4f83C8ANg/hqdefault.jpg David Kadavy's short presentation on why designers and others hate Comic Sans. He looks at the typeface's origins, including how it came from an era of low-resolution, unsmoothed screens where it read well. HN people include it in reading lists for developers learning design and cite its explanation of why Comic Sans made sense on early low-res displays. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4X4f83C8ANg 326 130333 why people hate comic sans 2011-01-12T22:59:38Z yes 2013-06-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/gaiVjJWOUWE/bad-design-can-kill-missile-defense-and-user-fatigue https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gaiVjJWOUWE/hqdefault.jpg Bad design can kill: Missile defense and user fatigue https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gaiVjJWOUWE/hqdefault.jpg Anders Puck Nielsen looks at how the design of missile defense systems and the fatigue of the operators using them can contribute to deadly mistakes. It treats bad interface and workflow design as a safety problem. HN people submitted it as a serious case that bad design can kill. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gaiVjJWOUWE 1025 680778 human factors in missile defense 2022-04-22T20:06:56Z yes 2022-05-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/_XJbwN6EZ4I/designing-it-to-make-healthcare-safer-professor-harold-thimbleby https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_XJbwN6EZ4I/hqdefault.jpg Designing IT to Make Healthcare Safer - Professor Harold Thimbleby https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_XJbwN6EZ4I/hqdefault.jpg Professor Harold Thimbleby gives a Gresham College lecture on how poor interface design in healthcare IT and medical devices causes errors and harm. He argues for designing these systems to make clinical mistakes harder. HN people recommend it as a captivating account of UX failures in healthcare technology, and cite it for the claim that poor device UX causes many medical errors. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_XJbwN6EZ4I 2805 6997 safer healthcare interface design 2014-03-03T11:09:11Z yes 2018-09-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/8uE6-vIi1rQ/cursed-problems-in-game-design https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8uE6-vIi1rQ/hqdefault.jpg Cursed Problems in Game Design https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8uE6-vIi1rQ/hqdefault.jpg A GDC talk on cursed problems in game design, meaning design problems that look solvable but where every solution brings an equally bad new problem. The speaker, Soren Johnson, walks through examples from game design to show why some trade-offs can only be managed rather than fixed. HN people use the idea as a vocabulary for design dilemmas, applying it to Diablo's multiplayer scaling and to EdTech's retention versus friction conflict. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8uE6-vIi1rQ 3120 889080 cursed problems in game design 2020-02-03T18:04:22Z yes 2021-06-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/J33pVRdxWbw/how-steve-jobs-got-the-ideas-of-gui-from-xerox https://i.ytimg.com/vi/J33pVRdxWbw/hqdefault.jpg How Steve Jobs got the ideas of GUI from XEROX https://i.ytimg.com/vi/J33pVRdxWbw/hqdefault.jpg A compilation about how Steve Jobs took the idea of the graphical user interface from Xerox PARC. It draws on interview material, including Jobs describing his visit and Adele Goldberg recalling her warning to Xerox executives. HN people use it as the go-to evidence for the Xerox-to-Apple GUI story, citing Jobs acknowledging what he saw at PARC. https://www.youtube.com/embed/J33pVRdxWbw 581 271966 xerox parc to apple gui 2014-01-04T11:48:56Z yes 2017-07-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/bAxRYrpbnuA/traffic-calming-is-everywhere-in-the-netherlands https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bAxRYrpbnuA/hqdefault.jpg Traffic Calming is Everywhere in the Netherlands https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bAxRYrpbnuA/hqdefault.jpg Not Just Bikes shows how Dutch streets use traffic calming, such as lane narrowing, raised crossings and chicanes, to make drivers slow down. It explains how the street design itself, rather than speed limit signs, produces safe speeds. HN people point to it as the clear account of how the Netherlands makes streets safe by design, in contrast with US roads. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bAxRYrpbnuA 312 403645 dutch traffic calming 2020-02-24T09:00:13Z yes 2022-02-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/gwV_mA2cv_0/what-makes-a-good-detective-game https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gwV_mA2cv_0/hqdefault.jpg What Makes a Good Detective Game? https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gwV_mA2cv_0/hqdefault.jpg Game Maker's Toolkit asks what makes a good detective game and why they are so hard to design. It looks at how games let players gather clues and deduce, rather than just follow the story. HN people call it an excellent overview of detective game design and of why making a player feel like a detective is difficult. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gwV_mA2cv_0 1171 1430819 detective game design 2017-09-04T16:29:50Z yes 2022-05-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/1W79T2ibd5Y/design-system-magic-with-css-houdini-by-samuel-richard-cssconf-eu-2019 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1W79T2ibd5Y/hqdefault.jpg Design System Magic with CSS Houdini by Samuel Richard | CSSconf EU 2019 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1W79T2ibd5Y/hqdefault.jpg Samuel Richard's CSSconf EU 2019 talk on using CSS Houdini to power design systems. He shows how the Houdini APIs let styling code do things that plain CSS cannot. HN people call it an excellent introduction to CSS Houdini and share it when the topic comes up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1W79T2ibd5Y 1592 6908 css houdini for design systems 2019-07-17T08:31:37Z yes 2021-05-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/eLqC3FNNOaI/why-are-we-changing-maps-from-the-west-wing https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eLqC3FNNOaI/hqdefault.jpg Why are we changing maps? (from The West Wing) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eLqC3FNNOaI/hqdefault.jpg A scene from the TV series The West Wing in which the Organization of Cartographers for Social Equality argues that the standard Mercator map misrepresents the size of countries. It is a short dramatized lesson on how map projections shape what we see. HN brings it up whenever map projections come up, as the memorable scene on how Mercator distorts the size of Africa and North America. https://www.youtube.com/embed/eLqC3FNNOaI 238 800344 map projection bias 2012-05-18T02:40:42Z yes 2022-08-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Ly6USRwTHe0/generative-ai-for-krita-with-controlnet https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ly6USRwTHe0/hqdefault.jpg Generative AI for Krita - With ControlNet https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ly6USRwTHe0/hqdefault.jpg A demonstration of a generative AI plugin for the open-source painting program Krita, using Stable Diffusion with ControlNet. It shows sketches and selections being turned into finished image regions inside a normal painting workflow. HN people find it striking that open-source Krita matches Photoshop's generative fill, and cite it as the way a traditional artist can fit AI into their own workflow. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ly6USRwTHe0 161 223373 ai image generation in krita 2023-09-16T13:41:28Z yes 2025-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/TCI8lPvr6SM/the-origin-of-the-80s-aesthetic https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TCI8lPvr6SM/hqdefault.jpg The origin of the '80s aesthetic https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TCI8lPvr6SM/hqdefault.jpg A Vox video tracing where the 1980s look in design comes from. It looks at the ideas and movements behind the decade's visual style. HN people post it as a quick, well-made explainer on the origins of the 80s aesthetic. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TCI8lPvr6SM 378 2624537 origin of the 80s aesthetic 2017-06-26T12:06:45Z yes 2017-07-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/MyoU4hI_i_Y/uxnight-designing-for-your-mom-with-andi-galpern https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MyoU4hI_i_Y/hqdefault.jpg UXNight: Designing For your Mom with Andi Galpern https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MyoU4hI_i_Y/hqdefault.jpg A UXNight talk by Andi Galpern, recorded by InfoQ, on designing for your mom. It is an introduction to UX basics built around the idea of designing for an ordinary, non-expert user. Submitted twice in 2013 as a worthwhile UX basics talk. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MyoU4hI_i_Y 1722 23057 ux basics for non-expert users 2013-06-27T22:58:31Z yes 2013-07-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/iN1MsCXkPSA/illustrating-crafting-interpreters https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iN1MsCXkPSA/hqdefault.jpg Illustrating Crafting Interpreters https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iN1MsCXkPSA/hqdefault.jpg A time-lapse by Bob Nystrom of how he draws the illustrations for his book Crafting Interpreters, by hand on paper with pencil and pen. It shows a single diagram being made from start to finish. HN people share it as proof of the care behind the book's hand-drawn illustrations, calling it ASMR for geeks. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iN1MsCXkPSA 564 12328 hand-drawn book illustration 2018-03-25T21:10:36Z yes 2022-02-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Lo_1pyQ7xvc/sx-70 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Lo_1pyQ7xvc/hqdefault.jpg SX-70 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Lo_1pyQ7xvc/hqdefault.jpg A short film by the Eames Office about the Polaroid SX-70, the folding instant camera, made by Charles and Ray Eames. It combines a technical explanation of the camera with a promotional tone. HN people share it as a favorite Eames film that explains how the SX-70 works and may have shaped the later Apple style of product launch. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Lo_1pyQ7xvc 597 160274 polaroid sx-70 film 2012-12-15T05:33:51Z yes 2022-06-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/RuUSc53Xpeg/alterego-interfacing-with-devices-through-silent-speech https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RuUSc53Xpeg/hqdefault.jpg AlterEgo: Interfacing with devices through silent speech https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RuUSc53Xpeg/hqdefault.jpg An MIT Media Lab demo of AlterEgo, a wearable that lets a person interface with devices through silent speech. It reads signals from the face while the wearer internally articulates words, with no audible speech. HN people bring it up as a serious candidate for the next input method after the keyboard, a way to talk to computers without making a sound. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RuUSc53Xpeg 82 941596 silent speech interface 2018-04-04T22:49:49Z yes 2018-11-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/b5P3QDm61go/apple-imac-g4-lamp-ad-2002 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/b5P3QDm61go/hqdefault.jpg Apple - iMac G4 "Lamp" ad (2002) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/b5P3QDm61go/hqdefault.jpg Apple's 2002 television ad for the iMac G4, the flat-panel iMac on an adjustable arm, nicknamed the lamp iMac. The ad plays up the monitor's lamp-like movement. HN people remember it as a playful, Luxo Jr.-like ad that shows how great the iMac G4 marketing was. https://www.youtube.com/embed/b5P3QDm61go 31 498677 imac g4 lamp ad 2010-11-03T23:22:45Z yes 2025-02-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/YdSdvIRkkDY/the-witness-documentary https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YdSdvIRkkDY/hqdefault.jpg The Witness Documentary https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YdSdvIRkkDY/hqdefault.jpg A /noclip documentary on the making of The Witness, with Jonathan Blow talking about the game and the craft behind it. It covers the island setting and the puzzle design. HN people recommend it for hearing Blow talk about his craft. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YdSdvIRkkDY 2879 778562 making of the witness 2017-04-02T16:00:17Z yes 2020-02-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/wOlcB-JxkFw/antichamber-an-overnight-success-seven-years-in-the-making https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wOlcB-JxkFw/hqdefault.jpg Antichamber: An Overnight Success, Seven Years In The Making https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wOlcB-JxkFw/hqdefault.jpg Alexander Bruce gives a GDC talk about making Antichamber, the first-person puzzle game he built over seven years on Unreal Engine. He talks about how the design evolved and how much time and iteration it took. HN recommends it as an honest account of the years of solo work behind a game, including his habit of putting it in front of players and watching how long they kept playing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wOlcB-JxkFw 3174 128678 antichamber development story 2015-05-22T16:03:00Z yes 2017-04-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/7m6J8W6Ib4w/project-north-star-exploring-augmented-reality https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7m6J8W6Ib4w/hqdefault.jpg Project North Star: Exploring Augmented Reality https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7m6J8W6Ib4w/hqdefault.jpg Leap Motion presents Project North Star, its open-source augmented reality headset reference design, along with design research on interfaces for hand-tracked AR. The video shows prototypes and interaction experiments for 3D interfaces built around hands rather than controllers. HN points to it as an example of 3D interfaces reimagined from the ground up, and as design research by Keiichi Matsuda at Leap Motion. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7m6J8W6Ib4w 65 130074 augmented reality interface prototypes 2018-04-11T18:51:28Z yes 2019-08-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/VM_JNqFCvyo/2advanced-studios-v4-flash-website-in-2003 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VM_JNqFCvyo/hqdefault.jpg 2Advanced Studios v4 flash website in 2003 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VM_JNqFCvyo/hqdefault.jpg A Web Design Museum recording of the 2Advanced Studios version 4 website from 2003, a Flash site with a futuristic, heavily animated interface. It shows the ambitious end of web design in the Flash era. HN people use it as their answer to the most unique website they have seen, a reminder of how mind-blowing Flash sites felt in their day. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VM_JNqFCvyo 126 25656 2advanced flash website v4 2020-10-23T14:45:10Z yes 2024-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/k0ufz75UvHs/iterative-drawing-the-fastest-way-to-improve https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k0ufz75UvHs/hqdefault.jpg Iterative Drawing - The Fastest Way to Improve https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k0ufz75UvHs/hqdefault.jpg Sycra, a YouTube art teacher, explains a drawing practice built on iterating: repeat short sketches of the same subject many times, varying each pass. His claim is that this improves your drawing faster than long single attempts. HN uses it as the answer to "how do I learn drawing?", the one video that actually helped someone after many others did not. https://www.youtube.com/embed/k0ufz75UvHs 3347 3259780 learning to draw through iteration 2016-01-06T16:00:02Z yes 2021-03-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/7H0K1k54t6A/future-design-laptop-rolltop-being-developed https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7H0K1k54t6A/hqdefault.jpg Future Design Laptop ROLLTOP (Being Developed) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7H0K1k54t6A/hqdefault.jpg A concept video for ROLLTOP, a future laptop design by Evgeny Orkin that was presented as a diploma thesis. It shows the proposed form of the device and how it would be used, as a speculative product design rather than a shipping product. HN users submitted it as an eye-catching concept for what a laptop could look like. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7H0K1k54t6A 91 6465098 concept laptop design 2009-09-17T17:04:18Z yes 2010-03-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/VbeM8Lf7s5A/the-genius-design-of-apple-park https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VbeM8Lf7s5A/hqdefault.jpg The Genius Design of Apple Park https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VbeM8Lf7s5A/hqdefault.jpg A video from the neo channel on the design of Apple Park, Apple's headquarters. It looks at the architecture and the thinking behind the building. HN people submitted it as worth watching for a look at the design of Apple's campus. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VbeM8Lf7s5A 1092 12871657 apple park design 2023-02-06T14:31:00Z yes 2024-07-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Z1Fx18cppZk/classic-postmortem-goldeneye-007 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z1Fx18cppZk/hqdefault.jpg Classic Postmortem: GoldenEye 007 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z1Fx18cppZk/hqdefault.jpg GoldenEye 007's director gives a GDC Classic Postmortem on making the 1997 Nintendo 64 shooter at Rare. He recounts what went right and wrong, including how a team with little game-making experience got through development. HN people recommend it for its candid view that a big game is a multifaceted team effort, with an inexperienced team trying things veterans would have avoided. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z1Fx18cppZk 4087 30826 goldeneye 007 postmortem 2019-12-06T17:05:04Z yes 2023-11-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/QW0ydAMVQ2w/why-do-architects-insist-on-using-flat-roofs https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QW0ydAMVQ2w/hqdefault.jpg Why Do Architects Insist on Using Flat Roofs? https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QW0ydAMVQ2w/hqdefault.jpg Stewart Hicks, an architect and educator, explains why modern architects favor flat roofs. He covers the history, the design reasons and the practical trade-offs behind a choice many people question. HN people recommend it to anyone puzzled by the flat roofs of modern architecture. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QW0ydAMVQ2w 651 1981950 flat roofs in modern architecture 2021-11-18T14:00:09Z yes 2022-10-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/HmgtW2Iw-kE/why-tabs-are-on-top-in-firefox-4 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HmgtW2Iw-kE/hqdefault.jpg Why Tabs are on Top in Firefox 4 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HmgtW2Iw-kE/hqdefault.jpg Alex Faaborg, a Mozilla designer, explains the reasoning behind putting tabs above the address bar in Firefox 4. He lays out the interface logic for why tabs belong at the top of the window. HN people point to it as the detailed rationale for Firefox's tabs-on-top layout, usually when someone challenges the decision. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HmgtW2Iw-kE 431 279900 firefox tabs on top rationale 2010-06-22T04:12:57Z yes 2010-12-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Lm_AzK27mZY/how-the-nemesis-system-creates-stories https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Lm_AzK27mZY/hqdefault.jpg How the Nemesis System Creates Stories https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Lm_AzK27mZY/hqdefault.jpg Game Maker's Toolkit looks at the Nemesis system from the Middle-earth games, in which enemy orcs remember the player and gain ranks and rivalries. The video explains how the system works and why it produces memorable stories without scripted writing. HN people recommend it as a clear account of what the Nemesis system is and why it works, including as an example of non-LLM game AI. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Lm_AzK27mZY 1349 3306961 nemesis system 2021-01-28T18:07:08Z yes 2026-03-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/4haAdmHqGOw/beginner-blender-4-0-tutorial-2023 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4haAdmHqGOw/hqdefault.jpg Beginner Blender 4.0 Tutorial (2023) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4haAdmHqGOw/hqdefault.jpg Blender Guru's beginner tutorial series for Blender 4.0, the well-known donut tutorial. It walks a complete newcomer through modeling, shading, lighting and rendering a 3D scene. HN people give it as the classic, go-to starting point for learning Blender and 3D modeling, with the caveat to use a current version. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4haAdmHqGOw 17704 3811565 blender beginner tutorial 2024-07-25T21:11:44Z yes 2025-07-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Og6cTlwBTrk/building-the-moroccan-court https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Og6cTlwBTrk/hqdefault.jpg Building the Moroccan Court https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Og6cTlwBTrk/hqdefault.jpg A Met Museum video on building the Moroccan Court, in which Moroccan craftsmen make and install traditional mosaic tilework and carving for the museum. It documents the handwork behind the finished room. HN people point to it as a good record of craftsmen taking pride in their work, and as a look at how traditional tiles are made. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Og6cTlwBTrk 1064 1594295 moroccan court tilework 2013-08-08T17:10:45Z yes 2021-12-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/l0KEDYFWbVc/jonathan-blow-on-rigged-rng-in-games-sid-meiering https://i.ytimg.com/vi/l0KEDYFWbVc/hqdefault.jpg Jonathan Blow on Rigged RNG in Games ("Sid Meiering") https://i.ytimg.com/vi/l0KEDYFWbVc/hqdefault.jpg Jonathan Blow, the game designer behind Braid and The Witness, talks about randomness in games that is rigged or misleadingly presented. The uploaded video also includes a later Twitch stream. HN cites it in threads about probability and shuffling as the case that games like XCOM lie to players with the odds they display. https://www.youtube.com/embed/l0KEDYFWbVc 558 49472 rigged randomness in games 2019-08-26T14:21:03Z yes 2023-11-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/73hip3pz0Xs/the-animators-who-ve-spent-40-years-on-a-single-film https://i.ytimg.com/vi/73hip3pz0Xs/hqdefault.jpg The Animators Who've Spent 40 Years on a Single Film https://i.ytimg.com/vi/73hip3pz0Xs/hqdefault.jpg A video essay from the Atrocity Guide channel on Yuri Norstein, the Russian animator known for hand-crafted cut-out films, and the decades he has spent on a single project. It looks at his painstaking multi-plane technique and what that slow process says about animation as craft. HN people point to it as a good introduction to Norstein's work for those who know Ghibli-era animation but not him. https://www.youtube.com/embed/73hip3pz0Xs 2712 1082389 yuri norstein animation 2021-10-09T17:14:32Z yes 2023-09-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ud0HhzAK30w/symbolics-concordia-online-documentation-hyper-text-markup-1985 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ud0HhzAK30w/hqdefault.jpg SYMBOLICS CONCORDIA ONLINE DOCUMENTATION HYPER TEXT MARKUP 1985 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ud0HhzAK30w/hqdefault.jpg A 1985 demonstration of Concordia, the hypertext documentation and markup system on Symbolics Lisp machines. It shows documents with links, formatted text and graphics in a windowed interface, long before the web. HN lists it among the classic GUI demos worth watching to get a feel for early interface ideas, and as proof that Lisp-machine teams built large, polished documentation tools. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ud0HhzAK30w 1157 4143 symbolics concordia hypertext documentation 2013-08-08T07:43:42Z yes 2020-09-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/AOc8ASeHYNw/designing-urban-places-that-don-t-suck-a-sense-of-place https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AOc8ASeHYNw/hqdefault.jpg Designing Urban Places that Don't Suck (a sense of place) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AOc8ASeHYNw/hqdefault.jpg Not Just Bikes explains what gives an urban place a sense of place and why so many car-oriented places feel lifeless. The video contrasts street layouts and public spaces that work for people with ones built around cars. HN people point to the channel as a view of what less car-dependent, better-designed places could look like. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AOc8ASeHYNw 648 1561776 sense of place in urban design 2023-07-30T15:59:52Z yes 2023-10-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/aNR4n0i2ZlM/making-a-heart-with-maths https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aNR4n0i2ZlM/hqdefault.jpg Making a heart with Maths https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aNR4n0i2ZlM/hqdefault.jpg Inigo Quilez builds a beating heart out of math, live-coding the shape and compositing it onto live video as he explains each step. It is an introduction to drawing with formulas in shaders. HN people recommend it as a great beginner introduction and say watching him hack away at graphics is enjoyable. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aNR4n0i2ZlM 614 111980 drawing a heart with math 2017-02-24T06:09:22Z yes 2020-02-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ntaudUum06E/uist-2019-visions-michel-beaudouin-lafon-a-world-without-apps https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ntaudUum06E/hqdefault.jpg UIST 2019 Visions - Michel Beaudouin-Lafon: A World Without Apps https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ntaudUum06E/hqdefault.jpg Michel Beaudouin-Lafon's UIST 2019 Visions talk on moving beyond the app model. He looks back at systems such as the Xerox Star to argue for software built around tools rather than closed applications. HN returns to it in discussions of malleable software as a clear look back at the Xerox Star and what apps took away from users. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ntaudUum06E 2216 4228 software without apps 2020-01-05T21:22:47Z yes 2023-10-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/YslQ2625TR4/iphone-resolution-by-edward-tufte https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YslQ2625TR4/hqdefault.jpg iPhone Resolution by Edward Tufte https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YslQ2625TR4/hqdefault.jpg Edward Tufte critiques the interface and screen resolution of the original iPhone (2008). He applies his information design principles to how the phone displays information. HN people share it as Tufte's take on the original iPhone interface and on what the screen resolution allows. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YslQ2625TR4 345 53478 tufte on the iphone interface 2008-11-25T18:06:04Z yes 2023-11-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/xQx-tuW9A4Q/inventing-the-computer-mouse-douglas-engelbart-talks-at-google https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xQx-tuW9A4Q/hqdefault.jpg Inventing the Computer Mouse | Douglas Engelbart | Talks at Google https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xQx-tuW9A4Q/hqdefault.jpg Douglas Engelbart, inventor of the computer mouse and creator of NLS, visits Google in 2007 for a Talks at Google session. He presents his ideas about augmenting human intellect with slides, followed by a Q&A. HN recommends it for Engelbart's inspirational ideas and for the Q&A, where he politely calls Wikipedia a good start toward the hypertext he imagined. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xQx-tuW9A4Q 3383 29780 engelbart on augmenting intellect 2007-08-28T18:41:09Z yes 2020-07-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/_zSjpIyMt0k/mars-dos-demo-by-tim-clarke-1993 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_zSjpIyMt0k/hqdefault.jpg Mars DOS demo by Tim Clarke (1993) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_zSjpIyMt0k/hqdefault.jpg A capture of MARS, a 1993 DOS demo by Tim Clarke that lets you fly over a rendered Martian landscape. It fits real-time terrain graphics into only a few kilobytes of code and ran at a smooth frame rate on a 286. HN people recall it as the demo that hooked them on graphics programming and as the standard example of what tiny code can render. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_zSjpIyMt0k 87 27765 mars dos terrain demo 2013-05-17T04:57:39Z yes 2017-11-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/5R9eywArFTE/how-to-hack-a-painting-by-tyler-hobbs https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5R9eywArFTE/hqdefault.jpg "How to Hack a Painting" by Tyler Hobbs https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5R9eywArFTE/hqdefault.jpg Generative artist Tyler Hobbs speaks at Strange Loop 2017 about making paintings with code. He explains how an artist's aesthetic decisions can be turned into algorithms and how he works with randomness and control. HN people name it when asked for favorite generative artists, as an enjoyable talk from one of the best-known artists working in the medium. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5R9eywArFTE 2699 51063 generative art process 2017-10-01T02:38:07Z yes 2025-02-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/69HTviSeQeE/peter-molyneux-explains-the-design-of-black-and-white https://i.ytimg.com/vi/69HTviSeQeE/hqdefault.jpg Peter Molyneux Explains the Design of Black and White https://i.ytimg.com/vi/69HTviSeQeE/hqdefault.jpg Peter Molyneux explains the design of Black and White in a GDC talk. He discusses the ideas behind the god game in which the player trains a creature and how the design came together. HN people submitted it as a first-hand design talk from one of the most talked-about game designers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/69HTviSeQeE 3893 21049 design of black and white 2017-08-03T16:05:00Z yes 2022-02-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/I9LZ6TnSP40/alternate-reality-kit-by-randall-smith-at-xerox-parc-1986-vpri-0131 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/I9LZ6TnSP40/hqdefault.jpg Alternate Reality Kit by Randall Smith at Xerox PARC 1986 (VPRI-0131) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/I9LZ6TnSP40/hqdefault.jpg A 1986 demo of the Alternate Reality Kit, an interactive simulated world built by Randall Smith at Xerox PARC. Objects can be picked up, moved and wired together, and the user changes how the world behaves by manipulating them directly. HN people show it as proof that visual programming and object systems go well beyond wire diagrams, and as a teaser for PARC-era ideas. https://www.youtube.com/embed/I9LZ6TnSP40 714 4064 alternate reality kit at xerox parc 2016-04-18T20:37:54Z yes 2019-12-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Ra_0DgnJ1uQ/why-cars-rarely-crash-into-buildings-in-the-netherlands https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ra_0DgnJ1uQ/hqdefault.jpg Why Cars Rarely Crash into Buildings in the Netherlands https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ra_0DgnJ1uQ/hqdefault.jpg A short Not Just Bikes explainer on why cars in the Netherlands rarely end up inside buildings, as they often do in North America. It looks at how road design, speed and cultural expectations shape crash outcomes. HN uses it as the standard example of safety by design, where crashes are treated as a systems problem and streets forgive mistakes instead of blaming individual drivers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ra_0DgnJ1uQ 377 1014382 forgiving street design 2020-05-18T08:00:07Z yes 2023-06-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/U3j7mM_JBNw/sports-illustrated-magazine-html5 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U3j7mM_JBNw/hqdefault.jpg Sports Illustrated Magazine - HTML5 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U3j7mM_JBNw/hqdefault.jpg The Sports Illustrated magazine segment from Google I/O 2010, a demo of a digital magazine built with HTML5 and CSS3. It shows page layouts and interactions in a web-based magazine. HN people bring it up in debates over HTML5 versus native apps as the example that publishers could build rich magazines for the web. https://www.youtube.com/embed/U3j7mM_JBNw 202 148038 html5 digital magazine 2010-05-19T18:14:42Z yes 2010-07-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/LLRy4Ao62ls/alan-kay-shows-the-rand-tablet https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LLRy4Ao62ls/hqdefault.jpg Alan Kay shows the Rand tablet https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LLRy4Ao62ls/hqdefault.jpg A short clip in which Alan Kay shows the RAND tablet, an early pen-and-tablet input device from the 1960s. It is posted by Larry Press, who writes about early interactive computing. Kay presents the device as a precursor of later pen and graphics-input work. Submitted to HN twice, nine years apart, as a rare look at a foundational input device shown by someone who knew it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LLRy4Ao62ls 136 8523 rand tablet 2010-04-05T19:16:36Z yes 2023-10-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/PsPX0nElJ0k/code-bubbles-rethinking-the-user-interface-paradigm-of-integrated-development https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PsPX0nElJ0k/hqdefault.jpg Code Bubbles: Rethinking the User Interface Paradigm of Integrated Development Environments https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PsPX0nElJ0k/hqdefault.jpg Andrew Bragdon presents Code Bubbles, a research prototype from Brown University that replaces the file-and-tab interface of an IDE with a canvas of small, task-focused code fragments. The video demonstrates how developers navigate and arrange related code. HN people call it a beacon for moving code management beyond text files and the most convincing code visualization tool they know, and often regret that it stayed a research prototype. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PsPX0nElJ0k 499 283527 code bubbles ide 2010-03-09T13:32:17Z yes 2022-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/VwZi58u1FjI/gdc-founder-chris-crawford-s-dragon-speech https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VwZi58u1FjI/hqdefault.jpg GDC Founder Chris Crawford's Dragon Speech https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VwZi58u1FjI/hqdefault.jpg Chris Crawford, founder of the Game Developers Conference, gives his famous Dragon Speech at GDC. It is an impassioned address on the future of games and interactive storytelling. HN people treat it as the most famous moment in GDC history and rewatch it to think about what games could have been. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VwZi58u1FjI 2767 21938 chris crawford dragon speech 2017-06-15T16:22:23Z yes 2024-05-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/O-3Mlj3MQ_Q/how-coronavirus-charts-can-mislead-us https://i.ytimg.com/vi/O-3Mlj3MQ_Q/hqdefault.jpg How coronavirus charts can mislead us https://i.ytimg.com/vi/O-3Mlj3MQ_Q/hqdefault.jpg A Vox explainer on how charts of the coronavirus pandemic can mislead readers. It looks at how choices in scale, data and presentation change what a chart appears to say. Submitted twice in 2020 as a useful short guide to reading pandemic charts critically. https://www.youtube.com/embed/O-3Mlj3MQ_Q 298 2592564 misleading charts 2020-04-28T14:15:00Z yes 2020-05-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/xf0WjeE6eyM/akira-how-to-animate-light https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xf0WjeE6eyM/hqdefault.jpg AKIRA: How To Animate Light https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xf0WjeE6eyM/hqdefault.jpg Nerdwriter1 looks at how the 1988 film Akira animates light, from glows and reflections to the way highlights shape the image. It is a video essay on a specific craft detail of cel-era anime. HN offers it as the video that best explains why Akira's light still looks so beautiful, whenever anime and cel-era image making come up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xf0WjeE6eyM 399 1566770 akira light animation 2016-11-23T15:00:07Z yes 2022-02-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ObhvacfIOg0/improving-games-for-those-with-cognitive-disabilities-designing-for-disability https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ObhvacfIOg0/hqdefault.jpg Improving Games for Those with Cognitive Disabilities | Designing for Disability https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ObhvacfIOg0/hqdefault.jpg A Game Maker's Toolkit episode in the Designing for Disability series on how games can be made better for players with cognitive disabilities. It looks at design choices and options that make games easier to understand and play. HN people list it among the Game Maker's Toolkit accessibility videos as great overviews of how accessibility has played out in the games industry. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ObhvacfIOg0 561 313315 cognitive accessibility in games 2019-02-07T14:59:01Z yes 2023-06-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ezPzocuqKPc/paris-school-streets-safe-for-children-safe-for-everyone https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ezPzocuqKPc/hqdefault.jpg Paris School Streets: Safe for Children, Safe for Everyone https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ezPzocuqKPc/hqdefault.jpg A Streetfilms short on School Streets in Paris, where streets around schools are closed to car traffic at drop-off and pick-up times. It shows how this makes the surroundings safer and more pleasant for children and everyone else. HN people urge others to watch it as a great example of streets redesigned so kids can thrive safely. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ezPzocuqKPc 651 37618 paris school streets 2024-02-21T18:00:08Z yes 2024-07-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/XMwqiAeQDUc/vr-os-interface-prototype-full-demo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XMwqiAeQDUc/hqdefault.jpg VR-OS: Interface Prototype. Full Demo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XMwqiAeQDUc/hqdefault.jpg Matthaeus Krenn demonstrates VR-OS, an interface prototype for an operating system designed for virtual reality rather than a flat monitor. The full demo shows how windows and tools could be arranged and used in a spatial environment. HN people shared it as a concrete prototype of working beyond the limits of a monitor. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XMwqiAeQDUc 2297 84537 vr operating system prototype 2020-03-10T16:25:26Z yes 2020-09-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/OtwHJwP-juo/if-microsoft-designed-macos https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OtwHJwP-juo/hqdefault.jpg If Microsoft Designed macOS https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OtwHJwP-juo/hqdefault.jpg A concept video by Avdan imagining how macOS would look if Microsoft designed it. It restyles the desktop and its apps with Microsoft's design language. Submitted twice in 2021 as an interesting design concept. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OtwHJwP-juo 122 876272 macos redesign concept 2021-05-14T12:00:25Z yes 2021-07-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/-IhQl1CBj9U/how-accessible-were-2021-s-games https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-IhQl1CBj9U/hqdefault.jpg How Accessible Were 2021's Games? https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-IhQl1CBj9U/hqdefault.jpg A Game Maker's Toolkit video reviewing how accessible the games released in 2021 were. It looks at options like subtitles, difficulty settings, colorblind modes and remappable controls, and which studios did them well. HN recommends it as a good overview of accessibility practice in games, with lessons that carry over to web apps and general UI design. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-IhQl1CBj9U 1006 350244 game accessibility review 2021-12-10T16:55:08Z yes 2023-06-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ZRrguMdzXBw/tristan-harris-congress-testimony-understanding-the-use-of-persuasive-technology https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZRrguMdzXBw/hqdefault.jpg Tristan Harris Congress Testimony: Understanding the Use of Persuasive Technology https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZRrguMdzXBw/hqdefault.jpg Tristan Harris of the Center for Humane Technology testifies before Congress about persuasive technology. He argues that platforms are designed to maximize engagement and attention, and what that does to users. HN people submitted it as the clearest public statement of how engagement-optimized design manipulates users. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZRrguMdzXBw 1009 340448 persuasive technology and engagement 2023-04-10T15:53:30Z yes 2025-04-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/H0sLa1y3BW4/procedurally-generating-history-in-caves-of-qud https://i.ytimg.com/vi/H0sLa1y3BW4/hqdefault.jpg Procedurally Generating History in Caves of Qud https://i.ytimg.com/vi/H0sLa1y3BW4/hqdefault.jpg A GDC talk on how the roguelike Caves of Qud generates its world's history procedurally. It covers how the game builds histories and stories for places and characters from generated material. HN people add it to lists of procedural generation talks and find its approach to generated history pretty interesting. https://www.youtube.com/embed/H0sLa1y3BW4 1843 43183 procedural history generation in games 2018-06-12T16:13:35Z yes 2019-06-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/xHCu28bfxSI/neutra-face-an-ode-on-a-typeface-a-bearded-poker-face-parody https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xHCu28bfxSI/hqdefault.jpg Neutra Face : An Ode On A Typeface (A Bearded Poker Face Parody) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xHCu28bfxSI/hqdefault.jpg Neutra Face is a parody of Lady Gaga's Poker Face recast as an ode to the Neutra typeface. It is a comic music video made by and for type-minded people. HN shares it as lighthearted typeface-related fun, alongside other songs and videos about fonts. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xHCu28bfxSI 245 550472 typeface parody song 2009-11-30T17:33:01Z yes 2025-03-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/XwUM33VJRbY/how-sid-meier-almost-made-civilization-a-real-time-strategy-game-war-stories https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XwUM33VJRbY/hqdefault.jpg How Sid Meier Almost Made Civilization a Real-Time Strategy Game | War Stories | Ars Technica https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XwUM33VJRbY/hqdefault.jpg In Ars Technica's War Stories series, Sid Meier tells how Civilization was nearly built as a real-time strategy game before it became turn-based. He talks through the early design decisions and prototypes behind the game. HN people recommend it as a standout of a series of interviews with developers of influential games. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XwUM33VJRbY 735 1081298 civilization design history 2019-09-23T15:00:02Z yes 2020-04-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/jGc-K7giqKM/the-bad-sleep-well-1960-the-geometry-of-a-scene https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jGc-K7giqKM/hqdefault.jpg The Bad Sleep Well (1960) - The Geometry of a Scene https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jGc-K7giqKM/hqdefault.jpg An Every Frame a Painting video essay on how Akira Kurosawa uses the geometry of a scene in The Bad Sleep Well (1960). It looks at how placing actors and shapes in the frame tells the story. HN people recommend the channel as very good film commentary, and this video as a clear explanation of using space and composition in film. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jGc-K7giqKM 191 963906 scene geometry and composition 2015-01-29T00:10:46Z yes 2025-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/7PFRyONURSo/music-software-and-interface-design-propellerhead-s-reason https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7PFRyONURSo/hqdefault.jpg Music Software & Interface Design: Propellerhead’s Reason https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7PFRyONURSo/hqdefault.jpg Martin Keary, who makes the Tantacrul channel, reviews the interface design of Propellerhead's Reason, a music production program. It is part of his series of critical UX breakdowns of music and notation software, going through workflow, layout and usability problems. HN people point to the series as a sharp way to form opinions about good and bad UX in music software. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7PFRyONURSo 804 374883 music software ux critique 2018-07-13T12:45:00Z yes 2026-09-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/K64hbcUbslE/day-in-the-life-of-a-japanese-game-designer https://i.ytimg.com/vi/K64hbcUbslE/hqdefault.jpg Day in the Life of a Japanese Game Designer https://i.ytimg.com/vi/K64hbcUbslE/hqdefault.jpg A Paolo fromTOKYO video following a day in the life of a Japanese game designer. It shows the daily work and workplace of someone designing games in Japan. HN people submit it as a glimpse of what the working life of a game designer in Japan looks like. https://www.youtube.com/embed/K64hbcUbslE 972 1990318 day in the life of a game designer 2023-01-06T23:59:08Z yes 2023-02-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ivKnj9ffcmE/how-to-charge-for-design-value-based-pricing https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ivKnj9ffcmE/hqdefault.jpg How To Charge For Design—Value Based Pricing https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ivKnj9ffcmE/hqdefault.jpg Chris Do of The Futur lectures on value-based pricing for designers, the case for charging by the value of the work rather than by the hour. It is aimed at freelancers and studios deciding how to price their design services. HN people recommend it as an introduction to value-based pricing, and as the alternative to billing by the hour. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ivKnj9ffcmE 2443 811383 value-based pricing for design 2019-04-12T14:12:44Z yes 2022-11-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/9uaHRWj04D4/vega-lite-a-grammar-of-interactive-graphics-wongsuphasawat-moritz-and https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9uaHRWj04D4/hqdefault.jpg Vega Lite: A Grammar of Interactive Graphics - Wongsuphasawat, Moritz, and Satyanarayan https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9uaHRWj04D4/hqdefault.jpg Kanit Wongsuphasawat, Dominik Moritz and Arvind Satyanarayan present Vega-Lite, a high-level grammar for building interactive graphics. Charts and their interactions are described as compact declarative specifications that compile down to the lower-level Vega. HN people submit it as the authors' own explanation of the grammar behind Vega-Lite. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9uaHRWj04D4 1807 35228 vega-lite grammar of graphics 2017-05-15T18:04:14Z yes 2019-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/CqkHigmtEEY/milton-glaser-on-the-fear-of-failure https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CqkHigmtEEY/hqdefault.jpg Milton Glaser – on the fear of failure https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CqkHigmtEEY/hqdefault.jpg Milton Glaser, the graphic designer behind the I Love NY logo, talks about the fear of failure in a 2011 session for Teachers College. He speaks from a long career about how designers and creative people deal with fear and risk. HN people submit it as a short, candid talk from a design legend on fear of failure. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CqkHigmtEEY 446 12508 milton glaser on fear of failure 2014-12-07T04:09:53Z yes 2023-11-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/rdH8Kuku9tA/william-lidwell-author-of-the-book-universal-principles-of-design https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rdH8Kuku9tA/hqdefault.jpg William Lidwell: Author of the book Universal Principles of Design https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rdH8Kuku9tA/hqdefault.jpg William Lidwell, co-author of the book Universal Principles of Design, presents a set of design heuristics drawn from across disciplines. HN also posted it under the title "Becoming Leonardo: How Great Designers Think". HN people pair it with praise for his book, as an interesting short course in general design principles. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rdH8Kuku9tA 4067 209867 universal principles of design 2014-07-02T17:21:54Z yes 2017-03-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/g-pG79LOtMw/how-ai-stole-the-sparkles-emoji https://i.ytimg.com/vi/g-pG79LOtMw/hqdefault.jpg How AI Stole the ✨ Sparkles ✨ Emoji https://i.ytimg.com/vi/g-pG79LOtMw/hqdefault.jpg David Imel's video on the history of the sparkles emoji and how AI products adopted it as their symbol. It draws on months of research, including a trip to Japan to interview the creator of emoji. HN people recommend it as a fantastic, well-researched deep dive into emoji history. https://www.youtube.com/embed/g-pG79LOtMw 1737 461687 sparkles emoji and ai iconography 2024-05-02T18:40:09Z yes 2025-06-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/TtA46JT2q_0/creativelive-asks-photoshop-experts-to-open-photoshop-1-0 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TtA46JT2q_0/hqdefault.jpg CreativeLive Asks Photoshop Experts to Open Photoshop 1.0 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TtA46JT2q_0/hqdefault.jpg CreativeLive has eight current Photoshop experts open Photoshop 1.0 and records their reactions. It is a reaction piece on how basic and different the original app feels. HN people share it as a funny look at old software, especially the moment the experts find that Photoshop 1.0 has only a single undo. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TtA46JT2q_0 236 1742176 photoshop 1.0 reactions 2015-03-12T11:32:29Z yes 2022-04-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/oz49vQwSoTE/satoshi-kon-editing-space-and-time https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oz49vQwSoTE/hqdefault.jpg Satoshi Kon - Editing Space & Time https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oz49vQwSoTE/hqdefault.jpg An Every Frame a Painting video essay on Satoshi Kon, the anime director, and how he edits across space and time. It shows his transitions and match cuts from his films, including Perfect Blue and Paprika. HN uses it as the entry point to Kon: watch this, then pick any of his films, and it is cited as the film essay on his influence on Western cinema. https://www.youtube.com/embed/oz49vQwSoTE 457 3986486 satoshi kon editing 2014-07-25T02:01:22Z yes 2025-06-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/3bK9B8_0FDQ/mike-bracken-s-keynote-at-cfa-2013 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3bK9B8_0FDQ/hqdefault.jpg Mike Bracken's Keynote at CfA 2013 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3bK9B8_0FDQ/hqdefault.jpg Mike Bracken, then head of the UK Government Digital Service, gives the keynote at Code for America's 2013 summit. He talks about how GDS approached government digital services and what other governments could learn from it. HN people share it as the talk showing how the UK's digital service approach could have avoided Healthcare.gov-style failures, a lesson in running government IT. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3bK9B8_0FDQ 1967 14633 government digital service delivery 2013-10-17T23:26:04Z yes 2013-11-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/a9DlhDRZ0yA/shigeru-miyamoto-s-1999-gdc-keynote https://i.ytimg.com/vi/a9DlhDRZ0yA/hqdefault.jpg Shigeru Miyamoto's 1999 GDC Keynote https://i.ytimg.com/vi/a9DlhDRZ0yA/hqdefault.jpg Shigeru Miyamoto delivers the keynote at the 1999 Game Developers Conference. He talks about how Nintendo approaches making games. HN people recommend it for the view that designers as well as engineers take hardware limitations into account from the start. https://www.youtube.com/embed/a9DlhDRZ0yA 4428 136255 miyamoto on game design 2017-07-20T16:39:21Z yes 2023-05-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/xLE1w47eRY0/chm-revolutionaries-the-art-and-technology-behind-google-doodles https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xLE1w47eRY0/hqdefault.jpg CHM Revolutionaries: The Art & Technology Behind Google Doodles https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xLE1w47eRY0/hqdefault.jpg A Computer History Museum Revolutionaries talk about the art and technology behind Google Doodles, the playful changes to the Google logo. People from the doodle team discuss how the doodles are designed and built. HN people submitted it as a look behind the scenes at how the Google Doodles are made. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xLE1w47eRY0 5014 23624 google doodles 2012-08-20T20:14:37Z yes 2013-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Qq-3cZ0cbws/how-this-midcentury-modern-house-harnesses-the-sun https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Qq-3cZ0cbws/hqdefault.jpg How This Midcentury Modern House Harnesses the Sun https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Qq-3cZ0cbws/hqdefault.jpg Stewart Hicks looks at a midcentury modern house, which commenters identify as the Schweikher House from the 1930s, and how its design handles the sun. It explains how the building's form works with sunlight and heat. HN people share it as a clear example of passive solar design and of deliberate thermal design arriving with midcentury houses. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qq-3cZ0cbws 655 2339110 passive solar house design 2022-03-10T14:00:14Z yes 2023-03-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/QPAloq5MCUA/david-fincher-and-the-other-way-is-wrong https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QPAloq5MCUA/hqdefault.jpg David Fincher - And the Other Way is Wrong https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QPAloq5MCUA/hqdefault.jpg An Every Frame a Painting video essay on David Fincher's filmmaking style, built around his insistence on precision and control. It uses clips to show how his framing, camera movement and staging work. HN people recommend it as a really good introduction to Fincher's style. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QPAloq5MCUA 449 4590915 david fincher film style 2014-10-02T03:23:51Z yes 2020-11-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/bEg5ySTUGxE/the-faker-you-are-the-more-successful-you-can-be-pablo-stanley https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bEg5ySTUGxE/hqdefault.jpg The Faker You Are, The More Successful You Can Be | Pablo Stanley https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bEg5ySTUGxE/hqdefault.jpg Designer and illustrator Pablo Stanley gives a talk for Awwwards whose title argues that the more you fake it, the more successful you can be. It is a talk about creative careers and confidence. HN people submitted it as a talk worth watching on how designers get ahead. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bEg5ySTUGxE 1590 643475 faking it in a design career 2019-05-17T11:41:14Z yes 2020-07-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/SaLFRPEGS1w/the-legacy-of-the-nasa-worm-logo-official-nasa-broadcast https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SaLFRPEGS1w/hqdefault.jpg The Legacy of the NASA Worm Logo (Official NASA Broadcast) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SaLFRPEGS1w/hqdefault.jpg An official NASA broadcast on the legacy of the NASA worm logo, the stylised modernist wordmark that NASA used for years before bringing it back. It tells the story of the identity and why it still resonates. HN people post it as the design story behind one of the best-loved logos in the world, told by NASA itself. https://www.youtube.com/embed/SaLFRPEGS1w 3231 30500 nasa worm logo 2023-11-06T17:32:15Z yes 2025-08-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/TY-hBgYLJqc/interview-with-alan-kay https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TY-hBgYLJqc/hqdefault.jpg Interview with Alan Kay https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TY-hBgYLJqc/hqdefault.jpg A long interview with Alan Kay, posted by Gardner Campbell. It ranges across the history of computing and interfaces, including Kay's explanation of Ivan Sutherland's Sketchpad. HN people point to it for Kay's account of Sketchpad as a Newton-like leap, one of his clearest explanations of why that work mattered. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TY-hBgYLJqc 10470 11172 alan kay on sketchpad and computing 2014-06-20T21:42:36Z yes 2016-04-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/f-iFJ3ncIDo/hong-kong-architect-turns-shoebox-apartment-into-24-rooms https://i.ytimg.com/vi/f-iFJ3ncIDo/hqdefault.jpg Hong Kong architect turns shoebox apartment into 24 rooms https://i.ytimg.com/vi/f-iFJ3ncIDo/hqdefault.jpg A short feature on a Hong Kong architect who reworks his small apartment so it can be turned into many different rooms. Movable fittings change the space to suit what he needs at the time. HN people like it as a very cool answer to tiny-apartment living, and it inspires ideas such as furniture hung from the ceiling. https://www.youtube.com/embed/f-iFJ3ncIDo 123 2266365 small apartment transformation 2010-03-13T12:23:03Z yes 2010-08-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Ua7HOX32PGA/magic-carp-pet-red-dot-design-award-2011 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ua7HOX32PGA/hqdefault.jpg Magic Carp-pet @ Red Dot Design Award 2011 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ua7HOX32PGA/hqdefault.jpg A video of John Leung's Magic Carp-pet, an optical illusion rug that won a Red Dot Design Award: Best of the Best in 2011. The rug makes a flat floor covering look like a pond of carp. HN people submitted it as a delightful piece of product design, a rug that plays a visual trick. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ua7HOX32PGA 42 594018 optical illusion rug 2011-11-25T20:41:35Z yes 2012-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/e9DfSCk-6Ko/blank-vhs-covers-were-kinda-beautiful https://i.ytimg.com/vi/e9DfSCk-6Ko/hqdefault.jpg blank vhs covers were kinda beautiful https://i.ytimg.com/vi/e9DfSCk-6Ko/hqdefault.jpg A short video from the channel 4096 about the look of blank VHS tape covers, with animation that plays on their plain graphic style. It treats the covers as a design aesthetic worth a second look. HN people share it as the best demonstration of the blank VHS cover aesthetic, which they say you start to see everywhere once you notice it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/e9DfSCk-6Ko 103 1781206 blank vhs cover aesthetic 2018-12-17T00:53:36Z yes 2026-10-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/av5Hf7uOu-o/richard-garfield-luck-in-games-talk-at-itu-copenhagen https://i.ytimg.com/vi/av5Hf7uOu-o/hqdefault.jpg Richard Garfield - "Luck in Games" talk at ITU Copenhagen https://i.ytimg.com/vi/av5Hf7uOu-o/hqdefault.jpg Richard Garfield, creator of Magic: The Gathering, talks at ITU Copenhagen about the role of luck in games. He covers how chance affects skill, player experience and game design. HN people recommend it as the great talk on luck versus skill in game design. https://www.youtube.com/embed/av5Hf7uOu-o 2561 62970 luck in game design 2013-09-14T23:26:41Z yes 2020-02-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/sz_LgBAGYyo/lecture-7-how-to-build-products-users-love-kevin-hale https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sz_LgBAGYyo/hqdefault.jpg Lecture 7 - How to Build Products Users Love (Kevin Hale) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sz_LgBAGYyo/hqdefault.jpg Kevin Hale of Wufoo and Y Combinator gives lecture 7 of the YC startup class on how to build products users love. It covers delighting users and the details that make a product feel cared for. HN people say they love it as the best talk on delighting users, and thank Hale for it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/sz_LgBAGYyo 2882 414510 building products users love 2014-10-14T23:02:57Z yes 2019-06-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/lthVYUB8JLs/the-rise-and-fall-of-adobe https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lthVYUB8JLs/hqdefault.jpg the Rise and Fall of Adobe https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lthVYUB8JLs/hqdefault.jpg Jazza, a professional artist and YouTuber, tells the story of Adobe's growth and decline from a creative's point of view. He covers subscription pricing, locked-in users and the effect on the software people use every day. HN resurfaces it whenever Adobe or design-tool lock-in comes up, as the user's view that investors come first once a company has a captive audience. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lthVYUB8JLs 1688 711580 adobe and creative software lock-in 2024-09-20T13:32:04Z yes 2024-10-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/-GV814cWiAw/can-we-improve-tutorials-for-complex-games https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-GV814cWiAw/hqdefault.jpg Can we Improve Tutorials for Complex Games? https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-GV814cWiAw/hqdefault.jpg Game Maker's Toolkit asks whether tutorials for complex games can be done better. The video looks at ways of introducing mechanics and information to players. HN recommends it, alongside other videos on teaching players, for anyone thinking about introducing a game's content in a sensible order. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-GV814cWiAw 1287 1587918 game tutorial design 2021-05-31T15:59:58Z yes 2024-09-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/qS20Z0RXr28/gui-75-post-dev-2025 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qS20Z0RXr28/hqdefault.jpg GUIと歩んだ75年 ～私の見てきたユーザーインターフェース～【アラン・ケイ 氏】POST Dev 2025｜ニジボックス主催 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qS20Z0RXr28/hqdefault.jpg Alan Kay's talk at POST Dev 2025, hosted by Nijibox in Japan, titled "75 Years of GUI". He looks back at the user interfaces he has seen across his career. HN submitters post it as a rare long retrospective on the history of the graphical user interface from one of its pioneers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qS20Z0RXr28 5833 1957 alan kay on 75 years of guis 2025-12-25T08:39:26Z yes 2026-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/xrqdU4cZaLw/making-games-better-for-gamers-with-colourblindness-and-low-vision-designing https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xrqdU4cZaLw/hqdefault.jpg Making Games Better for Gamers with Colourblindness & Low Vision | Designing for Disability https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xrqdU4cZaLw/hqdefault.jpg An episode of Game Maker's Toolkit's Designing for Disability series on making games better for players with colourblindness and low vision. It looks at problems like colour-coded information and small text, and the options developers can offer. HN lists it among the best overviews of accessibility in games, noting that adjustments made for disabled players often help everyone read information faster. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xrqdU4cZaLw 836 391174 colourblind and low vision game accessibility 2018-08-22T20:01:54Z yes 2023-06-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ZUY2AtBD6Sk/development-secrets-of-the-original-kirby-grab-bag https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZUY2AtBD6Sk/hqdefault.jpg Development Secrets of the Original Kirby [Grab Bag] https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZUY2AtBD6Sk/hqdefault.jpg Masahiro Sakurai, the creator of Kirby, shares development stories from the making of the original Kirby game on his channel about creating games. The video covers decisions and constraints behind the first game. HN people submitted it as a first-hand look at how Sakurai made the original Kirby. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZUY2AtBD6Sk 1043 179278 original kirby development 2023-04-27T09:00:15Z yes 2023-10-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/bdJKjBHCh18/bill-atkinson-hypercard https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bdJKjBHCh18/hqdefault.jpg Bill Atkinson: Hypercard https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bdJKjBHCh18/hqdefault.jpg A short clip from Leo Laporte's 2013 TWiT interview with Bill Atkinson, creator of HyperCard and the Mac's QuickDraw. Atkinson describes the philosophy behind HyperCard and how the idea came to him in a psychedelic experience. HN people cite it as Atkinson's own account that HyperCard was inspired by an LSD trip, and recommend the interview as a great listen. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bdJKjBHCh18 363 10223 bill atkinson on hypercard 2016-04-28T21:33:31Z yes 2025-06-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/x0weL5XDpPs/dithering-on-the-sega-genesis-with-composite-video https://i.ytimg.com/vi/x0weL5XDpPs/hqdefault.jpg Dithering on the Sega Genesis with Composite Video https://i.ytimg.com/vi/x0weL5XDpPs/hqdefault.jpg Displaced Gamers explains how Sega Genesis games used dithering patterns that blend into smooth shading over composite video. It compares the look on a period TV with RGB output and modern displays, using Sonic's waterfalls as the main example. HN points to it as the detailed explanation of why old pixel art was drawn for the smear of a CRT and composite signal, and looks wrong on sharp modern screens. https://www.youtube.com/embed/x0weL5XDpPs 630 333457 genesis dithering composite video 2018-07-27T15:00:15Z yes 2024-07-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/fHMPGhezj0s/history-of-the-graphical-user-interface-gui-a-wonderful-curse https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fHMPGhezj0s/hqdefault.jpg History of The Graphical User Interface (GUI): A Wonderful Curse https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fHMPGhezj0s/hqdefault.jpg A video essay from the Interface Studies channel on the history of the graphical user interface, framing it as a wonderful curse. It follows how the GUI came about and what it gave and took from computer users. HN people submitted it as a worthwhile overview of GUI history. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fHMPGhezj0s 7447 22402 history of the gui 2023-11-30T08:56:24Z yes 2024-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/AS1OHMW873s/rgb-to-xyz-the-science-and-history-of-color-by-john-austin https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AS1OHMW873s/hqdefault.jpg "RGB to XYZ: The Science and History of Color" by John Austin https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AS1OHMW873s/hqdefault.jpg John Austin's Strange Loop talk traces the science and history of color, from how screens produce RGB to the CIE XYZ color space. It explains how human color perception led to the models used in software today. HN people submit it as a clear technical history of color models for programmers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AS1OHMW873s 2274 52090 science and history of color 2019-09-16T01:11:22Z yes 2020-06-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/kN0SVBCJqLs/apple-music-event-2001-the-first-ever-ipod-introduction https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kN0SVBCJqLs/hqdefault.jpg Apple Music Event 2001-The First Ever iPod Introduction https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kN0SVBCJqLs/hqdefault.jpg Steve Jobs introduces the first iPod at Apple's October 2001 music event. He frames it as a music player that holds 1,000 songs in your pocket, rather than as another MP3 player. HN points to it as a model of product announcement, with a clear pitch tying technology, art and music, and as a record of how Apple positioned the iPod. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kN0SVBCJqLs 553 5996847 original ipod introduction 2006-04-03T17:09:17Z yes 2016-10-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/o17lBUZgjTs/the-immoral-design-of-diablo-immortal https://i.ytimg.com/vi/o17lBUZgjTs/hqdefault.jpg The Immoral Design of Diablo Immortal https://i.ytimg.com/vi/o17lBUZgjTs/hqdefault.jpg Josh Strife Hayes critiques the monetization design of Diablo Immortal, the mobile and PC game from Blizzard. He argues its progression and spending systems exploit players. HN cites it as the definitive account of predatory game design, loot boxes and behavioral-psychology tactics aimed at spenders. https://www.youtube.com/embed/o17lBUZgjTs 2663 4440142 predatory monetization in games 2022-06-10T03:00:14Z yes 2022-12-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/VIaK6y5kdro/classic-game-postmortem-populous https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VIaK6y5kdro/hqdefault.jpg Classic Game Postmortem - Populous https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VIaK6y5kdro/hqdefault.jpg A GDC classic game postmortem of Populous, given by Peter Molyneux. He looks back at how the game came about and was developed. HN people rank it among their favourite GDC postmortems, for showing how a hugely successful game came out of experimentation rather than a plan. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VIaK6y5kdro 3653 74243 populous postmortem 2017-01-12T17:19:35Z yes 2018-08-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/sumZLwFXJqE/mmo-economies-hyperinflation-reserve-currencies-and-you-extra-credits https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sumZLwFXJqE/hqdefault.jpg MMO Economies - Hyperinflation, Reserve Currencies & You! - Extra Credits https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sumZLwFXJqE/hqdefault.jpg An Extra Credits episode on the economies of MMO games. It explains hyperinflation, why items players can sell to vendors cause it, and how reserve currencies and anchoring the in-game currency help. HN treats it as the clear explanation of why MMO economies inflate and how designers counter it, from vendor-sellable loot to pegging currency. https://www.youtube.com/embed/sumZLwFXJqE 524 1464316 mmo game economies 2016-11-23T19:56:21Z yes 2021-02-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/P4VBqTViEx4/designer-s-digest-steve-jobs-on-the-role-of-product-and-marketing-people https://i.ytimg.com/vi/P4VBqTViEx4/hqdefault.jpg Designer's Digest - Steve Jobs on the role of product and marketing people. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/P4VBqTViEx4/hqdefault.jpg A short clip from Designer's Digest of Steve Jobs on the roles of product people and sales and marketing people. Jobs describes how a company that wins a monopoly shifts power from product people to sales and marketing, with IBM and Xerox as examples. HN people use it as the classic account of product culture decaying when sales and marketing take over, and apply it to Intel, Apple, Google, Twilio and others. https://www.youtube.com/embed/P4VBqTViEx4 151 212153 product people versus marketing 2018-11-16T06:07:05Z yes 2023-04-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ZW8gWgpptI8/crafting-a-tiny-open-world-a-short-hike-postmortem https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZW8gWgpptI8/hqdefault.jpg Crafting A Tiny Open World: A Short Hike Postmortem https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZW8gWgpptI8/hqdefault.jpg The solo developer of A Short Hike gives a GDC postmortem on crafting a small open-world exploration game. He covers the scope choices, the pixel-shader look made from low-poly 3D, and what it took to finish the game alone. HN people recommend it as inspiration for solo game makers and as the source for how the game's pixel shader look was achieved. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZW8gWgpptI8 1867 521096 a short hike postmortem 2020-03-27T16:04:25Z yes 2020-12-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/aR5N2Jl8k14/the-incredible-inventions-of-intuitive-ai-maurice-conti https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aR5N2Jl8k14/hqdefault.jpg The incredible inventions of intuitive AI | Maurice Conti https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aR5N2Jl8k14/hqdefault.jpg Maurice Conti's TED talk on how AI and generative design are changing the way things are designed and made. He shows examples of computers inventing forms for engineered parts and structures. HN people cite it as an early example of engineers using machine learning in design, and compare later news to it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aR5N2Jl8k14 924 5612604 ai generative design 2017-02-28T22:46:41Z yes 2019-03-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/izrC4R7SsH4/victor-tsaran-an-introduction-to-screen-readers https://i.ytimg.com/vi/izrC4R7SsH4/hqdefault.jpg Victor Tsaran: An Introduction to Screen Readers https://i.ytimg.com/vi/izrC4R7SsH4/hqdefault.jpg Victor Tsaran gives an introduction to screen readers for web developers, showing how blind users move through web pages with the help of speech output. The talk was given for the YUI Library team. HN people call it the most useful accessibility resource, because it shows how blind people actually use the web. https://www.youtube.com/embed/izrC4R7SsH4 1644 7525 how screen readers work 2011-08-27T22:29:27Z yes 2014-02-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/OuEKdD_1F8s/from-the-to-do-list-to-the-ai-agent https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OuEKdD_1F8s/hqdefault.jpg From the To-Do List to the AI Agent https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OuEKdD_1F8s/hqdefault.jpg An Interface Studies video tracing how productivity software moved from the to-do list to the AI agent. It looks at the design choices behind these apps and what each one trades away. Submitted in 2026 alongside the channel's video on what every productivity app trades away, as a worthwhile look at where interfaces for tasks are heading. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OuEKdD_1F8s 970 5262 to-do lists to ai agents 2026-06-10T16:26:27Z yes 2026-07-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/bCC9uHHAEuA/audiogl-pre-beta-demonstration-video-2-tech-demo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bCC9uHHAEuA/hqdefault.jpg AudioGL Pre Beta Demonstration Video 2 - Tech Demo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bCC9uHHAEuA/hqdefault.jpg A pre-beta tech demo of AudioGL, a modular synthesizer and sequencer with a 3D interface. It shows a music tool where the sound-building blocks are laid out in three dimensions. HN people share it as a striking 3D approach to music software, remembered as what could have been groundbreaking before the project was abandoned. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bCC9uHHAEuA 853 78062 3d modular synth interface 2011-06-21T08:24:37Z yes 2011-07-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/4m_GhapEBLQ/chm-live-yesterday-s-computer-of-tomorrow-the-xerox-alto https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4m_GhapEBLQ/hqdefault.jpg CHM Live | Yesterday's Computer of Tomorrow: The Xerox Alto https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4m_GhapEBLQ/hqdefault.jpg A Computer History Museum live event, Yesterday's Computer of Tomorrow: The Xerox Alto, with demonstrations by pioneers of Xerox PARC. It shows the Alto's software running on a restored machine. HN people share it as a live look at the Alto, and one commenter posted the YouTube version so viewers need no Facebook account. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4m_GhapEBLQ 6691 20188 xerox alto live demos 2017-11-16T17:50:29Z yes 2018-04-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ferle2Uovks/parc-scientist-larry-tesler-recalls-jobs-famous-xerox-visits https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ferle2Uovks/hqdefault.jpg PARC scientist Larry Tesler recalls Jobs' famous Xerox visits https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ferle2Uovks/hqdefault.jpg Larry Tesler, a scientist at Xerox PARC, recalls Steve Jobs's famous visits to PARC, where Apple saw the Alto's graphical interface. It is a short interview clip about how that exchange fed into Apple's work. HN people submitted it as a first-hand account of the Jobs visits to Xerox PARC from someone who was in the room. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ferle2Uovks 378 28443 jobs at xerox parc 2011-11-11T18:34:27Z yes 2020-05-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/4JzDttgdILQ/creative-coding-for-beginners-full-course https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4JzDttgdILQ/hqdefault.jpg Creative Coding for Beginners - Full Course! https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4JzDttgdILQ/hqdefault.jpg A full beginner course in creative coding from Daniel Shiffman of The Coding Train. It teaches programming through making visuals, drawing, animation and interaction, in the Processing tradition. HN people list it as the place to start with graphics and Processing, and as an easy way to keep up with the Processing community's work. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4JzDttgdILQ 18377 373355 creative coding for beginners 2023-10-01T12:57:16Z yes 2023-12-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/TNCngP8w284/css-icon-tutorial-2-draw-sun-icon-with-pure-css https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TNCngP8w284/hqdefault.jpg CSS Icon Tutorial 2 - Draw Sun Icon with Pure Css https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TNCngP8w284/hqdefault.jpg A screen-recorded tutorial in which Wendy of Typogram draws a sun icon using pure CSS. It is the second in her series of CSS icon tutorials. HN people see it as the hands-on companion to her CSS icon set, a way to learn how the icons are built. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TNCngP8w284 692 1909 drawing icons with css 2015-11-06T05:01:37Z yes 2016-10-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/1tavDv5hXpo/cheng-lou-the-state-of-animation-in-react-at-react-europe-2015 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1tavDv5hXpo/hqdefault.jpg Cheng Lou - The State of Animation in React at react-europe 2015 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1tavDv5hXpo/hqdefault.jpg Cheng Lou's react-europe 2015 talk on the state of animation in React on the web. He covers why animation is hard to do declaratively, shows demos such as chat heads and slow-motion tricks, and presents spring-based motion in place of time-based easing. HN people call it a must-watch and name it a favorite tech talk for boiling UI animation down to a single idea, the spring. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1tavDv5hXpo 1791 137586 spring-based ui animation in react 2015-07-10T08:44:30Z yes 2016-10-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/04Wk9Oi_Fsk/xayax-bang-atari-vcs-2600-demo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/04Wk9Oi_Fsk/hqdefault.jpg XAYAX - Bang! (ATARI VCS 2600 demo) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/04Wk9Oi_Fsk/hqdefault.jpg Bang! by XAYAX is a demoscene production for the Atari VCS 2600, a machine with extremely little memory and graphics hardware. It was shown by the Museum of Electronic Games & Art and made in 2014. HN calls it one of the most impressive demos ever, and uses it as proof that the 2600 scene is alive and that modern hardware is wildly overpowered by comparison. https://www.youtube.com/embed/04Wk9Oi_Fsk 485 123559 atari 2600 demoscene 2014-04-22T10:36:16Z yes 2016-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/BMHUKij1yUE/refactoring-ui-resolute https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BMHUKij1yUE/hqdefault.jpg Refactoring UI: Resolute https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BMHUKij1yUE/hqdefault.jpg Steve Schoger of Refactoring UI shows a redesign of an interface called Resolute, working through the changes that improve it step by step. It teaches practical visual UI fixes through a before and after example. HN people recommend it as a strong set of examples for why and how to redo a poor-looking UI. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BMHUKij1yUE 1003 110030 refactoring ui redesign 2018-04-26T13:42:10Z yes 2018-05-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/30jGWna4-Ns/the-making-of-the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-video-the-beginning https://i.ytimg.com/vi/30jGWna4-Ns/hqdefault.jpg The Making of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Video – The Beginning https://i.ytimg.com/vi/30jGWna4-Ns/hqdefault.jpg The opening episode of Nintendo's making-of video series for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Members of the development team talk about how the game was started and the thinking behind its design. HN points to the series for insight into how Nintendo prototyped, including the claim that mechanics were tried in a 2D version of the game before the team committed to building it in 3D. https://www.youtube.com/embed/30jGWna4-Ns 603 4082461 making of breath of the wild 2017-03-14T16:37:44Z yes 2018-04-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/4lx9Wtd2P48/notes-on-icons-and-design-with-susan-kare https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4lx9Wtd2P48/hqdefault.jpg Notes on Icons and Design with Susan Kare https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4lx9Wtd2P48/hqdefault.jpg Susan Kare, designer of the original Macintosh icons and typefaces, talks about icons and design in an event from the Letterform Archive. She discusses her approach to making small pictograms and her career. HN people share it as a recent, first-hand talk by Susan Kare, whose work gave the Macintosh its friendly look. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4lx9Wtd2P48 3112 159082 susan kare on icon design 2020-09-09T21:24:34Z yes 2024-09-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/nO9aot9RgQc/max-cooper-repetition-official-video-by-kevin-mcgloughlin https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nO9aot9RgQc/hqdefault.jpg Max Cooper - Repetition (Official Video By Kevin McGloughlin) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nO9aot9RgQc/hqdefault.jpg The official video for Max Cooper's track Repetition, made by Kevin McGloughlin. It is an abstract animation of repeating patterns, synced to the music. HN people rank it among the best music videos they have seen, and enjoy watching dev tools alongside it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nO9aot9RgQc 357 5192697 abstract pattern music video 2019-09-12T13:07:58Z yes 2024-02-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/U0YW7x9U5TQ/electric-cars-prove-we-need-to-rethink-brake-lights https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U0YW7x9U5TQ/hqdefault.jpg Electric cars prove we need to rethink brake lights https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U0YW7x9U5TQ/hqdefault.jpg A Technology Connections explainer on how electric cars with one-pedal driving slow down without always lighting the brake lights. It argues that brake light rules are outdated and should be rethought, and that some makers handle it better than others. HN people cite it to explain why drivers behind an EV may not know it is slowing, and as proof that outdated regulations leave each manufacturer to improvise. https://www.youtube.com/embed/U0YW7x9U5TQ 1783 5512284 brake lights on electric cars 2023-05-25T14:49:13Z yes 2024-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/5ODzO7Lz_pw/thomas-thwaites-how-i-built-a-toaster-from-scratch https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5ODzO7Lz_pw/hqdefault.jpg Thomas Thwaites: How I built a toaster -- from scratch https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5ODzO7Lz_pw/hqdefault.jpg Designer Thomas Thwaites tells how he tried to build an electric toaster from scratch, making it from raw materials instead of buying parts. The short TED talk shows how complex even a cheap everyday appliance turns out to be. HN people bring it up in any discussion of hidden complexity and supply chains, as the standard example that nobody can make even a toaster alone. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5ODzO7Lz_pw 682 282337 building a toaster from scratch 2011-01-14T15:18:13Z yes 2024-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/FJRO5wFTEc8/how-to-improve-blender-s-ui-andrew-price-blender-conference-2024 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FJRO5wFTEc8/hqdefault.jpg How to Improve Blender's UI - Andrew Price — Blender Conference 2024 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FJRO5wFTEc8/hqdefault.jpg Andrew Price's talk at the Blender Conference 2024 on how to improve Blender's user interface. He goes through usability problems and design ideas for the 3D software's UI and UX. HN people offer it as the video that covers a little bit of everything about Blender UI/UX. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FJRO5wFTEc8 1227 151907 improving blender's ui 2024-10-25T10:20:09Z yes 2025-03-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/C74amJRp730/how-a-handful-of-tech-companies-control-billions-of-minds-every-day-tristan https://i.ytimg.com/vi/C74amJRp730/hqdefault.jpg How a handful of tech companies control billions of minds every day | Tristan Harris https://i.ytimg.com/vi/C74amJRp730/hqdefault.jpg Tristan Harris, former Google design ethicist, gives a TED talk on how a few tech companies shape the attention and choices of billions of people. He argues that product design built to capture attention should be reshaped around people's time and wellbeing. HN people use it as a reference for the claim that technology hijacks attention, and share it alongside discussions of teen mental health. https://www.youtube.com/embed/C74amJRp730 1021 1031262 attention economy and manipulative design 2017-07-28T16:01:36Z yes 2017-11-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/TawhcWao9ls/horizon-zero-dawn-a-game-design-postmortem https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TawhcWao9ls/hqdefault.jpg Horizon Zero Dawn: A Game Design Postmortem https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TawhcWao9ls/hqdefault.jpg A GDC postmortem talk on the game design of Horizon Zero Dawn, from the team at Guerrilla. It looks back at how the game's design was approached and what the developers learned. HN people mention it as one of the interesting GDC talks, and a good way to see how an open-world game was built. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TawhcWao9ls 3553 145487 horizon zero dawn postmortem 2018-04-11T15:04:50Z yes 2022-04-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Ug06dhahqg0/ultimate-fps-controller-design-and-build https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ug06dhahqg0/hqdefault.jpg Ultimate FPS - Controller Design & Build https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ug06dhahqg0/hqdefault.jpg PyottDesign designs and builds a custom first-person shooter controller from scratch. It follows the build from concept to a working device. HN people share it as a resource for anyone who wants to make their own game input devices. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ug06dhahqg0 1746 2617248 custom fps controller build 2024-03-28T18:00:23Z yes 2024-08-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/xk3UcgbbmxQ/john-gruber-auteur-theory-of-design-macworld-pulse https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xk3UcgbbmxQ/hqdefault.jpg John Gruber - Auteur Theory of Design - Macworld Pulse https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xk3UcgbbmxQ/hqdefault.jpg John Gruber of Daring Fireball presents his Auteur Theory of Design at Macworld Pulse. His thesis is that the quality of a piece of work approaches the quality of the person who decides, which he uses to explain Apple's design culture. HN keeps citing it to explain why Apple's products are coherent, with one decider at the top, and as a frame for design versus design by committee. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xk3UcgbbmxQ 1003 42010 auteur theory of design 2009-01-23T01:38:10Z yes 2026-10-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/H-RCzeJQazA/audiogl-pre-beta-demonstration-video-music-software https://i.ytimg.com/vi/H-RCzeJQazA/hqdefault.jpg AudioGL Pre Beta Demonstration Video - Music Software https://i.ytimg.com/vi/H-RCzeJQazA/hqdefault.jpg A pre-beta demonstration of AudioGL, music software that presents a modular synthesizer as a three-dimensional interface. The video shows sound-building blocks arranged and connected in 3D space. HN people bring it up as an interesting 3D take on musical interfaces, and a reference point when other synth interfaces appear, though the project seems abandoned. https://www.youtube.com/embed/H-RCzeJQazA 286 26749 3d modular synth interface 2011-04-22T16:30:45Z yes 2017-04-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/NFF0QQIQDXE/mx3d-printing https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NFF0QQIQDXE/hqdefault.jpg MX3D printing https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NFF0QQIQDXE/hqdefault.jpg A video from Joris Laarman Lab on MX3D, a project for 3D printing metal in free-standing form with a robotic arm. It shows the process of laying down molten metal to build up an object in the air. Submitted as a striking demo of free-standing metal 3D printing, then picked over in the thread on the MX3D steel bridge, where commenters doubted the sped-up footage and the quality. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NFF0QQIQDXE 69 640143 mx3d metal 3d printing 2014-02-19T20:37:05Z yes 2014-05-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/7XUWpze_A_s/live-clojurescript-game-editor https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7XUWpze_A_s/hqdefault.jpg Live ClojureScript Game Editor https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7XUWpze_A_s/hqdefault.jpg Chris Granger (ibdknox) shows a live editor for building a game in ClojureScript, where code changes take effect immediately in the running game. It is an early demo of the ideas that became Light Table, and applies Bret Victor's interactive-editor approach to game development. HN uses it as a reference example of real live coding and well-done interactive learning, and credits it as Granger's first Light Table-era demo, inspired by Bret Victor. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7XUWpze_A_s 327 33520 live coding game editor 2012-02-27T09:03:41Z yes 2014-11-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/NLakoYhiWko/an-introduction-to-drawing-for-programmers-or-anyone-else-who-thinks-they-can-t https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NLakoYhiWko/hqdefault.jpg An introduction to drawing for programmers (or anyone else who thinks they can't learn to draw) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NLakoYhiWko/hqdefault.jpg A roughly seven-hour introduction to drawing by Zed A. Shaw, written for programmers and anyone who believes they cannot learn to draw. It is a beginner course that starts from the basics. HN people recommend it as a free, long beginner drawing course, including to someone struggling to learn pixel art. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NLakoYhiWko 26073 2388 drawing for beginners 2025-04-11T00:31:16Z yes 2026-04-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/j68UW21Nx6g/how-games-are-hacking-color-theory https://i.ytimg.com/vi/j68UW21Nx6g/hqdefault.jpg How Games are HACKING Color Theory https://i.ytimg.com/vi/j68UW21Nx6g/hqdefault.jpg Ai Angel's video on how video games bend color theory and rendering to get the look they want. It covers the color and tone choices behind game visuals and how they differ from film and photography. HN people share it as another take on why game graphics look the way they do, in threads about HDR and tone mapping. https://www.youtube.com/embed/j68UW21Nx6g 584 490576 color in game graphics 2024-11-21T21:18:23Z yes 2025-07-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/BauuOoB6EIU/video-ethnography-of-icarus-on-the-xerox-alto https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BauuOoB6EIU/hqdefault.jpg Video Ethnography of "ICARUS " on the Xerox Alto https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BauuOoB6EIU/hqdefault.jpg The Computer History Museum presents a video ethnography of ICARUS running on a Xerox Alto, recording how the software was actually used on the early graphical workstation. It documents a piece of Xerox PARC-era computing in use. HN people submit it as a rare record of working software on the Xerox Alto. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BauuOoB6EIU 3244 4807 icarus on the xerox alto 2018-04-12T18:48:19Z yes 2024-07-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Qg0mHFcB510/bill-atkinson-polaroids-showing-the-evolution-of-the-lisa-gui https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Qg0mHFcB510/hqdefault.jpg Bill Atkinson: Polaroids showing the Evolution of the Lisa GUI https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Qg0mHFcB510/hqdefault.jpg Bill Atkinson, the Apple engineer behind much of the Lisa and Macintosh interface, shows Polaroids he took of the Lisa GUI as it evolved. The Computer History Museum video walks through prototypes and mockups of the early interface. HN people treat it as primary evidence of how Apple's early UI evolved, and cite it for details like why the Mac menu bar sits at the top and against the idea that Apple simply copied Xerox. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qg0mHFcB510 1470 12862 evolution of the lisa gui 2025-01-29T00:46:23Z yes 2025-06-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/W6xmqcb8hFQ/sieuferd-a-visual-query-system https://i.ytimg.com/vi/W6xmqcb8hFQ/hqdefault.jpg SIEUFERD: A Visual Query System https://i.ytimg.com/vi/W6xmqcb8hFQ/hqdefault.jpg A demo of SIEUFERD, a visual query system with a spreadsheet-like interface for querying databases. It shows how people can build queries by direct manipulation rather than by writing SQL. HN people submitted it as a promising example of a spreadsheet-like UI that makes database queries easy. https://www.youtube.com/embed/W6xmqcb8hFQ 376 1173 visual database query interface 2016-07-07T08:00:01Z yes 2016-08-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/sLCHg9mUBag/walt-disney-s-e-p-c-o-t-film-1966 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sLCHg9mUBag/hqdefault.jpg Walt Disney's E.P.C.O.T film (1966) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sLCHg9mUBag/hqdefault.jpg Walt Disney's 1966 film about E.P.C.O.T., his planned Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. It presents a circular, layered city with a dense center, monorails and people movers, designed around pedestrians. HN returns to it in threads on city building as a utopian plan for a walkable, layered city that Disney never got to build. https://www.youtube.com/embed/sLCHg9mUBag 1549 961553 walt disney's epcot city plan 2013-09-23T05:54:16Z yes 2015-11-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/AAtkoje4-eM/disappearing-car-door https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AAtkoje4-eM/hqdefault.jpg Disappearing Car Door https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AAtkoje4-eM/hqdefault.jpg A short demonstration video of a car door that drops down and rotates under the car body so that it disappears when open. It shows the mechanism in action with no commentary on its design intent. HN people submit it as a curiosity and reference it when discussing unusual car door mechanisms like the Tesla Model X's. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AAtkoje4-eM 187 21129569 disappearing car door mechanism 2007-09-21T19:35:22Z yes 2026-09-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Q0zEXdDO5JU/the-crisis-of-credit-visualized-part-1 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q0zEXdDO5JU/hqdefault.jpg The Crisis of Credit Visualized - Part 1 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q0zEXdDO5JU/hqdefault.jpg An animated explainer of the 2008 credit crisis, told with simple drawn graphics and narration. It walks through how the crisis built up and spread. HN people hold it up as a model of content that went viral because it was current, intelligent and did not sell anything. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q0zEXdDO5JU 452 1382264 credit crisis explained visually 2009-02-18T17:51:56Z yes 2011-07-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/IQdcfiLfgUY/baubotanik-shapes-living-tree-branches-into-building-facades https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IQdcfiLfgUY/hqdefault.jpg Baubotanik shapes living tree branches into building facades https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IQdcfiLfgUY/hqdefault.jpg A Kirsten Dirksen video on Baubotanik, a building technique that shapes living tree branches into structures and facades. It shows architecture made from living trees as it grows. HN people recommend it as one of the favorites on Kirsten Dirksen's channel, which they say is essential for anyone interested in architecture. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IQdcfiLfgUY 1283 249717 baubotanik living tree architecture 2017-06-05T04:46:20Z yes 2024-03-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ZW_eExHpTZI/behind-the-scenes-prince-of-persia-1989-making-of https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZW_eExHpTZI/hqdefault.jpg Behind the Scenes - Prince of Persia (1989) [Making of] https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZW_eExHpTZI/hqdefault.jpg A behind-the-scenes making-of video on the original 1989 Prince of Persia. It shows how Jordan Mechner captured human movement on video and turned it into the game's rotoscoped animation. HN people link it as the source on how Prince of Persia was animated, often as a contrast with modern motion capture. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZW_eExHpTZI 302 873412 prince of persia animation 2019-02-22T14:29:33Z yes 2022-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/76b3c_ssyPQ/the-curious-case-of-user-interfaces-rasmus-andersson-config-2023 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/76b3c_ssyPQ/hqdefault.jpg The curious case of user interfaces - Rasmus Andersson (Config 2023) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/76b3c_ssyPQ/hqdefault.jpg Rasmus Andersson, a designer at Figma and creator of the Inter typeface, gives a Config 2023 talk on the overlooked details of user interfaces. It includes a segment on text cursors and other small interface behaviors that turn out to be surprisingly hard to get right. HN users cite it for the cursor segment, which they find fascinating as an example of hard, invisible problems in everyday UI. https://www.youtube.com/embed/76b3c_ssyPQ 3718 24304 hidden details of user interfaces 2023-06-23T21:02:41Z yes 2023-09-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/7OSkB4BCx00/methods-and-techniques-to-making-good-user-interfaces-janne-jul-jensen-goto-2012 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7OSkB4BCx00/hqdefault.jpg Methods & Techniques to Making Good User Interfaces • Janne Jul Jensen • GOTO 2012 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7OSkB4BCx00/hqdefault.jpg Janne Jul Jensen speaks at GOTO 2012 on methods and techniques for making good user interfaces, aimed at a developer audience. The talk covers UX flow and visual design approaches that help non-designers produce better interfaces. HN people list it among the go-to resources for learning UX flow and visual design when building a web app. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7OSkB4BCx00 3080 353755 making good user interfaces 2013-04-03T14:33:37Z yes 2016-04-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/e1KD7DdnRb8/a-computer-absolutely-can-be-sexy-jonathan-ive https://i.ytimg.com/vi/e1KD7DdnRb8/hqdefault.jpg A Computer Absolutely Can Be Sexy - Jonathan Ive https://i.ytimg.com/vi/e1KD7DdnRb8/hqdefault.jpg A candid interview with Jonathan Ive, Apple's head of design, in which he talks about design and the computer as an object. It comes from an earlier stage of his public life, before his polished later appearances. HN calls it the classic Jony Ive interview, and uses it to show how he sounded before time and experience polished his speech. https://www.youtube.com/embed/e1KD7DdnRb8 9 262579 jony ive interview 2010-03-08T12:15:06Z yes 2015-09-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/I1Fg76c4Zfg/jonathan-blow-how-mainstream-devs-are-getting-it-wrong https://i.ytimg.com/vi/I1Fg76c4Zfg/hqdefault.jpg Jonathan Blow: How Mainstream Devs Are Getting It Wrong https://i.ytimg.com/vi/I1Fg76c4Zfg/hqdefault.jpg A GameSpot interview with Jonathan Blow, creator of Braid, on how mainstream game developers are getting game design wrong. He gives his views on what games should be and what players should get out of them. HN people list it among Blow's amazing talks, and quote his remark about the click when you finally understand something you did not at first. https://www.youtube.com/embed/I1Fg76c4Zfg 450 288984 jonathan blow on game design 2012-03-08T23:27:39Z yes 2015-09-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/fThhbt23SGM/mike-bostock-design-is-a-search-problem https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fThhbt23SGM/hqdefault.jpg Mike Bostock - Design is a Search Problem https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fThhbt23SGM/hqdefault.jpg Mike Bostock, creator of D3, speaks at the OpenVis conference on design as a search problem. As the title says, he frames design as a search through a space of alternatives rather than a single inspired idea. HN people recommend it to anyone who liked Bostock's visualizing-algorithms work and wants to hear how he thinks about design. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fThhbt23SGM 2562 51413 design as search 2014-05-28T15:45:05Z yes 2014-06-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Tm2IuVfNEGk/digits-hand-tracker-freehand-3d-computer-interaction-without-gloves https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Tm2IuVfNEGk/hqdefault.jpg Digits Hand Tracker: Freehand 3D Computer Interaction Without Gloves https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Tm2IuVfNEGk/hqdefault.jpg A Microsoft Research demo of Digits, a hand tracker that lets people use freehand 3D interaction with a computer without wearing gloves. It shows the hand's pose being tracked in 3D from a wrist-worn sensor. HN people submitted it as a worth-watching example of glove-free hand tracking as a new way to interact with computers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Tm2IuVfNEGk 155 309666 freehand 3d hand tracking 2012-10-08T12:43:18Z yes 2012-11-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/rrT6v5sOwJg/making-material-design https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rrT6v5sOwJg/hqdefault.jpg Making Material Design https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rrT6v5sOwJg/hqdefault.jpg Google Design's "Making Material Design", a behind-the-scenes film on how Google's Material Design language was created. It covers the ideas of paper and ink, motion, color and a consistent system across products. HN treats it as the official origin story of Material Design, and as the moment minimal, lower-density interfaces became the norm, with critics saying it solved a Google problem rather than a user problem. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rrT6v5sOwJg 410 1399541 origin of material design 2015-05-28T18:12:46Z yes 2015-06-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/xSGx3HSjKDo/who-else-benefits-from-the-dutch-cycling-infrastructure https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xSGx3HSjKDo/hqdefault.jpg Who else benefits from the Dutch cycling infrastructure https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xSGx3HSjKDo/hqdefault.jpg BicycleDutch shows who besides ordinary cyclists uses Dutch cycling infrastructure, including older people, children and people with disabilities on mobility scooters, trikes and adapted bikes. The point is that well-designed cycle tracks serve many kinds of users. HN uses it to rebut the argument that cycling infrastructure only helps able-bodied riders, showing it also serves people who cannot drive. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xSGx3HSjKDo 241 87640 dutch cycling infrastructure for all 2012-12-05T23:02:10Z yes 2026-02-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Up2-myTEviE/radical-digital-painting-malibu-lecture https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Up2-myTEviE/hqdefault.jpg Radical Digital Painting: Malibu (Lecture) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Up2-myTEviE/hqdefault.jpg Jeffrey Alan Scudder gives a lecture on Radical Digital Painting, showing experimental painting software he built, delivered from Malibu. It treats digital painting tools as something to rethink rather than copy from the physical world. HN people recommend it to programmers curious about painting, and as an example of designing graphics tools like musical instruments rather than piles of features. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Up2-myTEviE 3836 2853 experimental digital painting software 2019-02-16T03:56:12Z yes 2019-03-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/wOgIkxAfJsk/the-history-of-typography-animated-short https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wOgIkxAfJsk/hqdefault.jpg The History of Typography - Animated Short https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wOgIkxAfJsk/hqdefault.jpg A short animated film by Ben Barrett-Forrest that runs through the history of typography. It is a quick visual overview aimed at a general audience. HN people resubmitted it as a quick, enjoyable animated overview of how type developed. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wOgIkxAfJsk 310 2018480 history of typography 2013-04-28T19:49:41Z yes 2024-05-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/RyBEUyEtxQo/put-that-there-original https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RyBEUyEtxQo/hqdefault.jpg Put That There (Original) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RyBEUyEtxQo/hqdefault.jpg The original 1979 MIT Architecture Machine Group demo of Put That There, in which a user sits before a wall screen and moves shapes around using voice commands and pointing. The pairing of speech with a pointing gesture was an early multimodal interface. HN people use it as the touchstone for voice-plus-gesture interfaces, and cite it again whenever a new AI demo claims to invent pointing at things and talking to the computer. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RyBEUyEtxQo 81 408299 voice and gesture interface 2006-10-25T17:12:47Z yes 2026-10-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/UhVAsqhfhqU/casio-at-550-touch-screen-calculator-watch-1984 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UhVAsqhfhqU/hqdefault.jpg Casio AT-550 Touch Screen Calculator Watch (1984) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UhVAsqhfhqU/hqdefault.jpg Bill Buxton's channel shows the Casio AT-550, a 1984 calculator watch with a touch screen. It is a look at an early touch interface on a wrist-sized device. HN people submitted it as a surprising example of touch screen interaction on a watch decades before smartwatches. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UhVAsqhfhqU 39 47442 1984 touchscreen watch 2012-05-24T21:58:17Z yes 2013-09-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/RsT-5VSqk8I/jonathan-blow-how-and-why https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RsT-5VSqk8I/hqdefault.jpg Jonathan Blow: How and Why https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RsT-5VSqk8I/hqdefault.jpg A talk by Braid creator Jonathan Blow aimed at indie game designers, on how and why to make games. It is an older talk, and HN also treats it as a statement about the ethics of game design. HN people pass it along as a counterweight to manipulative, casino-like game design, and as advice for indie designers on why they make what they make. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RsT-5VSqk8I 4836 43984 indie game design philosophy 2011-04-05T11:13:04Z yes 2023-09-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/WEj9vqVvHPc/ted-nelson-on-zigzag-data-structures https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WEj9vqVvHPc/hqdefault.jpg Ted Nelson on Zigzag data structures https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WEj9vqVvHPc/hqdefault.jpg Ted Nelson explains and demonstrates ZigZag, his data structure and interface idea for navigating information along intersecting dimensions. It is a first-hand look at one of Nelson's long-running ideas. HN people share it as a curiosity from Ted Nelson, and one commenter holds it up as a UI idea that is interesting but should never be implemented. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WEj9vqVvHPc 621 22241 ted nelson's zigzag 2008-09-06T17:48:42Z yes 2022-07-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/d0m0jIzJfiQ/how-to-design-deep-games-with-jonathan-blow-braid-the-witness https://i.ytimg.com/vi/d0m0jIzJfiQ/hqdefault.jpg How To Design Deep Games with Jonathan Blow (Braid, The Witness) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/d0m0jIzJfiQ/hqdefault.jpg Jonathan Blow, creator of Braid and The Witness, talks about how to design deep games. He draws on his own long projects, including how he works on them over many years. HN people recommend it as good advice on creative work and long projects that is worth watching even for people outside games. https://www.youtube.com/embed/d0m0jIzJfiQ 4058 80368 designing deep games 2014-10-23T03:56:20Z yes 2024-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/1PyfwbXWaUk/typographics-2017-untitled-with-kris-sowersby https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1PyfwbXWaUk/hqdefault.jpg Typographics 2017: Untitled with Kris Sowersby https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1PyfwbXWaUk/hqdefault.jpg Kris Sowersby of Klim Type Foundry speaks at Typographics 2017 in a talk titled Untitled. He gives an insider's view of designing and releasing a modern commercial typeface. HN recommends it, in a thread on the best typography talks, as an insightful look at creating modern commercial type. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1PyfwbXWaUk 1368 4121 making a commercial typeface 2018-03-31T16:28:58Z yes 2021-05-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/7PpTVrWSMlY/magic-cap-introduction-demo-1-6-94 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7PpTVrWSMlY/hqdefault.jpg Magic Cap Introduction Demo 1/6/94 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7PpTVrWSMlY/hqdefault.jpg A demo of Magic Cap, the pocket-computer interface from General Magic, recorded in January 1994 and posted by Andy Hertzfeld, who worked on it. It shows the room-and-objects metaphor the software used in place of a conventional desktop. HN treats it as a key piece of history, tying General Magic's ideas to later products like Clippy and Java. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7PpTVrWSMlY 1975 12612 magic cap general magic demo 2018-01-15T05:54:11Z yes 2023-06-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/s_I07Iq_2XM/into-the-breach-design-postmortem https://i.ytimg.com/vi/s_I07Iq_2XM/hqdefault.jpg Into the Breach Design Postmortem https://i.ytimg.com/vi/s_I07Iq_2XM/hqdefault.jpg A GDC design postmortem of Into the Breach by Justin Ma and Matthew Davis of Subset Games. They walk through how the tactics game's design came together and what they learned from the process. HN praises it as an honest postmortem, notably for admitting they nearly gave up when they could not make the game fun. https://www.youtube.com/embed/s_I07Iq_2XM 3565 225232 into the breach design postmortem 2019-04-30T16:16:40Z yes 2022-11-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/BbwOPzxuJ0s/alan-kay-2012-scix-keynote-presentation https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BbwOPzxuJ0s/hqdefault.jpg Alan Kay - 2012 SCIx Keynote Presentation https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BbwOPzxuJ0s/hqdefault.jpg Alan Kay gives the keynote at the 2012 SCIx conference of the University of Utah's Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute. He discusses new media possible only with computers, and the work of his Viewpoints Research group. HN people link it as Kay's argument for moving beyond paper and video as media, and as a source on the OMeta work at Viewpoints. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BbwOPzxuJ0s 5012 13113 alan kay on computing as a new medium 2012-11-14T23:03:32Z yes 2013-07-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/0LR_lBEy7qU/donald-knuth-32-years-of-metafont-at-the-san-francisco-public-library https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0LR_lBEy7qU/hqdefault.jpg Donald Knuth "32 Years of Metafont" at the San Francisco Public Library https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0LR_lBEy7qU/hqdefault.jpg Donald Knuth reminisces at the San Francisco Public Library about thirty-two years of Metafont, his system for describing typefaces with programs. He talks about what he remembers and what the project taught him. HN people share it as the talk behind the Metafont slides, and bring it up whenever parametric or programmatic fonts such as variable fonts appear. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0LR_lBEy7qU 3921 4591 knuth on metafont 2016-09-21T17:37:18Z yes 2026-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/8bhjNvSSuLM/clippy-the-unauthorized-biography https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8bhjNvSSuLM/hqdefault.jpg Clippy: The Unauthorized Biography https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8bhjNvSSuLM/hqdefault.jpg A feature-length documentary from a16z telling the story of Clippy, Microsoft Office's animated paperclip assistant, from its origins in earlier Microsoft interface-agent research to why users came to dislike it. It treats the character as a case study in assistive interface design and in how a product becomes a cultural joke. HN people submit it as the definitive history of Clippy, and cite it as a source for details like the Clippy song. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8bhjNvSSuLM 4494 18381 history of clippy 2019-04-27T13:00:00Z yes 2020-02-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/WT2CMS0MxJ0/against-the-current-by-chris-granger-part-1 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WT2CMS0MxJ0/hqdefault.jpg "Against the Current" by Chris Granger (Part 1) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WT2CMS0MxJ0/hqdefault.jpg Part 1 of Chris Granger's talk Against the Current, a retrospective on building Light Table, Aurora and Eve. He looks back at what the projects tried and what the team learned from them. HN people treat it as the postmortem to watch for anyone who followed Light Table and Eve, and for why ambitious programming-tool projects die. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WT2CMS0MxJ0 2370 3569 light table and eve retrospective 2018-11-07T10:58:30Z yes 2019-04-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/4-7TtPX5uhg/tarn-adams-villains-in-dwarf-fortress https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4-7TtPX5uhg/hqdefault.jpg Tarn Adams - Villains in Dwarf Fortress https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4-7TtPX5uhg/hqdefault.jpg Tarn Adams, creator of Dwarf Fortress, speaks at Roguelike Celebration about villains in the game. He talks about how antagonists are generated and behave inside Dwarf Fortress's simulation. HN people submitted it as a talk by Dwarf Fortress's creator on how the game builds its villains. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4-7TtPX5uhg 1981 254858 villains in dwarf fortress 2018-10-10T18:59:47Z yes 2019-02-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/VowfYuhx1-o/house-of-the-future-1957 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VowfYuhx1-o/hqdefault.jpg House of the Future, 1957 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VowfYuhx1-o/hqdefault.jpg A 1957 film on a house of the future, showing how the era imagined domestic life with automation and new technology. It is a record of mid-century expectations about the home. HN people suggest it for a good sense of what people in the 1950s expected the future to bring, such as an automated home. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VowfYuhx1-o 508 466952 1957 house of the future 2009-05-17T18:14:07Z yes 2013-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/5xrRTOikBBg/konsoll-2021-oskar-stalberg-the-story-of-townscaper https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5xrRTOikBBg/hqdefault.jpg Konsoll 2021: Oskar Stålberg - The Story of Townscaper https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5xrRTOikBBg/hqdefault.jpg Oskar Stalberg tells the story of Townscaper, his building toy, at Konsoll 2021. The talk also covers his earlier work generating Paris on the fly for the game Night Call and why Townscaper leaves out the usual game elements. HN people point to it as the best account of how Townscaper works and why it is built the way it is. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5xrRTOikBBg 2967 9783 townscaper design and generation 2022-03-16T16:05:57Z yes 2023-09-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/UHjkMThH0aE/introduction-to-the-scanimate-part-1 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UHjkMThH0aE/hqdefault.jpg Introduction to the Scanimate Part 1 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UHjkMThH0aE/hqdefault.jpg Part 1 of an introduction to the Scanimate by Dave Sieg, the engineer preserving the analog computer animation system used for broadcast motion graphics. It shows how the machine produced its video effects in real time. HN people send readers here for a hands-on look at the Scanimate and for Dave Sieg's own channel, over more polished coverage. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UHjkMThH0aE 600 59014 scanimate analog motion graphics 2014-04-27T02:20:51Z yes 2021-07-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/WSMFnJnY7EA/chinese-app-design-weird-but-it-works-here-s-why https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WSMFnJnY7EA/hqdefault.jpg Chinese app design: weird, but it works. Here's why https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WSMFnJnY7EA/hqdefault.jpg Phoebe Yu explains why Chinese app design looks crowded and strange to Western eyes and why it works for its users. It looks at how culture shapes interface preferences. HN people use it to explain why UX that feels nice differs between East Asian and Western audiences, and as proof that interfaces are part of culture. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WSMFnJnY7EA 651 705208 chinese app design 2024-08-04T23:27:51Z yes 2025-01-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/mG0lyGekGDs/at-max-2010-sneak-peeks-typographic-of-code https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mG0lyGekGDs/hqdefault.jpg [at MAX 2010] Sneak Peeks - Typographic of Code https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mG0lyGekGDs/hqdefault.jpg An Adobe MAX 2010 sneak peek on the typography of code. It shows prototype ways of applying typographic principles to how source code is displayed in an editor. HN keeps it in lists of early work on code typography and visual presentation of programs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mG0lyGekGDs 371 3012 typography of source code 2010-10-27T07:35:56Z yes 2013-05-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Ira28fgSF7M/the-lost-discipline-of-the-alarm-what-notification-design-forgot https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ira28fgSF7M/hqdefault.jpg The Lost Discipline of the Alarm: What Notification Design Forgot https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ira28fgSF7M/hqdefault.jpg A video from Interface Studies on notification and alarm design and what the field has forgotten. It draws on research on alarms and alarm fatigue and the consequences of over-alerting users. HN people found it relevant to the constant beeps and warnings in modern cars, and recommend it for its research on alarm fatigue. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ira28fgSF7M 1243 91410 alarm and notification design 2026-06-27T22:17:04Z yes 2026-07-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/PsVwpD5bOKE/the-apple-podcast-app-is-ux-garbage https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PsVwpD5bOKE/hqdefault.jpg The Apple Podcast App is UX Garbage https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PsVwpD5bOKE/hqdefault.jpg Tom Lum critiques the usability of Apple's Podcasts app, going through the interface problems that make it hard to use. Submitted twice, in 2018 and 2021, as a pointed example of UX critique of a mainstream app. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PsVwpD5bOKE 649 4460 apple podcasts ux critique 2018-04-10T12:41:13Z yes 2021-04-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/9uOMectkCCs/the-first-secret-of-great-design-tony-fadell https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9uOMectkCCs/hqdefault.jpg The first secret of great design | Tony Fadell https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9uOMectkCCs/hqdefault.jpg Tony Fadell, who led the iPod and later co-founded Nest, argues in this TED talk that the first secret of great design is noticing. He says that we stop noticing the small frustrations in daily life as we get used to them, and that seeing them again is where design starts. HN people submit it as a short, memorable statement of what great design starts with. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9uOMectkCCs 1002 2207516 noticing as the start of design 2015-06-03T15:32:55Z yes 2019-08-01 monthly 0.45 https://www.designertube.app/watch/_9LX9HSQkWo/did-we-just-change-animation-forever https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_9LX9HSQkWo/hqdefault.jpg Did We Just Change Animation Forever? https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_9LX9HSQkWo/hqdefault.jpg Corridor Crew shows how they used Stable Diffusion to turn live-action footage into anime-style animation. The video walks through the workflow they used to keep the style consistent from frame to frame. HN people point to it as proof of what Stable Diffusion can do for video, especially how it tamed frame-to-frame randomness. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_9LX9HSQkWo 1382 3498530 stable diffusion video style transfer 2023-02-26T17:00:31Z yes 2023-03-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/qSKBtEBRWi4/hacking-my-arm-prosthesis-to-output-cv-so-that-it-plugs-into-my-synth-thought https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qSKBtEBRWi4/hqdefault.jpg Hacking my arm prosthesis to output CV so that it plugs into my synth: Thought-controlled music! https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qSKBtEBRWi4/hqdefault.jpg Bertolt Meyer, who uses a prosthetic arm, shows how he hacked it to output control voltage so that it plugs into his synthesizer, letting him play music with the signals from his arm. HN submitters shared it widely as a hack that turns a prosthesis into a musical instrument. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qSKBtEBRWi4 547 888265 prosthesis as synth controller 2020-02-13T15:45:55Z yes 2020-04-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/sLqXFF8mlEU/i-tried-creating-a-game-using-real-world-geographic-data https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sLqXFF8mlEU/hqdefault.jpg I Tried Creating a Game Using Real-World Geographic Data https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sLqXFF8mlEU/hqdefault.jpg Sebastian Lague's Coding Adventure in which he tries to build a game from real-world geographic data. He works through turning latitude and longitude into countries and rendering and exploring the Earth. HN people point to it as a fun, clear tour of working with geographic data, and as the source of a trick for mapping coordinates to countries. https://www.youtube.com/embed/sLqXFF8mlEU 1897 6113327 game from real-world geographic data 2021-11-02T11:30:08Z yes 2023-01-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/sdvzYtgmIjs/tim-cook-sir-jony-ive-kbe-and-laurene-powell-jobs-full-interview-code-2022 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sdvzYtgmIjs/hqdefault.jpg Tim Cook, Sir Jony Ive KBE, and Laurene Powell Jobs | Full Interview | Code 2022 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sdvzYtgmIjs/hqdefault.jpg A Code 2022 conversation with Tim Cook, Jony Ive and Laurene Powell Jobs, interviewed by Kara Swisher. They talk about Steve Jobs's legacy and Apple, including questions on privacy and advertising. HN posted it several times as a rare joint appearance by Apple's CEO, its former design chief and Steve Jobs's widow, and quotes Cook on digital advertising and privacy. https://www.youtube.com/embed/sdvzYtgmIjs 4223 494894 cook, ive and powell jobs on apple 2022-09-16T12:00:40Z yes 2022-11-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/uCgnWqoP4MM/building-the-steam-controller https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uCgnWqoP4MM/hqdefault.jpg Building the Steam Controller https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uCgnWqoP4MM/hqdefault.jpg A Valve video showing how the Steam Controller was assembled in the US, from the injection-molded parts to the finished device. It follows the manufacturing line and the machines and people on it. HN shares it to show the scale of a highly automated assembly line and as evidence that Valve built its controller largely in-house. https://www.youtube.com/embed/uCgnWqoP4MM 133 2347388 steam controller manufacturing 2015-12-10T22:17:01Z yes 2025-09-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/4gibcRfp4zA/this-is-music-on-an-oscilloscope-drawing-with-sound-smarter-every-day-224 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4gibcRfp4zA/hqdefault.jpg This is Music On An Oscilloscope - (Drawing with Sound) - Smarter Every Day 224 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4gibcRfp4zA/hqdefault.jpg Smarter Every Day episode 224 explains oscilloscope music, where audio is made so that an oscilloscope in XY mode draws images and animations. Destin Sandlin visits the musicians who make it and shows how the sound turns into pictures. HN people recommend it as a fun explainer of how drawing with sound works, and use it as the reference for how oscilloscope music is made. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4gibcRfp4zA 1020 2334771 oscilloscope music 2019-09-01T02:47:12Z yes 2021-04-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/5xEi8qg266g/why-do-movies-feel-so-different-now https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5xEi8qg266g/hqdefault.jpg Why Do Movies Feel So Different Now? https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5xEi8qg266g/hqdefault.jpg A video essay by Thomas Flight asking why recent movies feel different from older ones. It looks at changes in how films are made, shot and told. HN people link it as a good overview of the topic and use it in arguments about changing storytelling. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5xEi8qg266g 2255 5076890 why modern movies feel different 2023-05-23T15:07:23Z yes 2025-08-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/8Au47gnXs0w/see-in-complete-darkness-with-touch https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8Au47gnXs0w/hqdefault.jpg See in complete darkness with touch https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8Au47gnXs0w/hqdefault.jpg Stuff Made Here builds an iPad case that uses the iPad's lidar and a set of motor-driven tactile pins so a blind person can feel what is in front of them. The video walks through the engineering, the tactile display and the limits the prototype ran into. HN people admire the build as an impressive piece of assistive-tech making and cite it when discussing tactile displays and the limits of sensory resolution. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8Au47gnXs0w 853 6108392 tactile lidar display for the blind 2020-06-20T15:43:15Z yes 2020-07-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/xxjiQoTp864/adobe-max-2011-photoshop-image-deblurring-sneak https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xxjiQoTp864/hqdefault.jpg Adobe MAX 2011 - Photoshop Image Deblurring sneak https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xxjiQoTp864/hqdefault.jpg A sneak peek from Adobe MAX 2011 showing a Photoshop prototype that removes motion blur from photos. The audience reacts with astonishment as a blurry image is made readable. HN remembers it as a jaw-dropping demo, and reaches for it whenever image deblurring, restoration or upscaling comes up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xxjiQoTp864 386 1788903 photoshop deblur sneak peek 2011-10-07T23:43:13Z yes 2012-03-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/essNmNOrQto/zulu-alpha-kilo-spec-saynotospec https://i.ytimg.com/vi/essNmNOrQto/hqdefault.jpg Zulu Alpha Kilo – Spec | #saynotospec https://i.ytimg.com/vi/essNmNOrQto/hqdefault.jpg A video from the advertising agency Zulu Alpha Kilo in its Say No to Spec campaign. It shows people from various industries reacting to being asked to work for free in the hope of getting hired. HN people submitted it repeatedly as a clear argument against free spec work in creative fields. https://www.youtube.com/embed/essNmNOrQto 153 2740772 against spec work 2015-11-05T13:08:49Z yes 2018-04-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/JCJUPJ_zDQ4/bringing-page-transitions-to-the-web https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JCJUPJ_zDQ4/hqdefault.jpg Bringing page transitions to the web https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JCJUPJ_zDQ4/hqdefault.jpg A Chrome team talk from Google I/O 2022 on bringing page transitions to the web. It introduces a browser API for animated transitions between pages that behave more like native mobile apps. HN people submit it as the accompanying talk for the Chrome page transitions work and as the introduction to native-like web transitions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JCJUPJ_zDQ4 777 234690 web page transitions api 2022-05-12T16:00:53Z yes 2023-11-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/YCjNT9qGjh4/half-life-2-20th-anniversary-documentary https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YCjNT9qGjh4/hqdefault.jpg Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Documentary https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YCjNT9qGjh4/hqdefault.jpg Valve's documentary for the 20th anniversary of Half-Life 2, with interviews on how the game was made. It covers the state of the games industry at the time, Valve's technology, and the art direction, including an interview with art lead Viktor Antonov. HN people recommend it as an excellent look at the industry of the time and the technology Valve built, and cite it for details like dropping the episodic plan. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YCjNT9qGjh4 7278 9344988 half-life 2 making-of 2024-11-15T22:13:33Z yes 2025-10-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/C1UUVdN3kdQ/dylan-field-pitches-seed-stage-figma-to-daniel-gross https://i.ytimg.com/vi/C1UUVdN3kdQ/hqdefault.jpg Dylan Field pitches seed-stage Figma to Daniel Gross https://i.ytimg.com/vi/C1UUVdN3kdQ/hqdefault.jpg A recording of Dylan Field pitching and demoing an early version of Figma to investor Daniel Gross at seed stage, from 2013. It shows the early browser-based design tool and how Field framed the idea. HN people cite it as an impressive early pitch for Figma and as an example of an experimental project that grew into a major product, though one commenter finds it only mildly impressive. https://www.youtube.com/embed/C1UUVdN3kdQ 964 126866 early figma pitch 2020-06-09T00:03:25Z yes 2022-10-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/_QST1ZAJ29o/the-world-premiere-of-the-amiga-1985-andy-warhol-debbie-harry https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_QST1ZAJ29o/hqdefault.jpg The World Premiere of the Amiga (1985, Andy Warhol, Debbie Harry) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_QST1ZAJ29o/hqdefault.jpg Footage of the 1985 world premiere of the Commodore Amiga at Lincoln Center in New York, with Andy Warhol and Debbie Harry on stage. It includes Warhol painting Harry live on the Amiga and early demos such as the Mandrill and the bouncing ball. HN people share it as a record of the Amiga launch and a window into the computer's artistic ambitions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_QST1ZAJ29o 995 19535 amiga 1985 launch event 2023-05-14T17:00:18Z yes 2026-01-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ERB1TJBn32c/michael-chan-inline-styles-themes-media-queries-contexts-and-when-it-s-best-to https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ERB1TJBn32c/hqdefault.jpg Michael Chan - Inline Styles: themes, media queries, contexts, & when it's best to use CSS https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ERB1TJBn32c/hqdefault.jpg Michael Chan's ReactEurope 2015 talk on inline styles in React. He covers how to handle themes, media queries and contexts with styles written in JavaScript, and when plain CSS is still the better choice. HN people point to it as the talk that captured the emerging thinking on inline styles in React during the early CSS-in-JS debate. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ERB1TJBn32c 1844 40805 inline styles in react 2015-07-06T15:09:59Z yes 2015-08-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/qeUAHHPt-LY/making-audio-waves-that-look-and-sound-like-things https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qeUAHHPt-LY/hqdefault.jpg Making Audio Waves That Look and Sound Like Things https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qeUAHHPt-LY/hqdefault.jpg Japhy Riddle shows how to shape audio so that its waveform looks like an object when plotted while it still sounds like it, such as a cow. It touches on spectrograms and 3D waveform illusions. HN people share it as a delightful demonstration of sound that is also a picture, and point to it from threads on spectrogram images and waveform rendering. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qeUAHHPt-LY 259 4353604 audio waveforms that look like things 2018-12-03T18:38:34Z yes 2024-02-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/UxGxsGnbyJ4/implicit-surfaces-and-independent-research https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UxGxsGnbyJ4/hqdefault.jpg Implicit Surfaces & Independent Research https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UxGxsGnbyJ4/hqdefault.jpg Matt Keeter gives a talk on implicit surfaces, signed distance fields and what independent research looks like. It surveys his work on representing and rendering shapes as math, using interval arithmetic for speed. HN people send newcomers here as the best explanation of implicit surfaces and signed distance fields, and for a sense of how independent research works. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UxGxsGnbyJ4 2587 5419 implicit surfaces and sdfs 2025-03-12T18:55:05Z yes 2026-04-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/_Lmi6cmrq0w/how-computer-generated-animations-were-made-circa-1964-at-and-t-archives https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_Lmi6cmrq0w/hqdefault.jpg How Computer-Generated Animations Were Made, Circa 1964 - AT&T Archives https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_Lmi6cmrq0w/hqdefault.jpg A 1964 AT&T Bell Labs film, from the AT&T Archives, on how computer-generated animations were produced. It shows the early technique for making animated movies with a computer. HN people share it as a rare record of how computer animation began at Bell Labs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_Lmi6cmrq0w 962 42132 early computer animation at bell labs 2012-09-10T21:00:19Z yes 2022-02-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/dTPI6wh-Lr0/alan-kay-2018-the-best-way-to-predict-the-future-is-to-create-it-but-is-it https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dTPI6wh-Lr0/hqdefault.jpg Alan Kay, 2018: The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Create It. But Is It Already Too Late? https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dTPI6wh-Lr0/hqdefault.jpg A 2018 talk by Alan Kay, computing pioneer behind Smalltalk and the personal computer vision, on creating a healthy future and the role of education and thinking in it. This is a recording of the talk, uploaded to YouTube. HN people share it as a thoughtful Alan Kay talk on education and learning to think well, and as a source to cite. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dTPI6wh-Lr0 3946 9135 alan kay on education and the future 2018-11-11T22:39:54Z yes 2021-11-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/xDLxFGXuPEc/cd-blur https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xDLxFGXuPEc/hqdefault.jpg CD / Blur https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xDLxFGXuPEc/hqdefault.jpg Captain Disillusion explains how blur works and how it can be reversed, in his visual-effects explainer style. He uses the Fourier transform and deconvolution to show how the ENHANCE trope relates to real image processing. HN recommends it as an excellent visual illustration of how the Fourier transform works, and as a popular-science take on blurring and unblurring. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xDLxFGXuPEc 583 1416277 image blur and fourier transform 2025-05-22T16:00:00Z yes 2025-09-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/kGIIwyJ7G94/bill-atkinson-lisa-source-code https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kGIIwyJ7G94/hqdefault.jpg Bill Atkinson | Lisa Source Code https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kGIIwyJ7G94/hqdefault.jpg Computer History Museum session with Bill Atkinson, the Apple engineer behind QuickDraw and MacPaint, reviewing the Lisa source code released by the museum. He comments on the code and on how it relates to his own work. HN posted it repeatedly as a first-hand account of the Lisa and Mac graphics software, and cites it for Atkinson's remarks that the published code is not his QuickDraw. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kGIIwyJ7G94 2202 10504 lisa source code with bill atkinson 2025-01-29T00:46:07Z yes 2025-02-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/YE8MVNMzpbo/killing-the-walk-monster https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YE8MVNMzpbo/hqdefault.jpg Killing the Walk Monster https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YE8MVNMzpbo/hqdefault.jpg Casey Muratori of Molly Rocket explains the system he built for player movement and collision in Jonathan Blow's The Witness, the so-called walk monster. He describes the problems with conventional collision handling and the approach that replaced it. HN people cite it as the definitive account of how custom movement code freed The Witness's level designers and artists to work without collision bugs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YE8MVNMzpbo 3000 59178 player movement and collision 2020-10-15T02:55:50Z yes 2021-01-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/gUnxzVOs3rk/the-virtual-production-of-the-mandalorian-season-one https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gUnxzVOs3rk/hqdefault.jpg The Virtual Production of The Mandalorian Season One https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gUnxzVOs3rk/hqdefault.jpg An Industrial Light and Magic video on the virtual production of The Mandalorian season one. It explains how a curved wall of LED screens showing real-time rendered scenes, with camera tracking, replaced green screen on set. HN people use it as the reference for how in-camera virtual backdrops with LED walls and a game engine work in practice. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gUnxzVOs3rk 283 2477376 led wall virtual production 2020-02-20T17:00:12Z yes 2020-06-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/1KhZKNZO8mQ/introducing-gmail-tap https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1KhZKNZO8mQ/hqdefault.jpg Introducing Gmail Tap https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1KhZKNZO8mQ/hqdefault.jpg Google's 2012 April Fools video for Gmail Tap, a fake product that lets you write email by tapping out Morse code on two large buttons. It is a deadpan product launch parody. HN people bring it up whenever someone builds a minimal two-button or few-key keyboard, as the joke ancestor of the idea. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1KhZKNZO8mQ 137 3552467 gmail tap morse input 2012-04-01T04:15:09Z yes 2015-04-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/CnbVCNIh1NA/ninth-racketcon-andrew-blinn-fructure-a-structured-editing-engine-in-racket https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CnbVCNIh1NA/hqdefault.jpg (ninth RacketCon): Andrew Blinn – Fructure: A Structured Editing Engine in Racket https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CnbVCNIh1NA/hqdefault.jpg Andrew Blinn presents Fructure, a structured editing engine written in Racket, at RacketCon. In a structure editor, code is edited as a tree and kept syntactically valid, and the talk shows the interaction design of such an editor. HN people name it as a promising structure editor and point to it whenever structural editing or tools for thought come up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CnbVCNIh1NA 1938 9833 structured code editing in racket 2019-07-19T18:33:04Z yes 2020-08-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/86x-u-tz0MA/your-elusive-creative-genius-elizabeth-gilbert https://i.ytimg.com/vi/86x-u-tz0MA/hqdefault.jpg Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert https://i.ytimg.com/vi/86x-u-tz0MA/hqdefault.jpg Writer Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love, gives a TED talk on the pressure of creative work and the idea that genius is something that visits you rather than something you are. She draws on ancient ideas of daemons and muses to argue for a less anxious relationship with creativity. HN people send it to anyone struggling with creativity, success or the fear of never doing great work again, even though it is about writing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/86x-u-tz0MA 1169 5408217 creative genius and creative anxiety 2009-02-09T19:23:53Z yes 2013-01-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/65crLKNQR0E/the-flash-games-postmortem https://i.ytimg.com/vi/65crLKNQR0E/hqdefault.jpg The Flash Games Postmortem https://i.ytimg.com/vi/65crLKNQR0E/hqdefault.jpg Kongregate's John Cooney gives a 2017 GDC talk summarizing the history of Flash games. He covers how Flash gave game developers a first chance to build and publish games quickly to the web, and how Flash declined. HN people list it as a favorite talk of 2017 and bring it back whenever Flash's end is discussed. https://www.youtube.com/embed/65crLKNQR0E 3628 141596 flash games history 2017-08-07T16:24:57Z yes 2018-01-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/WTUafAwrunE/animating-with-code-motion-canvas https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WTUafAwrunE/hqdefault.jpg Animating with Code - Motion Canvas https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WTUafAwrunE/hqdefault.jpg An intro video by the author of Motion Canvas, a tool for animating with code. It shows how to make animations programmatically, aimed at explaining complex ideas visually. HN people say it explains Motion Canvas better than the project's own website, and call it the best explainer of what the tool does. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WTUafAwrunE 418 252920 animating with code 2022-06-01T14:59:22Z yes 2023-02-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/5U6MkU5fLJw/authorship-environments-in-search-of-the-personal-in-personal-computing-by-eric https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5U6MkU5fLJw/hqdefault.jpg "Authorship Environments: In search of the “personal” in personal computing" by Eric Gade https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5U6MkU5fLJw/hqdefault.jpg Eric Gade's Strange Loop talk on authorship environments and what it would mean for personal computing to be truly personal. He draws on Smalltalk and HyperCard and the motivations behind his Simpletalk system. HN people list it among candidates for the next big thing in computing, as an argument that a new framework is needed to make computing a personal medium of thought. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5U6MkU5fLJw 2314 3463 personal computing authorship environments 2021-10-18T18:33:00Z yes 2021-12-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/u1ZB_rGFyeU/ok-go-i-won-t-let-you-down-official-video https://i.ytimg.com/vi/u1ZB_rGFyeU/hqdefault.jpg OK Go - I Won't Let You Down - Official Video https://i.ytimg.com/vi/u1ZB_rGFyeU/hqdefault.jpg The official music video for OK Go's I Won't Let You Down, shot in Japan as a choreographed single take. It uses electric unicycles, umbrellas, drones and crowds of dancers in one continuous aerial sequence. HN holds it up as an example of OK Go's inventive, meticulously planned one-take videos, and even as a favourite interview question about how you would plan such a shoot. https://www.youtube.com/embed/u1ZB_rGFyeU 321 53526743 one-take music video 2014-10-27T12:15:43Z yes 2026-05-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/hrXEtG3JILo/computing-with-projected-light-the-folk-computer-gadget https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hrXEtG3JILo/hqdefault.jpg Computing with Projected Light: The Folk Computer Gadget https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hrXEtG3JILo/hqdefault.jpg A Recurse Center Localhost talk by the makers of the Folk Computer, a system that computes with projected light in a physical room. It presents the Folk Computer Gadget, which descends from the Dynamicland tradition of working with paper, projection and cameras. HN people submitted it to share the Folk Computer as a live example of physical, shared computing in the Dynamicland tradition. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hrXEtG3JILo 3553 2345 folk computer projected light 2025-07-09T16:01:26Z yes 2026-01-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Boi0XEm9-4E/utrecht-planning-for-people-and-bikes-not-for-cars https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Boi0XEm9-4E/hqdefault.jpg Utrecht: Planning for People & Bikes, Not for Cars https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Boi0XEm9-4E/hqdefault.jpg A Streetfilms short on how Utrecht reshaped its streets to put people and bikes ahead of cars. It shows the redesigned streets, cycling infrastructure and the city's transformation over time. HN people share it as the example of a fantastic city transformation and as inspiration for bike advocacy elsewhere. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Boi0XEm9-4E 791 756185 utrecht cycling city planning 2019-06-27T03:59:00Z yes 2021-04-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/agMrewRJTow/how-lexus-fixed-tesla-s-bad-idea-steer-by-wire-yoke https://i.ytimg.com/vi/agMrewRJTow/hqdefault.jpg How Lexus Fixed Tesla's Bad Idea: Steer-By-Wire Yoke https://i.ytimg.com/vi/agMrewRJTow/hqdefault.jpg Engineering Explained looks at the Lexus steer-by-wire yoke and why it works better than Tesla's version. It explains variable-ratio steering and how the system gets by without a mechanical link, using triple redundancy. HN people recommend it as the clear explanation of variable-ratio steering and of why Lexus's yoke is better than Tesla's. https://www.youtube.com/embed/agMrewRJTow 868 6980464 steer-by-wire yoke 2023-03-17T14:00:01Z yes 2023-12-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/hq8DgpgtSQQ/photoshop-s-neural-filters-are-dumb https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hq8DgpgtSQQ/hqdefault.jpg Photoshop's Neural Filters are dumb https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hq8DgpgtSQQ/hqdefault.jpg LGR's humorous take on the neural filters Photoshop added in 2020, which use AI to alter faces and photos. He shows the odd and often unflattering results. HN people bring it up whenever AI photo features produce strange results, because it stays pretty funny. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hq8DgpgtSQQ 105 294936 photoshop neural filters 2020-10-21T17:06:54Z yes 2023-03-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/HbxWGjQ2szQ/a-tale-of-two-slings-peak-design-and-amazon-basics https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HbxWGjQ2szQ/hqdefault.jpg A Tale of Two Slings: Peak Design and Amazon Basics https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HbxWGjQ2szQ/hqdefault.jpg A video from Peak Design comparing its Everyday Sling with Amazon's Amazon Basics sling, which it says copies the design. The company sets the two products side by side and responds to the copy. HN people cite it as the case study of Amazon copying a product design under its own house brand. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HbxWGjQ2szQ 90 4727604 amazon copying a product design 2021-03-03T15:55:33Z yes 2023-08-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/JQymn5flcek/general-magic-1080p-full-documentary-history-technology-business https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JQymn5flcek/hqdefault.jpg General Magic (1080p) FULL DOCUMENTARY - History, Technology, Business https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JQymn5flcek/hqdefault.jpg A full documentary about General Magic, the Apple spin-off that tried to build a handheld communicator in the early 1990s. It covers the company's history, technology and business, and features people such as Bill Atkinson. HN people send it to anyone fascinated by General Magic, noting how early the team imagined the smartphone future, often in threads about Bill Atkinson. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JQymn5flcek 5568 73205 general magic and early smartphones 2022-10-06T18:52:28Z yes 2025-06-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/lctXaT9pxA0/coding-adventure-procedural-moons-and-planets https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lctXaT9pxA0/hqdefault.jpg Coding Adventure: Procedural Moons and Planets https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lctXaT9pxA0/hqdefault.jpg Sebastian Lague's Coding Adventure on generating procedural moons and planets. He builds the noise, craters and shading step by step and shows each stage working. HN points learners of procedural worlds to Lague as a clear, friendly teacher, one commenter calling him the Bob Ross of programming. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lctXaT9pxA0 1368 1983649 procedural planet generation 2020-07-11T16:08:12Z yes 2021-12-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/-wlCQ4g93oY/how-this-building-powers-the-internet https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-wlCQ4g93oY/hqdefault.jpg How This Building Powers the Internet https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-wlCQ4g93oY/hqdefault.jpg Architect and YouTuber Stewart Hicks looks at One Wilshire, a Los Angeles office tower that has become one of the key buildings for internet connectivity. The video covers what the building is and why the internet lives there. HN people submitted it as an accessible look at the physical architecture behind the internet. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-wlCQ4g93oY 821 1014945 one wilshire internet building 2023-06-01T13:00:00Z yes 2024-10-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/cntb3wcZdTw/solstice-5 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cntb3wcZdTw/hqdefault.jpg SOLSTICE - 5 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cntb3wcZdTw/hqdefault.jpg SOLSTICE 5 is a short sci-fi visual piece by the artist Paul Chadeisson. It is shared mostly for its mood. HN people mention it as an example of a particular atmospheric tone they like. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cntb3wcZdTw 637 6182583 sci-fi mood piece 2023-12-11T16:40:17Z yes 2025-05-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/tj9UwKQKE3A/sr-71-cockpit-checkout https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tj9UwKQKE3A/hqdefault.jpg SR-71 Cockpit Checkout https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tj9UwKQKE3A/hqdefault.jpg A former SR-71 Blackbird pilot gives a walkthrough of the spy plane's cockpit, covering both the front pilot seat and the rear reconnaissance seat. He goes through the instruments and controls and how the crew used them. HN passes it around as a fascinating tour of the Blackbird's cockpit, including its star-based navigation, and as a companion to other cockpit walkthroughs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tj9UwKQKE3A 1198 2208652 sr-71 cockpit tour 2013-01-24T15:14:48Z yes 2019-05-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/DgJS2tQPGKQ/windows-1-0-with-steve-ballmer-1986-hq-60fps https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DgJS2tQPGKQ/hqdefault.jpg Windows 1.0 with Steve Ballmer (1986) (HQ, 60FPS) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DgJS2tQPGKQ/hqdefault.jpg A 1986 Microsoft promotional video in which Steve Ballmer walks through Windows 1.0 in a high-energy sales pitch. This is a high-quality restoration of the tape, which turned out to be an internal parody. HN people share it as a period piece of early GUI marketing and as shorthand for Ballmer's hard-sell salesman persona. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DgJS2tQPGKQ 67 1058472 windows 1.0 promo video 2022-04-02T05:12:16Z yes 2025-04-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/RbAVNKdk9gA/lemmings-can-you-dig-it-full-2-hour-documentary-30th-anniversary-feature https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RbAVNKdk9gA/hqdefault.jpg Lemmings: Can You Dig It? (Full 2 Hour Documentary - 30th Anniversary Feature Retrospective) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RbAVNKdk9gA/hqdefault.jpg A two-hour feature documentary marking the 30th anniversary of Lemmings, the puzzle game from DMA Design. It is a retrospective on how the game was made and what became of it. HN people post it as the definitive long-form look back at Lemmings, and it tends to turn up whenever the game or its legacy comes up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RbAVNKdk9gA 7239 94697 lemmings making-of 2022-02-14T12:00:12Z yes 2024-02-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/aJ4TJ4-kkDw/the-artificial-skylight-that-you-won-t-believe-isn-t-real https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aJ4TJ4-kkDw/hqdefault.jpg The artificial skylight that you won't believe isn't real https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aJ4TJ4-kkDw/hqdefault.jpg Lux Magazine presents CoeLux, an artificial skylight that reproduces the look of sunlight and a blue sky inside a room. The video shows how convincing the effect is and where it could be used, such as windowless or underground spaces. HN people point to it as the best example of artificial light that mimics natural light, and as a possible help for windowless rooms. https://www.youtube.com/embed/aJ4TJ4-kkDw 309 1827184 artificial skylight coelux 2014-10-07T08:24:48Z yes 2016-05-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/MXxSPgt_7Z4/magic-secrets-of-nine-revealed https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MXxSPgt_7Z4/hqdefault.jpg Magic Secrets of Nine REVEALED! https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MXxSPgt_7Z4/hqdefault.jpg A video that explains how the effects in Nine, a Commodore 64 demo, are achieved. It walks through the tricks the demo uses to push the hardware well past what it was built to do. Submitted three times within a few weeks in 2025 as a worthwhile look at how a C64 demo's effects are pulled off. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MXxSPgt_7Z4 1324 148700 c64 demo techniques 2025-02-28T09:10:15Z yes 2025-03-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/uhbDfi7Ee7k/awnings-a-simple-cooling-tech-we-apparently-forgot-about https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uhbDfi7Ee7k/hqdefault.jpg Awnings: a simple cooling tech we apparently forgot about https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uhbDfi7Ee7k/hqdefault.jpg Technology Connections makes the case that awnings are a cheap, passive way to keep houses cool, because they block sunlight before it heats the windows and the interior. The video explains solar heat gain and why this old building feature fell out of use. HN points to it whenever solar heat gain and passive cooling come up, agreeing that awnings work well even when they are less enthusiastic than the host. https://www.youtube.com/embed/uhbDfi7Ee7k 1335 2095497 awnings and passive cooling 2024-07-15T14:55:02Z yes 2024-11-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/JnCkF62gkOY/painting-with-maths-in-google-sheets https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JnCkF62gkOY/hqdefault.jpg Painting with Maths in Google Sheets https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JnCkF62gkOY/hqdefault.jpg Inigo Quilez shows how to paint a picture by writing formulas in Google Sheets, with each spreadsheet cell acting as a pixel. He builds up the image, a flower, purely from mathematical functions. HN people share it as a delightful example of image-making from pure maths, and as a gentler companion to Quilez's other painting-with-maths videos. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JnCkF62gkOY 680 77736 painting with math formulas in spreadsheets 2019-09-17T06:51:53Z yes 2023-09-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/4oDZyOf6CW4/tony-fadell-iphone-ipod-nest-steve-jobs-design-and-engineering-lex-fridman https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4oDZyOf6CW4/hqdefault.jpg Tony Fadell: iPhone, iPod, Nest, Steve Jobs, Design, and Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #294 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4oDZyOf6CW4/hqdefault.jpg Lex Fridman interviews Tony Fadell, who worked on the iPod and iPhone at Apple and founded Nest. They talk about working with Steve Jobs and about design and engineering in making products. HN people cite it as a long first-hand account from a key figure in Apple hardware, including for hints about how long Apple's chip work had been underway. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4oDZyOf6CW4 9986 1060230 tony fadell on product design 2022-06-15T18:55:14Z yes 2023-03-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/6Qb6QtC6QMs/smooth-maximum-the-most-useful-function https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6Qb6QtC6QMs/hqdefault.jpg Smooth-Maximum, the most useful function https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6Qb6QtC6QMs/hqdefault.jpg Inigo Quilez, the graphics programmer behind Shadertoy and much of the signed-distance-field modeling toolkit, explains the smooth maximum (and its twin, smooth minimum) and why blending two shapes or values with it is so useful. The video is a short, math-driven walkthrough aimed at people who write shaders and procedural graphics. HN users submit it as a quick, high-quality explainer from a respected graphics author. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6Qb6QtC6QMs 650 211777 smooth maximum function 2026-06-27T16:46:50Z yes 2026-07-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ogumRA9LxR4/gdl-presents-make-web-magic-part-iii https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ogumRA9LxR4/hqdefault.jpg GDL Presents: Make Web Magic | Part III https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ogumRA9LxR4/hqdefault.jpg Paul Irish interviews Hakim El Hattab, creator of reveal.js, in Google's Make Web Magic series. They talk about his HTML5, CSS and JavaScript interface experiments. HN points to it for anyone interested in bleeding-edge HTML5 experiments and Hakim's steady stream of UI concepts. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ogumRA9LxR4 1835 13170 hakim el hattab on html5 ui experiments 2012-10-09T21:55:14Z yes 2012-12-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/gg40RWiaHRY/i-tried-turning-games-into-text https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gg40RWiaHRY/hqdefault.jpg I Tried Turning Games Into Text https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gg40RWiaHRY/hqdefault.jpg Acerola's video on turning games into text, rendering a game's image as ASCII characters with a post-processing shader. He uses edge detection to pick characters that follow the shapes in the scene. HN people recommend it as a nice overview of doing ASCII style in a shader, and as the reference for edge-detected oriented characters. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gg40RWiaHRY 1098 571582 ascii rendering shader 2024-06-30T13:38:36Z yes 2025-08-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Jd3-eiid-Uw/head-tracking-for-desktop-vr-displays-using-the-wiiremote https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Jd3-eiid-Uw/hqdefault.jpg Head Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the WiiRemote https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Jd3-eiid-Uw/hqdefault.jpg Johnny Lee's demo of head tracking for desktop VR displays using a Nintendo Wiimote. By tracking infrared LEDs on glasses, the screen updates its view as the head moves, creating a convincing sense of depth through parallax. HN people call it fascinating and awesome, and cite it as the original cheap head-tracking demo whenever parallax displays or tracking interfaces come up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jd3-eiid-Uw 286 10862008 wiimote head tracking vr display 2007-12-21T15:02:38Z yes 2016-11-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/MhYFRr2gUaw/how-we-type-movement-strategies-and-performance-in-everyday-typing-aalto https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MhYFRr2gUaw/hqdefault.jpg How we type: Movement Strategies and Performance in Everyday Typing - Aalto University Research https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MhYFRr2gUaw/hqdefault.jpg A research video from Aalto University on how people type in everyday use. It presents findings on the movement strategies of typists and what separates faster from slower typing. Submitted twice in 2016 as an interesting look at how people really type, which matters for keyboard design. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MhYFRr2gUaw 183 1776692 how people type 2016-02-09T08:36:34Z yes 2016-12-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/9-6CKCz58A8/web-animation-gotchas-http-203 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9-6CKCz58A8/hqdefault.jpg Web animation gotchas - HTTP 203 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9-6CKCz58A8/hqdefault.jpg An episode of the HTTP 203 series from Chrome for Developers in which Jake Archibald and Surma talk through common gotchas in web animation. It is aimed at front-end developers who build animations in CSS and JavaScript. HN people recommend the HTTP 203 series as essential viewing for front-end developers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9-6CKCz58A8 1210 23942 web animation gotchas 2020-11-10T17:23:29Z yes 2021-02-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/R-BX4N8egEc/harry-roberts-big-css https://i.ytimg.com/vi/R-BX4N8egEc/hqdefault.jpg Harry Roberts—Big CSS https://i.ytimg.com/vi/R-BX4N8egEc/hqdefault.jpg Harry Roberts's talk Big CSS, about writing and organizing CSS on large projects. Commenters connect it to cutting code bloat and non-semantic classes and avoiding inline styles. HN people point to it as a guide to writing leaner, more disciplined CSS, and cite it against inline styles and code bloat. https://www.youtube.com/embed/R-BX4N8egEc 2539 17389 scalable css 2012-09-20T19:43:15Z yes 2013-01-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ddO9idmax0o/twitter-in-plain-english https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ddO9idmax0o/hqdefault.jpg Twitter in Plain English https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ddO9idmax0o/hqdefault.jpg Common Craft's short animated explainer that describes what Twitter is and why people use it, in simple language with paper-cutout style visuals. It was made in 2008, when many people had not seen the service. HN holds it up as the model for a clear, simple explanatory video, the style founders want to copy for their own product pitch. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ddO9idmax0o 145 3101140 plain-language explainer video 2008-03-06T00:24:16Z yes 2021-11-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Ic_5gRVTQ_k/mapping-imaginary-cities-by-mouse-reeve https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ic_5gRVTQ_k/hqdefault.jpg "Mapping Imaginary Cities" by Mouse Reeve https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ic_5gRVTQ_k/hqdefault.jpg A Strange Loop talk by Mouse Reeve, one of the creators of Bookwyrm, on generating maps of imaginary cities with code. It covers how a program can produce believable city layouts. HN people recommend it as an enjoyable talk on procedurally mapping imaginary cities. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ic_5gRVTQ_k 2457 7158 generating maps of imaginary cities 2018-10-15T17:16:39Z yes 2023-07-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/vLlWrt-zmTo/microsoft-windows-95-video-guide-with-jennifer-aniston-and-matthew-perry https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vLlWrt-zmTo/hqdefault.jpg Microsoft Windows 95 video Guide with Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vLlWrt-zmTo/hqdefault.jpg A 1995 Microsoft promotional video guide to Windows 95, hosted by Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry. It walks through the new desktop, Start menu and features, with a skit about ordering Chinese food by fax. HN sees it as a time capsule of 90s commercial computer demos, showing how a new operating system was sold to ordinary people. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vLlWrt-zmTo 3392 325159 windows 95 promotional guide 2017-05-29T16:50:43Z yes 2025-08-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/qAOKOJhzYXk/how-the-bbc-makes-planet-earth-look-like-a-hollywood-movie https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qAOKOJhzYXk/hqdefault.jpg How the BBC makes Planet Earth look like a Hollywood movie https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qAOKOJhzYXk/hqdefault.jpg A Vox explainer on the filmmaking techniques the BBC used to make Planet Earth feel cinematic, covering camera work, stabilization and storytelling choices. HN submitters share it as a look at how nature footage is made to feel like a feature film. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qAOKOJhzYXk 528 5227607 planet earth cinematography 2017-02-20T13:00:45Z yes 2017-03-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/TbcZyAO6K7c/the-basics-of-demo-programming https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TbcZyAO6K7c/hqdefault.jpg The basics of demo programming https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TbcZyAO6K7c/hqdefault.jpg An AssemblyTV session on the basics of demo programming, the craft of writing real-time audiovisual demos. It is an introduction to how demoscene effects are made. HN people suggest it as a useful starting point for anyone who wants to learn demo programming. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TbcZyAO6K7c 2308 19442 demo programming basics 2011-08-06T22:37:22Z yes 2017-09-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/UDu-cnXI8E8/2015-facebook-f8-michael-abrash-why-virtual-reality-will-matter-to-you https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UDu-cnXI8E8/hqdefault.jpg 2015 Facebook F8 - Michael Abrash 'Why Virtual Reality Will Matter to You' https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UDu-cnXI8E8/hqdefault.jpg Michael Abrash's 2015 Facebook F8 talk on why virtual reality will matter. It includes live demonstrations of how the brain handles depth, color, motion and sound, and what it will take to reach convincing VR. HN people recommend it for its demonstrations of how the brain interprets perception, and quote its estimate of the resolution needed for retinal VR. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UDu-cnXI8E8 4603 79038 why vr will matter 2015-03-26T20:03:57Z yes 2015-05-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/3Q3eITC01Fg/how-does-an-editor-think-and-feel https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3Q3eITC01Fg/hqdefault.jpg How Does an Editor Think and Feel? https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3Q3eITC01Fg/hqdefault.jpg A video essay by Tony Zhou of Every Frame a Painting about how film editors think and make decisions. It looks at the craft of editing and what an editor is responding to when cutting a scene. HN people submitted it as one of the best Every Frame a Painting essays, a close look at the editor's craft. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3Q3eITC01Fg 565 2768967 film editing craft 2016-05-12T17:12:34Z yes 2017-08-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/RzfOeX-r4Ug/embedding-2d-desktops-into-vr https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RzfOeX-r4Ug/hqdefault.jpg Embedding 2D Desktops into VR https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RzfOeX-r4Ug/hqdefault.jpg Oliver Kreylos demonstrates embedding ordinary 2D desktop windows inside a virtual reality environment. It shows existing desktop applications being used within a 3D virtual space. HN people submitted it as a worth-watching demo of how conventional desktop interfaces could live inside VR. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RzfOeX-r4Ug 565 26325 2d desktop in vr 2014-03-28T11:57:07Z yes 2015-08-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/lsTiWYSfPck/metamaterial-mechanisms-uist-16 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lsTiWYSfPck/hqdefault.jpg Metamaterial Mechanisms (UIST'16) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lsTiWYSfPck/hqdefault.jpg A research video from the Hasso Plattner Institute HCI group, presented at UIST 2016, on metamaterial mechanisms: 3D-printed structures whose cell patterns work as mechanisms without separate assembled parts. HN submitters share it as a striking demo of fabrication research in HCI. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lsTiWYSfPck 230 293541 3d printed metamaterial mechanisms 2016-09-08T13:48:32Z yes 2025-03-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/cfbjiTrctJs/stash-by-the-black-lotus-tbl-64k-720p-hq-hd-demoscene-demo-the-party-1997 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cfbjiTrctJs/hqdefault.jpg Stash by The Black Lotus [TBL] | 64k (720p HQ HD demoscene demo The Party 1997) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cfbjiTrctJs/hqdefault.jpg Stash is a 64 kilobyte demo by The Black Lotus, shown here as a high-quality capture of its release at The Party in 1997. It is a real-time audiovisual piece from the demoscene. HN people name it as a personal favorite among 64k demos, noting that it still runs on modern systems. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cfbjiTrctJs 266 20644 64k demoscene demo 2011-08-13T11:09:50Z yes 2024-01-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/HeWfkPeDQbY/logstalgia-website-access-log-visualization https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HeWfkPeDQbY/hqdefault.jpg Logstalgia - Website Access Log Visualization https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HeWfkPeDQbY/hqdefault.jpg A demo of Logstalgia, a tool that visualizes website access logs as a game of Pong. Each web request becomes a ball sent to a paddle, so server traffic can be watched in real time. HN people share it as a favorite demo of turning raw server logs into something playful to watch. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HeWfkPeDQbY 75 444977 access log visualization as pong 2010-01-31T01:23:42Z yes 2025-01-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/mnxs6CR6Zrk/how-the-wind-waker-redefined-cel-shading https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mnxs6CR6Zrk/hqdefault.jpg How The Wind Waker Redefined Cel Shading https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mnxs6CR6Zrk/hqdefault.jpg Jasper explains how The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker achieved its cel-shaded look, walking through the lighting and shading techniques behind the game's hand-drawn style. HN cites it as the clear explanation of how Wind Waker's distinctive look is built, including its heavy use of lookup tables. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mnxs6CR6Zrk 1123 472144 cel shading in wind waker 2020-01-25T06:29:36Z yes 2020-02-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/mDf7OUJobJs/is-progressive-enhancement-dead-yet https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mDf7OUJobJs/hqdefault.jpg Is progressive enhancement dead yet? https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mDf7OUJobJs/hqdefault.jpg Heydon Pickering, a web accessibility and front-end author, asks whether progressive enhancement is dead and argues for building web pages that work from a robust base before layering on extras. HN submitters share it as a defense of progressive enhancement in an era of JavaScript-heavy sites. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mDf7OUJobJs 525 3398 progressive enhancement 2022-03-20T11:36:29Z yes 2022-05-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/MWGBRsV9omw/3d-visualizer-with-oculus-and-hydra https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MWGBRsV9omw/hqdefault.jpg 3D Visualizer with Oculus and Hydra https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MWGBRsV9omw/hqdefault.jpg Oliver Kreylos demonstrates a 3D visualization application running with an Oculus Rift headset and Razer Hydra controllers. The demos let the viewer move around and manipulate 3D data, including scan data of the kind used in medicine. HN people use it as the example of VR doing visualization better than 2D screens, and several recall being blown away by the medical-data demos. https://www.youtube.com/embed/MWGBRsV9omw 860 9939 vr 3d data visualization 2013-08-16T00:55:29Z yes 2020-08-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/CHCCjlSWbHE/etak-navigator-tour-and-demo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CHCCjlSWbHE/hqdefault.jpg Etak Navigator Tour & Demo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CHCCjlSWbHE/hqdefault.jpg A tour and live demo of the Etak Navigator, a 1985 in-car navigation system that used dead reckoning and map landmarks and stored its maps on cassette tape. The video, posted by EllsworthC, shows the device being used. HN people link it as the best look at how Etak navigation worked in the 1980s, before GPS. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CHCCjlSWbHE 1895 18938 etak car navigation system 2016-05-09T22:50:05Z yes 2022-07-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/fQvWMoOjmQk/introducing-enso-build-your-data-workflows-in-minutes-not-weeks https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fQvWMoOjmQk/hqdefault.jpg Introducing Enso | Build your data workflows in minutes, not weeks. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fQvWMoOjmQk/hqdefault.jpg An introduction to Enso, an open source visual programming tool for building data workflows, in which each piece of code has a graph view alongside a text view. The video demos building and running a workflow in the editor. Enso's founders and fans point to it as the quickest way to see a language with dual visual and textual forms in action. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fQvWMoOjmQk 550 42287 visual programming environment 2021-04-13T16:35:49Z yes 2022-03-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/vdGNFhKhoKY/classic-game-postmortem-oregon-trail https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vdGNFhKhoKY/hqdefault.jpg Classic Game Postmortem: Oregon Trail https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vdGNFhKhoKY/hqdefault.jpg A GDC 2017 Classic Game Postmortem of The Oregon Trail, given by one of the creators of the educational game. It covers how the game began as a classroom project and how it grew. HN treats it as an excellent first-hand source on the history and making of The Oregon Trail. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vdGNFhKhoKY 3722 76962 oregon trail postmortem 2017-03-15T16:28:19Z yes 2021-07-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/bOf4EMN6-XA/seymour-papert-1983 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bOf4EMN6-XA/hqdefault.jpg Seymour Papert 1983 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bOf4EMN6-XA/hqdefault.jpg A 1983 video of Seymour Papert, creator of the Logo programming language for children, hosted on Cynthia Solomon's channel. It shows learners acting out Logo commands with their bodies and includes follow-up comments from Papert. HN people recommend Papert's old videos as the better way to see ideas like body-syntonic learning, and wish he had introduced computers to ordinary people. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bOf4EMN6-XA 487 28220 seymour papert and logo 2007-05-25T19:03:53Z yes 2017-01-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/xVodkE47aLw/well-there-s-your-problem-episode-46-five-over-ones https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xVodkE47aLw/hqdefault.jpg Well There's Your Problem | Episode 46 : Five-over-Ones https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xVodkE47aLw/hqdefault.jpg An episode of the engineering podcast Well There's Your Problem, hosted by engineers who review construction and design failures. This one covers five-over-one buildings, the common US apartment type with wood-framed floors above a ground-level base. HN recommends it as an enlightening, if rambling and sweary, look at how American apartment buildings are built and why this construction type is a problem. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xVodkE47aLw 7741 291356 five-over-one apartment construction 2020-11-23T13:00:16Z yes 2024-06-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/3bs3QX92kYA/moldable-live-programming-with-clerk-by-philippa-markovics https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3bs3QX92kYA/hqdefault.jpg Moldable Live Programming with Clerk (by Philippa Markovics) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3bs3QX92kYA/hqdefault.jpg Philippa Markovics presents Clerk, a Clojure tool for moldable live programming, at the London Clojurians meetup. Clerk turns code into notebook-style documents with visualizations while you keep your own editor, a normal REPL and git-stored source. HN treats Clerk as a real step toward Bret Victor-style interactive programming and as a good notebook alternative for exploratory work in Clojure. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3bs3QX92kYA 818 4159 clerk live programming notebooks 2023-01-03T14:00:03Z yes 2023-04-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/RWtt3Tmnij4/who-framed-roger-rabbit-the-3-rules-of-living-animation https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RWtt3Tmnij4/hqdefault.jpg Who Framed Roger Rabbit - The 3 Rules of Living Animation https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RWtt3Tmnij4/hqdefault.jpg A video essay by kaptainkristian on how Who Framed Roger Rabbit makes its cartoon characters feel like they live in the same world as the live actors. It breaks the film's technique down into three rules of "living" animation. HN people treat it as a good companion to the film and to the idea of "bumping the lamp", enough that one commenter went back to re-watch the movie. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RWtt3Tmnij4 443 1276952 living animation in roger rabbit 2017-02-24T16:16:21Z yes 2017-03-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/s-CTkbHnpNQ/10-bullets-8-always-be-knolling-by-tom-sachs https://i.ytimg.com/vi/s-CTkbHnpNQ/hqdefault.jpg 10 Bullets, #8: "ALWAYS BE KNOLLING". By Tom Sachs https://i.ytimg.com/vi/s-CTkbHnpNQ/hqdefault.jpg Bullet number 8 in artist Tom Sachs's "10 Bullets" series: Always Be Knolling. It describes arranging tools and materials at right angles to keep a workspace organized, a habit of his studio. HN uses it as the standard introduction to knolling, and borrows it as an organizing habit for desks, code and workshops. https://www.youtube.com/embed/s-CTkbHnpNQ 88 230998 knolling 2011-06-21T22:11:23Z yes 2022-05-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/BdwLczSgvcc/the-federated-wiki-ward-cunningham-at-tedxportland-2012 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BdwLczSgvcc/hqdefault.jpg The Federated Wiki: Ward Cunningham at TEDxPortland 2012 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BdwLczSgvcc/hqdefault.jpg Ward Cunningham, inventor of the wiki, gives a TEDxPortland talk in 2012 about the Federated Wiki, his follow-up idea in which many people can fork and share pages across independent sites. He describes how it extends open editing. HN people tell critics of his wiki rewrite to watch the talk first and understand what he is trying to do. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BdwLczSgvcc 537 7021 federated wiki 2012-05-23T18:43:18Z yes 2015-02-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/dcfwLhDDMz4/vcf-east-xi-ted-nelson https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dcfwLhDDMz4/hqdefault.jpg VCF East XI -- Ted Nelson https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dcfwLhDDMz4/hqdefault.jpg Ted Nelson, creator of the Xanadu hypertext project and author of Computer Lib, speaks at the Vintage Computer Festival East XI in 2016. The talk covers his long-running vision of hypertext and his view of how personal computing should work. HN points to it as a companion to Nelson's Xanadu prototype, for hearing his ideas about text and linking from the man himself. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dcfwLhDDMz4 4276 357 ted nelson and xanadu hypertext 2016-08-29T15:27:06Z yes 2017-12-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/0Cz8CjLq0fQ/music-video-vfx-magic-with-atarashii-gakko https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0Cz8CjLq0fQ/hqdefault.jpg Music Video VFX Magic With ATARASHII GAKKO! https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0Cz8CjLq0fQ/hqdefault.jpg A Captain Disillusion episode in which he works with the Japanese pop group Atarashii Gakko on their music videos. It shows how the visual effects were made and explains the techniques behind them. HN people like it as a behind-the-scenes look at how music video effects are made, with the techniques actually explained. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0Cz8CjLq0fQ 1321 2684545 music video vfx 2022-07-26T22:00:11Z yes 2022-10-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/188fipF-i5I/you-re-wrong-about-qwerty https://i.ytimg.com/vi/188fipF-i5I/hqdefault.jpg You're wrong about QWERTY https://i.ytimg.com/vi/188fipF-i5I/hqdefault.jpg A video from the Atomic Frontier channel arguing that common beliefs about the QWERTY keyboard layout are wrong. It looks at why the layout looks the way it does and how people think about it. HN people submit it as a corrective on keyboard layouts, alongside other videos about why typing feels the way it does. https://www.youtube.com/embed/188fipF-i5I 877 727284 qwerty keyboard layout myths 2023-11-18T14:12:42Z yes 2025-06-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/DiFtmrpuwNY/steve-mann-explains-the-eyetap https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DiFtmrpuwNY/hqdefault.jpg Steve Mann explains the EyeTap https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DiFtmrpuwNY/hqdefault.jpg Steve Mann, the wearable computing researcher, explains the EyeTap, a head-worn device that captures the wearer's view and re-displays it to the eye. He covers what it is for and how it differs from a simple heads-up display. HN people use it as the source on wearable AR, especially in Glass and real-world ad-blocking threads, where Mann's decades of earlier work get pointed out. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DiFtmrpuwNY 399 50728 eyetap wearable computing 2010-01-16T18:24:07Z yes 2021-12-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/lDcVrVA4bSQ/we-the-tiny-house-people-documentary-small-homes-tiny-flats-and-wee-shelters https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lDcVrVA4bSQ/hqdefault.jpg We The Tiny House People (Documentary): Small Homes, Tiny Flats & Wee Shelters https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lDcVrVA4bSQ/hqdefault.jpg Kirsten Dirksen's documentary visits people living in tiny houses, small flats and other small shelters. It looks at how they fit a life into very little space and why they chose to. HN offers it as the companion to micro-apartment and flatpack-house threads, the place to see what the tiny home movement looks like in practice. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lDcVrVA4bSQ 4906 4950309 tiny houses and small living 2012-04-23T18:02:29Z yes 2013-08-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/lYpX4l2UeZg/hans-rosling-the-river-of-myths https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lYpX4l2UeZg/hqdefault.jpg Hans Rosling: The River of Myths https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lYpX4l2UeZg/hqdefault.jpg Hans Rosling of Gapminder gives a talk on the myths people hold about global poverty, health and population, and corrects them with data. It is hosted on Bill Gates's channel. HN cites it for the data-backed claim that falling child mortality leads women to have fewer children. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lYpX4l2UeZg 171 192170 data-driven myth busting on global development 2013-01-31T18:31:56Z yes 2015-01-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/o4MwTvtyrUQ/what-is-a-browser https://i.ytimg.com/vi/o4MwTvtyrUQ/hqdefault.jpg What is a Browser? https://i.ytimg.com/vi/o4MwTvtyrUQ/hqdefault.jpg Google employees ask people on the street in Times Square what a web browser is. Many cannot tell a browser from a search engine. HN uses it as the standard reminder that ordinary users do not share techies' mental models, for arguments about privacy, security and design. https://www.youtube.com/embed/o4MwTvtyrUQ 153 1371903 what people think a browser is 2009-04-30T20:14:01Z yes 2016-03-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/rC4FCS-oMpg/makepad-designing-modern-uis-with-rust-rik-arends-rustnl-2023 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rC4FCS-oMpg/hqdefault.jpg Makepad: Designing modern UIs with Rust - Rik Arends - RustNL 2023 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rC4FCS-oMpg/hqdefault.jpg Rik Arends of Makepad talks at RustNL 2023 about designing modern UIs with Rust. The talk covers Makepad's approach to fast, GPU-driven interfaces and includes a demo of a zoomable text interface. HN points to it for the performance of Makepad's UI and the zoomable-text demo around the 14:45 mark. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rC4FCS-oMpg 3320 59657 makepad ui toolkit in rust 2023-05-31T09:25:39Z yes 2024-08-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/gDrHkNgGQDs/ted-talking-fast-how-computer-documents-got-dumbed-down-and-the-alternative https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gDrHkNgGQDs/hqdefault.jpg Ted Talking Fast: How Computer Documents Got Dumbed Down-- and the Alternative https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gDrHkNgGQDs/hqdefault.jpg Ted Nelson, the inventor of hypertext, argues in this talk that computer documents have been dumbed down and describes the alternative he has long proposed. It covers his critique of how documents and the web ended up the way they are. HN people list it among favorite tech talks as more hypertext and UX material, and point to it as the full-length Nelson talk behind his ideas. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gDrHkNgGQDs 2179 857 ted nelson on dumbed-down documents 2018-01-09T20:16:39Z yes 2018-04-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/cjriSNgFHsM/beos-demo-video https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cjriSNgFHsM/hqdefault.jpg BeOS Demo Video https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cjriSNgFHsM/hqdefault.jpg A demo video of BeOS, the 1990s multimedia operating system. It shows audio and video playing smoothly while windows are dragged around, to show off the system's concurrency on modest hardware. HN people use it to show why BeOS felt years ahead of Windows and Mac in the late 90s, with a fast, smooth interface on the same hardware. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cjriSNgFHsM 1189 23053 beos desktop demo 2011-12-10T17:22:19Z yes 2024-04-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/4JWwOzEDGss/philip-glass-sesame-street-geometry-of-circles-mp4 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4JWwOzEDGss/hqdefault.jpg Philip Glass - Sesame Street - Geometry of Circles.mp4 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4JWwOzEDGss/hqdefault.jpg A vintage Sesame Street animated segment, Geometry of Circles, scored by composer Philip Glass. Geometric shapes move to his minimalist music. HN people share it as an example of how creative and ambitious Sesame Street's animation and music segments used to be, and credit it for lasting tastes in music. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4JWwOzEDGss 160 153976 philip glass sesame street animation 2012-05-13T09:22:49Z yes 2021-05-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/svLzmFuSBhk/how-to-make-3d-fractals https://i.ytimg.com/vi/svLzmFuSBhk/hqdefault.jpg How to Make 3D Fractals https://i.ytimg.com/vi/svLzmFuSBhk/hqdefault.jpg CodeParade explains how to render 3D fractals with ray marching, showing how distance functions let you draw shapes such as the Mandelbulb in a shader. HN submitters share it as an approachable, visual introduction to ray-marched fractals. https://www.youtube.com/embed/svLzmFuSBhk 468 1843309 3d fractals with ray marching 2018-05-19T08:33:10Z yes 2020-05-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/AtPA6nIBs5g/back-to-the-future-vfxcool-1-2 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AtPA6nIBs5g/hqdefault.jpg Back to the Future | VFXcool (1/2) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AtPA6nIBs5g/hqdefault.jpg Captain Disillusion explains the special effects of Back to the Future in the first of two parts, focusing on how Industrial Light and Magic used computer-controlled camera rigs to repeat the same camera move for composited shots. It is a short visual-effects history from the era before CGI. HN people cite it as a succinct account of motion-control cameras and of small, talented VFX teams solving problems cleverly. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AtPA6nIBs5g 645 2155598 back to the future visual effects 2017-08-31T19:26:06Z yes 2024-11-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Na9iO_HEe14/the-map-that-saved-the-most-lives https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Na9iO_HEe14/hqdefault.jpg The map that saved the most lives https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Na9iO_HEe14/hqdefault.jpg A Map Men video, part of Jay Foreman's series on maps and borders, about a map the title credits with saving the most lives. It includes a sponsorship sketch partway through. Submitted as a good short Map Men video, and held up in an advertising thread for the quality of its sponsor sketch. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Na9iO_HEe14 488 2565999 life-saving maps 2020-11-16T17:00:01Z yes 2021-09-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/rApTzWboLrA/the-library-of-rare-colors https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rApTzWboLrA/hqdefault.jpg The library of rare colors https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rApTzWboLrA/hqdefault.jpg Tom Scott visits a collection of rare pigments and talks about colors that are hard to make, find or reproduce. It is a short explainer on where colors come from and why some are rare. HN offers it, with Scott's pink video, as a pair to watch for anyone curious about color, especially around rare and endangered pigments. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rApTzWboLrA 313 3306068 rare pigments and colors 2019-03-18T16:00:08Z yes 2019-11-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/3smr5CEdksc/making-strong-shelves-with-topology-optimization https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3smr5CEdksc/hqdefault.jpg Making STRONG shelves with Topology Optimization https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3smr5CEdksc/hqdefault.jpg Thomas Sanladerer of Made with Layers designs shelf brackets with topology optimization in the free version of Fusion 360 and prints them in PLA on a Prusa i3 MK3. He shows how the software removes material and what the strength tests show. HN people share it as an accessible example of generative design in practice and cite it in CAD discussions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3smr5CEdksc 855 1447556 topology optimization for 3d printing 2019-07-26T12:48:36Z yes 2020-06-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/sI-1YNAmWlk/how-to-quickly-build-a-cycling-city-paris https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sI-1YNAmWlk/hqdefault.jpg How to (Quickly) Build a Cycling City - Paris https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sI-1YNAmWlk/hqdefault.jpg Not Just Bikes looks at how Paris is building out cycling infrastructure quickly and compares that approach with other ways of making cities less car-centric. HN cites it, alongside the channel's other videos, in threads on road safety, parking and car-light cities. https://www.youtube.com/embed/sI-1YNAmWlk 780 1354793 paris cycling infrastructure 2021-12-17T20:00:13Z yes 2022-12-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/FsbLEtS0uls/google-i-o-2013-project-ground-truth-accurate-maps-via-algorithms-and-elbow https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FsbLEtS0uls/hqdefault.jpg Google I/O 2013 - Project Ground Truth: Accurate Maps Via Algorithms and Elbow Grease https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FsbLEtS0uls/hqdefault.jpg A Google I/O 2013 talk on Project Ground Truth, Google's effort to build accurate map data using algorithms and a lot of manual work. It covers how the map data behind Google Maps is made and corrected. HN people recommend it as the best look at how the data behind Google Maps is actually produced, including the internal tools used to edit it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FsbLEtS0uls 2421 65987 how google maps data is made 2013-05-17T00:39:25Z yes 2014-12-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/7h4tepFbMso/apple-and-steve-jobs-biggest-mistakes-ep-1-the-macintosh https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7h4tepFbMso/hqdefault.jpg Apple and Steve Jobs' Biggest Mistakes Ep 1 - The Macintosh https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7h4tepFbMso/hqdefault.jpg The 8-Bit Guy argues that the original Macintosh was among Apple and Steve Jobs' biggest mistakes, comparing it with the Apple IIgs and what Apple might have done by continuing the Apple II line. The first episode of a series, it is a retrospective on 1980s Apple product decisions rather than on interface design as such. HN people link it in debates about whether the Apple IIgs was the better machine and what a more gradual Apple II roadmap might have looked like. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7h4tepFbMso 468 1375550 macintosh vs apple iigs 2015-01-19T02:46:09Z yes 2017-11-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Lb-cKVxmVGk/alan-kay-on-computer-science-degree https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Lb-cKVxmVGk/hqdefault.jpg Alan Kay on Computer Science Degree https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Lb-cKVxmVGk/hqdefault.jpg A short clip of Alan Kay answering a question about whether to get a computer science degree. It was posted by Kenneth Friedman, who has collected many Kay talks and interviews. Kay gives his view on university computing education and what it fails to teach. HN people use it as Alan Kay's counterpoint when the value of a CS degree comes up, and it was also submitted on its own twice. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Lb-cKVxmVGk 46 6358 alan kay on cs education 2015-07-28T22:39:07Z yes 2020-09-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/XR6eM_5pAb0/coldfront16-glenn-maddern-the-future-of-reusable-css https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XR6eM_5pAb0/hqdefault.jpg ColdFront16 • Glenn Maddern: The Future of Reusable CSS https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XR6eM_5pAb0/hqdefault.jpg Glenn Maddern, co-creator of CSS Modules and styled-components, talks at ColdFront 2016 about how reusable CSS and component libraries should be styled. He covers why existing approaches fall short and where CSS theming might head. HN people point to it as the background reading for how component libraries should be styled, in discussions of styled-components and CSS theming. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XR6eM_5pAb0 2306 10090 reusable css for component libraries 2016-09-19T04:10:34Z yes 2019-12-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/_d6KuiuteIA/introducing-the-leap-motion https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_d6KuiuteIA/hqdefault.jpg Introducing the Leap Motion https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_d6KuiuteIA/hqdefault.jpg The 2012 introductory video for the Leap Motion, a small sensor that tracks hand and finger movements for controlling a computer with gestures. It shows the device being used to interact with software in mid-air. HN people shared it as an early look at gesture-based input, and as one of the peripherals imagined for VR headsets like the Oculus Rift. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_d6KuiuteIA 72 10875095 leap motion gesture controller 2012-05-21T10:15:34Z yes 2013-02-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/IPczQgCuOOc/harold-cohen-the-age-of-intelligent-machines-1987-clip https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IPczQgCuOOc/hqdefault.jpg Harold Cohen - The Age of Intelligent Machines - 1987 (Clip) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IPczQgCuOOc/hqdefault.jpg A clip of Harold Cohen from the 1987 documentary The Age of Intelligent Machines, in which the artist describes writing programs that make drawings. Cohen is known for AARON, the program he developed to produce art. HN people submit it as a short first-hand look at an artist who made drawings through programs, often posted when Cohen died. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IPczQgCuOOc 136 16744 harold cohen and aaron 2016-03-07T19:51:05Z yes 2021-02-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/j14b25SnYRY/blender-2-8-beginner-tutorial-part-1-introduction https://i.ytimg.com/vi/j14b25SnYRY/hqdefault.jpg Blender 2.8 Beginner Tutorial - Part 1: Introduction https://i.ytimg.com/vi/j14b25SnYRY/hqdefault.jpg The first part of a beginner tutorial series for Blender 2.8 from CG Boost. It introduces the program and the steps to get started with 3D modeling. HN people recommend the series as a better way to learn Blender 2.8 by following along. https://www.youtube.com/embed/j14b25SnYRY 333 378433 blender beginner tutorial 2019-09-05T13:38:37Z yes 2021-02-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ztsi0CLxmjw/non-euclidean-virtual-reality https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ztsi0CLxmjw/hqdefault.jpg Non-euclidean virtual reality https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ztsi0CLxmjw/hqdefault.jpg Henry Segerman demonstrates a virtual reality experience of non-Euclidean geometry, where you move through spaces such as hyperbolic space. It shows how curved geometries look and feel from the inside. HN cites it as the example of VR making abstract geometry intuitive, both for teaching math and as an art medium beyond ordinary 3D. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ztsi0CLxmjw 731 981833 non-euclidean virtual reality 2017-03-21T15:19:08Z yes 2022-01-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/vTMEdHcKgM4/coding-adventure-terraforming https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vTMEdHcKgM4/hqdefault.jpg Coding Adventure: Terraforming https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vTMEdHcKgM4/hqdefault.jpg Sebastian Lague's Coding Adventure episode on terraforming, where he builds a system for sculpting a procedurally generated 3D world by adding and removing terrain. It is a narrated, visual walkthrough of the code and the experiments along the way. HN people submit it as a well-made, visually satisfying coding adventure from a channel known for beautiful procedural graphics. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vTMEdHcKgM4 1343 1691742 procedural terrain sculpting 2021-05-29T13:43:51Z yes 2022-01-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/1hqt8JkYRdI/organic-towns-from-square-tiles-a-talk-by-oskar-stalberg-at-indiecade-europe https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1hqt8JkYRdI/hqdefault.jpg ORGANIC TOWNS FROM SQUARE TILES - a talk by OSKAR STÅLBERG at INDIECADE EUROPE 2019 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1hqt8JkYRdI/hqdefault.jpg Oskar Stalberg, creator of Townscaper, gives an IndieCade Europe 2019 talk on building organic-looking towns from a grid of square tiles. He explains the technique and the grid behind his building toy. HN points to it whenever Townscaper comes up, as the clearest explanation of how the game's grid and generation work. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1hqt8JkYRdI 1917 36391 townscaper procedural towns 2020-03-17T13:04:26Z yes 2021-12-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/eGnzzZjTM8Y/chm-live-insanely-great-the-apple-mac-at-40 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eGnzzZjTM8Y/hqdefault.jpg CHM Live | Insanely Great: The Apple Mac at 40 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eGnzzZjTM8Y/hqdefault.jpg A Computer History Museum live event marking the 40th anniversary of the Apple Macintosh, titled Insanely Great. It looks back at the original Mac and its place in the history of personal computing. HN people submitted it as a worthwhile record of the Mac's 40th anniversary. https://www.youtube.com/embed/eGnzzZjTM8Y 7062 22920 macintosh 40th anniversary 2024-01-26T21:39:17Z yes 2024-02-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/8dinUbg2h70/the-implementation-of-rewind-in-braid https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8dinUbg2h70/hqdefault.jpg The Implementation of Rewind in Braid https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8dinUbg2h70/hqdefault.jpg Jonathan Blow's GDC talk on how he built the time-rewind mechanic in Braid. He explains the technical approach, which stores keyframes and diffs rather than using immutable data structures, and the memory limits he had to work within, such as background particles. HN people send it to anyone curious how Braid's rewind works, and use it as an example of a hard implementation behind a simple player experience. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8dinUbg2h70 1616 140635 implementing rewind in braid 2016-12-12T17:21:06Z yes 2023-11-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/tYytVzbPky8/how-to-datamosh-part-1 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tYytVzbPky8/hqdefault.jpg HOW TO DATAMOSH: PART 1 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tYytVzbPky8/hqdefault.jpg Part 1 of a how-to on datamoshing, the video glitch effect made by manipulating compressed video, for example by removing keyframes so that motion smears across frames. HN people share it as the how-to for the datamosh effect, alongside the music videos and glitch art that made it popular. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tYytVzbPky8 580 433036 datamoshing 2009-02-24T12:37:26Z yes 2019-02-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/TO0Tx3w5abQ/why-i-use-wave-function-collapse-to-create-levels-for-my-game https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TO0Tx3w5abQ/hqdefault.jpg Why I use Wave Function Collapse to create levels for my game https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TO0Tx3w5abQ/hqdefault.jpg A developer explains why he uses the Wave Function Collapse algorithm to generate levels for his game, and shows the algorithm at work. It is a programming-focused walkthrough of procedural generation. HN people submit it as a clear, practical demonstration of Wave Function Collapse used for real level generation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/TO0Tx3w5abQ 933 314544 wave function collapse level generation 2022-08-05T15:40:20Z yes 2024-02-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/qwIAjB99ucw/blit-terminal-1982 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qwIAjB99ucw/hqdefault.jpg Blit Terminal (1982) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qwIAjB99ucw/hqdefault.jpg A vintage demo video from 1982 of the Blit, the bitmap graphics terminal from Bell Labs. It shows windows, mouse use and graphics on a Unix terminal, with a synth soundtrack. HN shares it to show what the Blit was and compares it to early VR and spatial computing today. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qwIAjB99ucw 239 67265 blit bitmap terminal 2010-03-07T01:38:13Z yes 2022-07-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/5BIP_N9qQm4/introducing-sile-a-new-typesetting-system https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5BIP_N9qQm4/hqdefault.jpg Introducing SILE: A New Typesetting System https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5BIP_N9qQm4/hqdefault.jpg Simon Cozens introduces SILE at FOSDEM 2015, a typesetting system written in Lua that is separate from TeX but reimplements some of its algorithms. He explains what it is and how it handles page layout and different scripts. HN people use it as the introduction to SILE when looking for a modern alternative to TeX, with the caveat that it may be out of date. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5BIP_N9qQm4 2845 5321 sile typesetting system 2015-03-21T14:18:58Z yes 2021-05-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/dGiqrsv530Y/an-experimental-new-way-to-design-software https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dGiqrsv530Y/hqdefault.jpg An experimental new way to design software https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dGiqrsv530Y/hqdefault.jpg Anthropic's short demo of an experiment in which Claude generates working software and interface on the fly, instead of running pre-built apps. It shows the idea of an interface produced by the model as you use it, with no fixed code behind the screens. HN mostly cites it as an early glimpse of a future where AI simulates whatever application you want and software writes itself. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dGiqrsv530Y 102 208857 model-generated interfaces 2025-09-29T16:57:14Z yes 2025-10-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Bxdt6T_1qgc/coding-challenge-181-weighted-voronoi-stippling https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Bxdt6T_1qgc/hqdefault.jpg Coding Challenge 181: Weighted Voronoi Stippling https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Bxdt6T_1qgc/hqdefault.jpg Daniel Shiffman of The Coding Train works through a coding challenge that builds weighted Voronoi stippling, turning an image into a pattern of dots whose density follows the image brightness. He codes it live in p5.js and explains the algorithm along the way. HN people recommend it as a more fun and better-looking alternative to standard dithering for turning images into dots. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Bxdt6T_1qgc 1739 216496 weighted voronoi stippling 2024-02-22T14:51:52Z yes 2026-05-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/HV7Dmo277Rs/javascript-haikus-my-adventures-in-tiny-coding-frank-force-js-gamedev-summit https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HV7Dmo277Rs/hqdefault.jpg JavaScript Haikus: My Adventures in Tiny Coding - Frank Force, JS GameDev Summit 2023 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HV7Dmo277Rs/hqdefault.jpg Frank Force's talk at JS GameDev Summit 2023 about his work in tiny coding: very small JavaScript programs that produce games, music and animation. He explains the tricks and tools behind his micro projects. HN people share it as the explanation behind his jaw-dropping tiny-code work, such as a short film in 256 bytes. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HV7Dmo277Rs 1231 9266 tiny javascript creative coding 2023-10-04T10:57:00Z yes 2025-08-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/vJG698U2Mvo/selective-attention-test https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vJG698U2Mvo/hqdefault.jpg selective attention test https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vJG698U2Mvo/hqdefault.jpg Daniel Simons's selective attention test, the short video in which viewers count basketball passes by one team and many miss a person in a gorilla suit walking through the scene. It is a classic demonstration of inattentional blindness. HN reaches for it to show that human attention is selective, with examples from drivers not seeing cyclists and motorcyclists to the limits of attention compared with LLMs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vJG698U2Mvo 82 34142043 selective attention test 2010-03-10T13:52:42Z yes 2019-10-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Lw4W9V57SKs/revision-2026-compo-pc-demo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Lw4W9V57SKs/hqdefault.jpg Revision 2026 - Compo - PC Demo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Lw4W9V57SKs/hqdefault.jpg A stream of the PC demo competition at the Revision 2026 demoparty. HN people point to a segment about 95 minutes in, a Razor 1911 retrospective on the group's 40 years of demoscene work. It runs from the C64 through Amiga and DOS to the modern PC scene. HN recommends it as a blend of old and new demoscene, with Razor 1911's retrospective as the main draw. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Lw4W9V57SKs 6213 29447 demoscene compo 2026-04-06T02:05:40Z yes 2026-10-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/hyCIpKAIFyo/pipe-dream-animusic-com https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hyCIpKAIFyo/hqdefault.jpg "Pipe Dream" - Animusic.com https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hyCIpKAIFyo/hqdefault.jpg Pipe Dream is a computer-animated music video from Animusic, in which fantastic machines play music, with the animation driven by MIDI data. It is one of the studio's best-known pieces. HN people bring it up in every thread about music machines and marble machines, as the CG version of those real-world builds. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hyCIpKAIFyo 209 17656879 animusic cg music machines 2008-03-18T00:11:38Z yes 2024-03-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/GSGKEy8vHqg/computemusic-now-andrew-sorensen-at-tedxqut https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GSGKEy8vHqg/hqdefault.jpg ComputeMusic(now): Andrew Sorensen at TEDxQUT https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GSGKEy8vHqg/hqdefault.jpg Andrew Sorensen's TEDxQUT talk, in which he live-codes music using the Extempore programming environment. He writes and changes code while it is running, so the code becomes the performance. HN people point to it as the best example of live coding as performance art and as an introduction to Extempore. https://www.youtube.com/embed/GSGKEy8vHqg 648 61409 live coding music with extempore 2013-09-17T03:16:43Z yes 2021-09-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/S8yRaWY1xV8/birdhouse-a-notepad-for-twitter https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S8yRaWY1xV8/hqdefault.jpg Birdhouse: A notepad for Twitter https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S8yRaWY1xV8/hqdefault.jpg A product video for Birdhouse, an iPhone notepad app for Twitter, made by Adam Lisagor's Sandwich video studio. It is a short, charming demo in the style of Lisagor's early startup videos. HN people hold it up as one of the best startup demo videos, as charming as the Square one and a marker of Adam Lisagor's early work. https://www.youtube.com/embed/S8yRaWY1xV8 122 101851 startup product video 2009-04-13T18:37:22Z yes 2015-04-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/dicYf7OiS3Q/introduction-artsey-one-handed-keyboard https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dicYf7OiS3Q/hqdefault.jpg Introduction: ARTSEY One Handed Keyboard https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dicYf7OiS3Q/hqdefault.jpg An introduction to ARTSEY, a one-handed keyboard that uses just eight keys. It shows the layout and the idea of typing with chords from one hand. HN people submitted it as a curious example of a compact one-handed keyboard. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dicYf7OiS3Q 127 262568 one-handed chorded keyboard 2021-04-13T19:47:06Z yes 2023-10-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/WRkYP7wnD40/the-making-of-tank https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WRkYP7wnD40/hqdefault.jpg The Making of TANK https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WRkYP7wnD40/hqdefault.jpg A making-of video for TANK, a simulated vector-animated short film, from Maxon Red Giant. It shows how the neon vector look was produced. HN people post it as the behind-the-scenes look at TANK, and recommend it as semi-related to the Tron look. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WRkYP7wnD40 1181 129630 making of tank 2018-05-23T16:53:30Z yes 2018-12-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/QOAW9ioWAvE/d-i-c-e-summit-2002-mark-cerny https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QOAW9ioWAvE/hqdefault.jpg D.I.C.E. Summit 2002 - Mark Cerny https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QOAW9ioWAvE/hqdefault.jpg Mark Cerny's talk at the 2002 D.I.C.E. Summit on his Method of game development. It lays out how a game project should move from preproduction to production, with preproduction ending only when there is real, playable gameplay to show. HN people cite it for the rule that a game should not enter full production until the gameplay is proven fun. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QOAW9ioWAvE 3332 98257 cerny method game development 2012-06-22T06:42:51Z yes 2022-07-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ts_4vOUDImE/coca-cola-small-world-machines-bringing-india-and-pakistan-together https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ts_4vOUDImE/hqdefault.jpg Coca-Cola Small World Machines - Bringing India & Pakistan Together https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ts_4vOUDImE/hqdefault.jpg A Coca-Cola ad about its Small World Machines, vending machines placed in shopping malls in Lahore and New Delhi with a live video link between them. People in India and Pakistan complete simple tasks together through the screens and share a Coke. HN offers it as a good example of a brand using an installation to connect people, and a counterpoint when arguing about what corporations can do for the world. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ts_4vOUDImE 182 4772537 coca-cola social installation ad 2013-05-20T03:37:39Z yes 2013-11-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/iIiAAhUeR6Y/choice-happiness-and-spaghetti-sauce-malcolm-gladwell https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iIiAAhUeR6Y/hqdefault.jpg Choice, happiness and spaghetti sauce | Malcolm Gladwell https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iIiAAhUeR6Y/hqdefault.jpg Malcolm Gladwell's TED talk about spaghetti sauce, the food maker Howard Moskowitz and what he found about choice and what people say they want. It argues that there is no single perfect product, only the right variety for different groups. HN people cite it as the evidence that people don't know what they want, and as a story for why different people respond to different options. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iIiAAhUeR6Y 1096 2013112 choice and spaghetti sauce 2007-01-16T16:40:16Z yes 2024-04-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Lsg84NtJbmI/so-you-want-to-be-a-front-end-engineer https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Lsg84NtJbmI/hqdefault.jpg So, You Want to be a Front-End Engineer https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Lsg84NtJbmI/hqdefault.jpg A talk by David Mosher on what it takes to become a front-end engineer. It covers the browser and web fundamentals a front-end developer should know, aimed at people entering the field around 2012. HN people submitted it in 2012 and 2013, and one later footnoted it as part of teaching browser and web fundamentals. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Lsg84NtJbmI 3595 69817 becoming a front-end engineer 2012-10-24T14:14:21Z yes 2013-07-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/eRsGyueVLvQ/sintel-open-movie-by-blender-foundation https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eRsGyueVLvQ/hqdefault.jpg Sintel - Open Movie by Blender Foundation https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eRsGyueVLvQ/hqdefault.jpg Sintel is the 2010 open animated short from the Blender Foundation, made with Blender and released under a Creative Commons license. It follows a young woman and her search for a baby dragon. HN cites it as proof of what Blender can do and as a freely licensed film for demoing video tools. https://www.youtube.com/embed/eRsGyueVLvQ 888 5853125 blender open movie 2010-09-30T13:28:21Z yes 2014-04-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/40L3SGmcPDQ/mind-control-device-demonstration-tan-le https://i.ytimg.com/vi/40L3SGmcPDQ/hqdefault.jpg Mind Control Device Demonstration - Tan Le https://i.ytimg.com/vi/40L3SGmcPDQ/hqdefault.jpg Tan Le of Emotiv demonstrates the Emotiv headset, a consumer brain-computer interface. The demo includes training the headset to recognize a user's mental commands. HN people cite it as a working example of brain-computer input, as a possible peripheral for VR and as an illustration of how the headset's training works. https://www.youtube.com/embed/40L3SGmcPDQ 1319 766824 brain-computer interface demo 2008-12-31T21:56:41Z yes 2013-02-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/92QmjS-xDaI/cad-in-blender-is-here-cad-sketcher-intro-constraint-driven-design https://i.ytimg.com/vi/92QmjS-xDaI/hqdefault.jpg CAD In Blender Is HERE! | CAD Sketcher Intro | Constraint Driven Design https://i.ytimg.com/vi/92QmjS-xDaI/hqdefault.jpg Keep Making introduces CAD Sketcher, a Blender add-on that adds constraint-driven 2D sketching and parametric CAD-style modeling. The video walks through the basics of the tool. HN people share it as the introductory tutorial for the CAD Sketcher add-on whenever Blender and parametric design come up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/92QmjS-xDaI 682 478251 cad sketcher for blender 2022-04-22T17:14:35Z yes 2022-05-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ImaH51F4HBw/marshall-mcluhan-full-lecture-the-medium-is-the-message-1977-part-1-v-3 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ImaH51F4HBw/hqdefault.jpg Marshall Mcluhan Full lecture: The medium is the message - 1977 part 1 v 3 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ImaH51F4HBw/hqdefault.jpg The first part of a 1977 lecture by Marshall McLuhan on his best-known idea, that the medium is the message. He argues that a communication medium shapes how people think and live regardless of the content it carries. HN people recommend it as eloquent first-hand McLuhan and apply his idea to software, arguing that programming languages and platforms shape what gets built. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ImaH51F4HBw 863 563615 mcluhan the medium is the message 2011-08-09T16:08:58Z yes 2018-02-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/u4L130DkdOw/see-how-the-rest-of-the-world-lives-organized-by-income-anna-rosling-ronnlund https://i.ytimg.com/vi/u4L130DkdOw/hqdefault.jpg See how the rest of the world lives, organized by income | Anna Rosling Rönnlund https://i.ytimg.com/vi/u4L130DkdOw/hqdefault.jpg Anna Rosling Rönnlund of Gapminder presents Dollar Street, a project built from photos of homes at many income levels taken in dozens of countries. Sorting the photos of everyday things like beds, stoves and toys by income shows that how people live depends more on income than on nationality. HN finds it an insightful way to see global living standards through photos used as data, and pairs it with Hans Rosling's talks for perspective on world progress. https://www.youtube.com/embed/u4L130DkdOw 702 881448 dollar street photos by income 2018-01-18T21:35:45Z yes 2023-01-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/-2NBTOZnEy8/mockup-monday-9-emacs-on-the-iphone https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-2NBTOZnEy8/hqdefault.jpg Mockup Monday #9: Emacs on the iPhone https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-2NBTOZnEy8/hqdefault.jpg A short mockup video by Shane Celis, part of his Mockup Monday series, imagining how Emacs could work on an iPhone's touch screen. It is a design sketch of a touch interface for a keyboard-driven editor rather than a working app. HN people submitted it as a curious design exercise in bringing a keyboard-heavy programming tool to a phone. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-2NBTOZnEy8 295 4927 emacs touch interface mockup 2014-04-07T17:36:45Z yes 2019-12-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/kaBte1cBi5U/chris-crawford-s-the-dragon-speech-stfr https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kaBte1cBi5U/hqdefault.jpg Chris Crawford's "The Dragon Speech" (STFR) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kaBte1cBi5U/hqdefault.jpg Game designer Chris Crawford's "Dragon Speech", a talk on what interactive games could be. It is often cited for the argument that games can offer the interactivity that makes one-on-one teaching effective. HN treats it as the origin of the games-for-education argument: worth watching and arguing with, but not worth endorsing outright. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kaBte1cBi5U 2789 14270 games as interactive teaching 2014-09-12T21:40:10Z yes 2020-06-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/3AtBE9BOvvk/real-life-emoji-keyboard https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3AtBE9BOvvk/hqdefault.jpg Real Life Emoji Keyboard! https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3AtBE9BOvvk/hqdefault.jpg Tom Scott shows a physical emoji keyboard he built, with every emoji of the time on 14 full keyboards covered in thousands of hand-placed stickers. It is driven by AutoHotKey scripting. HN people cite it whenever emoji input or odd keyboards come up, as a delightful stunt and an example of AutoHotKey abuse. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3AtBE9BOvvk 133 735477 physical emoji keyboard 2015-09-21T13:00:30Z yes 2021-10-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/rn4T9Y9PbgQ/interactive-sketching-of-urban-procedural-models-siggraph-2016 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rn4T9Y9PbgQ/hqdefault.jpg Interactive Sketching of Urban Procedural Models - SIGGRAPH 2016 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rn4T9Y9PbgQ/hqdefault.jpg A SIGGRAPH 2016 research video on interactive sketching of urban procedural models, in which a user sketches to steer the procedural generation of city layouts and buildings. HN submitters post it as a demonstration of how sketch input can control procedural city generation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rn4T9Y9PbgQ 295 30197 sketch-driven procedural city modeling 2016-04-20T17:49:05Z yes 2019-04-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/H58-n7uldoU/light-table-a-new-ide https://i.ytimg.com/vi/H58-n7uldoU/hqdefault.jpg Light Table - a new IDE https://i.ytimg.com/vi/H58-n7uldoU/hqdefault.jpg Chris Granger's demonstration of Light Table, a new IDE that shows code results inline as you work. It is built around immediate feedback and a more direct, visual way of working with programs. HN people list it among the tools that put Bret Victor's ideas into practice, and recall it whenever an editor shows inline REPL results. https://www.youtube.com/embed/H58-n7uldoU 280 33729 light table ide 2012-04-13T15:00:24Z yes 2023-01-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/FiCqlYKRlAA/new-technology-haptic-feedback-for-touchscreens https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FiCqlYKRlAA/hqdefault.jpg New Technology: Haptic Feedback for Touchscreens https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FiCqlYKRlAA/hqdefault.jpg A short GameSpot piece on haptic feedback for touchscreens, showing technology that lets a flat screen give tactile sensations instead of a plain vibration. It is a demo of the idea rather than a design talk. HN people link it as the example of electrostatic touchscreen haptics, wanting something better than a plain vibration for touch devices. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiCqlYKRlAA 340 79847 touchscreen haptic feedback 2012-01-11T10:09:27Z yes 2013-09-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/IOxIUeroIVQ/the-first-tiling-window-manager-siemens-rtl-tiled-window-manager-released-in https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IOxIUeroIVQ/hqdefault.jpg The First Tiling Window Manager - Siemens RTL Tiled Window Manager (released in 1988) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IOxIUeroIVQ/hqdefault.jpg A demo of the Siemens RTL Tiled Window Manager, released in 1988 and described as the first tiling window manager. It shows windows arranged side by side without overlapping. HN people share it as a record of the earliest tiling window manager, long before the idea became popular on Linux. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IOxIUeroIVQ 621 5248 first tiling window manager 2019-06-10T01:14:31Z yes 2022-09-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/fp0t2jCMGZE/one-of-those-days-compo-version https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fp0t2jCMGZE/hqdefault.jpg One Of Those Days (compo version) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fp0t2jCMGZE/hqdefault.jpg The competition version of One Of Those Days, an 8 kilobyte demoscene intro by Loonies that won the 8k category at Revision 2018. It runs as a short, funny real-time animation generated by a tiny program. HN people share it as a funny and impressive example of what an 8kb demo can do, next to Elevated. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fp0t2jCMGZE 204 55787 8kb demoscene intro 2018-04-02T02:15:59Z yes 2018-09-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/8za_4g5zCOM/crazy-keyboard-you-wear-tap-wearable-keyboard-and-mouse https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8za_4g5zCOM/hqdefault.jpg CRAZY Keyboard You WEAR! - TAP Wearable Keyboard & Mouse https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8za_4g5zCOM/hqdefault.jpg Linus Tech Tips reviews the TAP, a wearable device that works as a keyboard and mouse using finger taps. The video demonstrates how the tap-based input works and how practical it is to learn. HN people mention it in Doug Engelbart threads as a decent review of a modern chorded-input device, related to his keyset. https://www.youtube.com/embed/8za_4g5zCOM 448 3760946 tap wearable keyboard review 2018-04-27T07:00:33Z yes 2025-03-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/-KJUVJAUY8o/pteromys-interactive-design-and-optimization-of-free-formed-free-flight-model https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-KJUVJAUY8o/hqdefault.jpg Pteromys: Interactive Design and Optimization of Free-formed Free-flight Model Airplanes https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-KJUVJAUY8o/hqdefault.jpg A research video accompanying the 2014 SIGGRAPH paper Pteromys, which presents an interactive tool for designing free-form model airplanes. The system simulates flight and optimizes the shape so unusual designs still fly. HN people cite it as a favorite example of research that combines interactive design with physical simulation, especially in paper airplane threads. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-KJUVJAUY8o 190 105162 computational airplane design 2014-06-20T13:50:00Z yes 2023-05-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/vGUNqq3jVLg/writing-advice-from-matt-stone-and-trey-parker-nyu-mtvu-s-stand-in https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vGUNqq3jVLg/hqdefault.jpg Writing Advice from Matt Stone & Trey Parker @ NYU | MTVU's "Stand In" https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vGUNqq3jVLg/hqdefault.jpg South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker talk to NYU students on MTVU's Stand In and give advice on writing. The best-known part is their rule that story beats should be joined by but or therefore rather than and then. HN circulates it as the source of the but/therefore rule for story structure, and links the excerpt whenever writing or generated stories come up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vGUNqq3jVLg 135 1338343 story structure writing advice 2017-01-25T06:36:56Z yes 2024-06-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/4cMVKW-fR1M/windows-8-operating-under-the-influence https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4cMVKW-fR1M/hqdefault.jpg Windows 8: Operating Under the Influence https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4cMVKW-fR1M/hqdefault.jpg A 3SheetsResearch video in which the reviewer tries Windows 8 while drunk, as an informal and comic test of how intuitive the interface is. It plays as a review and a rough usability test at once. HN people pass it around as a funny take on the idea of testing interfaces on a drunk user, to see whether they work without much thought. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4cMVKW-fR1M 276 595448 drunk usability test of windows 8 2012-11-01T13:12:14Z yes 2015-03-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/vI5pbDFDZyI/how-highways-almost-destroyed-amsterdam-plan-jokinen https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vI5pbDFDZyI/hqdefault.jpg How Highways Almost Destroyed Amsterdam - Plan Jokinen https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vI5pbDFDZyI/hqdefault.jpg Not Just Bikes tells a short history of Plan Jokinen, the 1960s proposal to cut highways through central Amsterdam. It explains how public protest in the 1970s stopped it and set the city on its cycling-friendly path. HN uses it as the go-to example that the Netherlands was once as car-dependent as anywhere else and only narrowly avoided car-centric planning. https://www.youtube.com/embed/vI5pbDFDZyI 206 407623 amsterdam highways plan jokinen 2019-10-21T07:00:04Z yes 2022-07-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/e2H35SlLmUA/t-e-d-d-y-draw-in-2d-outputs-in-3d https://i.ytimg.com/vi/e2H35SlLmUA/hqdefault.jpg T.E.D.D.Y. (Draw in 2D - Outputs in 3D) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/e2H35SlLmUA/hqdefault.jpg A demo of Teddy, a research system from Takeo Igarashi's group at the University of Tokyo. The user draws a 2D outline with simple strokes and the software turns it into a rounded 3D solid, then edits it with more gestures. HN treats it as a favorite example of a gestural interface that makes 3D modeling easy for people who are not artists. https://www.youtube.com/embed/e2H35SlLmUA 302 346972 sketch-based 3d modeling 2006-09-16T02:53:29Z yes 2015-10-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/L4FLWSt9Px4/a-short-history-of-live-programming-forward-3-web-summit https://i.ytimg.com/vi/L4FLWSt9Px4/hqdefault.jpg A Short History of Live Programming - Forward 3 Web Summit https://i.ytimg.com/vi/L4FLWSt9Px4/hqdefault.jpg A talk at the Forward 3 Web Summit tracing the history of live programming, in which programmers see the effects of their code as they write it. It surveys earlier systems and ideas that shaped this way of working. HN people submit it as a compact history of live programming. https://www.youtube.com/embed/L4FLWSt9Px4 2447 5666 history of live programming 2015-08-19T22:18:38Z yes 2016-01-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/lK_cdkpazjI/a-sci-fi-short-film-sight-by-sight-systems-thecgbros https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lK_cdkpazjI/hqdefault.jpg A Sci-Fi Short Film : "Sight" - by Sight Systems | TheCGBros https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lK_cdkpazjI/hqdefault.jpg "Sight" is a sci-fi short film by Sight Systems set in a near future where augmented reality, seen through contact lenses, gamifies everyday life such as cooking and dating. HN keeps linking it as a disquieting picture of where AR glasses and gamification are heading, from the Google Glass era to Meta's smart glasses. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lK_cdkpazjI 473 2181242 ar future short film 2012-08-01T07:09:46Z yes 2013-10-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/BytowtVycc0/the-history-of-cursor-keys https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BytowtVycc0/hqdefault.jpg The History of Cursor Keys https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BytowtVycc0/hqdefault.jpg The 8-Bit Guy traces the history of cursor keys on computer keyboards, looking at how different machines and manufacturers arranged them over the years. It is a look at one small piece of keyboard design. HN people submit it as an entertaining history of a keyboard layout detail most people take for granted. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BytowtVycc0 945 765401 history of cursor keys 2023-04-30T18:17:45Z yes 2025-06-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/i3Xack9ufYk/apparatus-a-hybrid-graphics-editor-programming-environment-by-toby-schachman https://i.ytimg.com/vi/i3Xack9ufYk/hqdefault.jpg "Apparatus: A Hybrid Graphics Editor / Programming Environment" by Toby Schachman https://i.ytimg.com/vi/i3Xack9ufYk/hqdefault.jpg Toby Schachman's Strange Loop talk on Apparatus, a tool that combines a graphics editor with a programming environment. It shows drawing shapes and defining their behavior in the same space. HN people submitted it as a standout example of blurring the line between drawing and programming, and cite it among related graphical-plus-code tools. https://www.youtube.com/embed/i3Xack9ufYk 2277 14338 apparatus hybrid editor and programming environment 2015-09-28T13:20:08Z yes 2015-11-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/RMK9AphfLco/before-siri-and-alexa-there-was-eliza https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RMK9AphfLco/hqdefault.jpg Before Siri and Alexa, there was ELIZA https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RMK9AphfLco/hqdefault.jpg A short clip about ELIZA, the 1960s chatbot built at MIT that answers by reflecting a user's words back. It shows a conversation with the program and how shallow its understanding is. HN people share it as a short, clear demonstration of how ELIZA works and why its apparent understanding is superficial. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RMK9AphfLco 110 154686 eliza chatbot 2017-09-30T00:34:19Z yes 2025-12-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/go3P1Op9tF8/css-icon-tutorial-3-draw-eye-icon-with-pure-css https://i.ytimg.com/vi/go3P1Op9tF8/hqdefault.jpg CSS Icon Tutorial 3 - Draw Eye Icon with Pure Css https://i.ytimg.com/vi/go3P1Op9tF8/hqdefault.jpg Part three of a CSS icon tutorial series by Wendy of Typogram, showing how to draw an eye icon with pure CSS and no image files. It is a step-by-step screen recording of building the shapes with borders and radii. HN people share it as an approachable tutorial on crafting icons out of CSS alone, with the author herself offering it to those interested in CSS icons. https://www.youtube.com/embed/go3P1Op9tF8 680 3316 pure css icon drawing 2015-11-07T02:19:23Z yes 2016-10-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/j5bEQC6TTeM/your-life-is-not-a-hero-s-journey https://i.ytimg.com/vi/j5bEQC6TTeM/hqdefault.jpg Your Life is Not a Hero's Journey https://i.ytimg.com/vi/j5bEQC6TTeM/hqdefault.jpg A video essay from Like Stories of Old arguing that your life is not a Hero's Journey. It compares the story structure used in films with how real lives unfold, and is part of a series on stories and reality. HN people submitted it as a thought-provoking essay against fitting your life to a story template. https://www.youtube.com/embed/j5bEQC6TTeM 1695 317316 hero's journey versus real life 2020-05-12T18:49:49Z yes 2020-07-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/tGzJ8F9rC1s/ultorg-a-general-purpose-user-interface-for-relational-databases https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tGzJ8F9rC1s/hqdefault.jpg Ultorg: A General-Purpose User Interface for Relational Databases https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tGzJ8F9rC1s/hqdefault.jpg A talk from MIT CSAIL on Ultorg, a general-purpose user interface for relational databases. It lets people browse, query and edit database content in a spreadsheet-like view without writing SQL. HN offers it as an interesting approach to a better data grid, a spreadsheet-like interface onto a relational database. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tGzJ8F9rC1s 3740 3331 spreadsheet-like interface for databases 2020-09-04T13:36:53Z yes 2022-03-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/XehNK7UpZsc/the-next-major-rts-will-fail-this-is-why https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XehNK7UpZsc/hqdefault.jpg The Next Major RTS Will Fail. This Is Why. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XehNK7UpZsc/hqdefault.jpg GiantGrantGames argues that the next big real-time strategy game will fail because the genre's makers keep serving a hardcore audience. The video makes the case for single-player campaigns, story and mod support as what could give RTS games crossover appeal. HN people recommend it as a compelling case that single-player and modding are overlooked keys to RTS success. https://www.youtube.com/embed/XehNK7UpZsc 1509 985515 rts game design 2022-03-20T10:40:41Z yes 2024-01-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/FlApbxLz6pA/intersection-design-the-dutch-cycle-friendly-way https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FlApbxLz6pA/hqdefault.jpg Intersection design, the Dutch - cycle friendly - way https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FlApbxLz6pA/hqdefault.jpg A BicycleDutch video explaining how the Dutch design road junctions to be safe for people on bikes. It shows how separated lanes keep cyclists and drivers from crossing paths at intersections. HN people use it as the standard example of a solved problem: cycle-friendly junction design in the Netherlands, cited in threads about bike lanes and unsafe turns. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FlApbxLz6pA 142 965236 dutch cycle-friendly junction design 2011-04-03T22:29:43Z yes 2016-11-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/-QY2x6aZzqc/introduction-to-live-coding-music-and-visuals https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-QY2x6aZzqc/hqdefault.jpg Introduction to Live Coding Music and Visuals https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-QY2x6aZzqc/hqdefault.jpg Alex McLean, the creator of the TidalCycles live coding system, gives an introduction to live coding music and visuals. It surveys what live coding is and some of the tools used to do it. HN people recommend it as a good starting overview of the live coding scene and its tools for anyone entering creative coding. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-QY2x6aZzqc 788 59581 live coding music and visuals 2020-04-08T17:06:00Z yes 2023-12-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/xJsUDcSc6hE/asteroid-discovery-1980-2012-uhdtv https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xJsUDcSc6hE/hqdefault.jpg Asteroid Discovery - 1980-2012 - UHDTV https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xJsUDcSc6hE/hqdefault.jpg Scott Manley's visualization of every asteroid discovery between 1980 and 2012, shown as orbits that appear as they are found. The view starts with about ten thousand known asteroids and ends with a dense field of orbits. HN people share it as a striking time-lapse showing how fast discoveries accelerated, and as a related visualization to other asteroid-tracking stories. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xJsUDcSc6hE 194 230668 asteroid discovery visualization 2012-09-06T22:44:57Z yes 2015-07-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/EJ7KAD0NyGw/revision-2023-event-shader-showdown-2023-final https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EJ7KAD0NyGw/hqdefault.jpg Revision 2023 - Event - Shader Showdown 2023 Final https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EJ7KAD0NyGw/hqdefault.jpg The final of the Shader Showdown at the Revision 2023 demoparty, a live-coding competition in which contestants write real-time shaders on stage against the clock. The audience sees the code and the visuals it produces at the same time. HN people use it as the example of the demoscene's live-coding community and as evidence that the scene is still active. https://www.youtube.com/embed/EJ7KAD0NyGw 1934 4577 live-coded shader competition 2023-04-08T22:23:19Z yes 2024-02-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/HnZipJOan54/demonstrating-shem-and-golem https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HnZipJOan54/hqdefault.jpg Demonstrating Shem & Golem https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HnZipJOan54/hqdefault.jpg A presentation by xixixao of Shem, a Lisp-like language that compiles to JavaScript, and Golem, the browser-based IDE designed together with it. He argues that language innovation needs its own tooling and cannot happen inside a plain REPL. HN people recommend it as a worked example of designing a language and its IDE together in the Bret Victor spirit, and often cite it for tooling features they miss elsewhere. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HnZipJOan54 1654 3898 designing a language and ide together 2015-06-29T19:01:38Z yes 2016-03-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Mqaobr6w6_I/how-technicolor-changed-movies https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Mqaobr6w6_I/hqdefault.jpg How Technicolor changed movies https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Mqaobr6w6_I/hqdefault.jpg A Vox explainer on how Technicolor changed movies. It traces the development of color film and how it shaped what Hollywood films looked like, with The Wizard of Oz as one example. Submitted twice as a good short history of film color, and cited for the detail about the sepia house in The Wizard of Oz. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Mqaobr6w6_I 665 3549338 technicolor history 2017-12-01T14:03:01Z yes 2019-01-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/RoGuvvzHY1A/underground-dome-house-of-the-family-who-led-geese-to-fly-home https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RoGuvvzHY1A/hqdefault.jpg Underground dome house of the family who led geese to fly home https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RoGuvvzHY1A/hqdefault.jpg Kirsten Dirksen tours an underground dome house built by the family known for leading geese to fly home. The tour includes details of how they live below ground, among them a chest fridge. HN people point to it as an interesting real example of living underground or semi-subterranean for cooling and protection from weather. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RoGuvvzHY1A 1413 4766940 underground dome house 2019-08-17T18:32:40Z yes 2026-03-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/rg7Fvvl3taU/learn-css-grid-the-easy-way https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rg7Fvvl3taU/hqdefault.jpg Learn CSS Grid the easy way https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rg7Fvvl3taU/hqdefault.jpg Kevin Powell's tutorial on CSS Grid. He builds up the core grid concepts step by step so that layout with grid makes sense. HN lists Powell among the best places to learn CSS, and says this intro made scattered snippets of grid knowledge click. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rg7Fvvl3taU 2224 1037473 css grid 2021-11-25T15:29:15Z yes 2022-12-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Mlrrc_vy79E/diablo-original-game-development https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Mlrrc_vy79E/hqdefault.jpg Diablo: Original Game Development https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Mlrrc_vy79E/hqdefault.jpg A game-development postmortem on the original Diablo, told by a member of its original team. It covers how the game was made, including the multiplayer work and the business deals behind it, such as the contract with Blizzard. HN people count it among the best GDC postmortems and mine it for anecdotes, such as the story of a missed Hotmail investment. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Mlrrc_vy79E 4663 11937 diablo postmortem 2017-08-25T22:51:32Z yes 2023-10-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/OHPkdMGI6D4/vfx-artists-react-to-dune-bad-and-great-cgi https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OHPkdMGI6D4/hqdefault.jpg VFX Artists React to DUNE Bad & Great CGi https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OHPkdMGI6D4/hqdefault.jpg Corridor Crew's VFX artists react to the effects in the old and new Dune films, picking out what works and what does not in the CGI. They also explain how some of the practical effects in the original film were done. HN people share it in debates about practical effects versus CGI, as proof that the skill of the filmmakers matters more than the technique, and for the behind-the-scenes effects tricks. https://www.youtube.com/embed/OHPkdMGI6D4 1301 6652514 dune vfx breakdown 2021-11-13T17:00:29Z yes 2023-09-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/iwzzv1biHv8/the-datasaurus-dozen https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iwzzv1biHv8/hqdefault.jpg The Datasaurus Dozen https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iwzzv1biHv8/hqdefault.jpg Matt Parker of Stand-up Maths explains the Datasaurus Dozen, sets of points with the same summary statistics but very different shapes when plotted. He talks with the people behind the datasets about why plotting your data matters. HN people share it as the friendliest demonstration that you should visualize data rather than trust the mean and other summary numbers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/iwzzv1biHv8 498 137116 datasaurus dozen 2020-01-20T19:29:56Z yes 2022-07-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/rVc_0dUxlsQ/how-do-blind-people-play-computer-games-1-3 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rVc_0dUxlsQ/hqdefault.jpg How do blind people play (computer)games 1/3 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rVc_0dUxlsQ/hqdefault.jpg The first of three videos on how blind people play computer games. It shows how a blind player gets around games using sound and assistive tools. HN submitters share it as an eye-opening look at how blind players use games. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rVc_0dUxlsQ 889 3913 blind gamers and computer games 2011-05-02T12:22:54Z yes 2023-06-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/jVhlJNJopOQ/papyrus-snl https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jVhlJNJopOQ/hqdefault.jpg Papyrus - SNL https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jVhlJNJopOQ/hqdefault.jpg A Saturday Night Live sketch in which a man (Ryan Gosling) is haunted by the Papyrus typeface used in the Avatar logo. It plays the font's overuse and the designer's guilt for laughs. HN pulls it out whenever Papyrus, Avatar's title treatment or tired typography comes up, as the shared joke that explains itself. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jVhlJNJopOQ 186 25855162 papyrus font joke 2017-10-01T05:58:45Z yes 2025-12-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/FBaZQojd1_s/douglas-trumbull-master-class-higher-learning https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FBaZQojd1_s/hqdefault.jpg DOUGLAS TRUMBULL | Master Class | Higher Learning https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FBaZQojd1_s/hqdefault.jpg A roughly 100-minute master class by Douglas Trumbull at the Toronto International Film Festival. The visual effects pioneer discusses his work on films such as 2001, Silent Running and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. HN people recommend it as an amazing long lecture from a visual effects master, and link it whenever Trumbull or analog effects come up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FBaZQojd1_s 5863 160236 douglas trumbull film effects career 2012-12-13T23:47:09Z yes 2021-07-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/adEr2aRwHnI/xerox-alto-restoration-part-16-our-disk-goes-down-the-alto-connects-to-google https://i.ytimg.com/vi/adEr2aRwHnI/hqdefault.jpg Xerox Alto Restoration Part 16 - our disk goes down, the Alto connects to Google and draws fractals https://i.ytimg.com/vi/adEr2aRwHnI/hqdefault.jpg Part 16 of CuriousMarc's Xerox Alto restoration series. The team's disk fails, so they netboot the Alto, and Ken shows its network features, including connecting to Google and drawing fractals. HN people like the unpolished repair videos for their raw detail, and cite this episode in discussions of the restored Alto. https://www.youtube.com/embed/adEr2aRwHnI 629 44616 xerox alto restoration 2017-06-18T07:04:10Z yes 2017-11-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/FvS_DG8yIqQ/real-pixel-coding https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FvS_DG8yIqQ/hqdefault.jpg real pixel coding https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FvS_DG8yIqQ/hqdefault.jpg Inigo Quilez's demo of real pixel coding, in which an image drawn in Photoshop is saved so that the pixels themselves become a running 256-byte intro. It shows an animation produced by placing pixels instead of writing conventional code. HN people hold it up as live coding at its best and as a favorite demoscene trick, recalled whenever something clever is stored in an odd format. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FvS_DG8yIqQ 205 66911 pixel-placed 256-byte intro 2011-04-11T08:52:40Z yes 2015-11-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/T14dL9MeMHE/atari-8-bit-gui-low-level-gfx-rewrite https://i.ytimg.com/vi/T14dL9MeMHE/hqdefault.jpg Atari 8-bit GUI: Low-level GFX Rewrite https://i.ytimg.com/vi/T14dL9MeMHE/hqdefault.jpg A demo of a graphical user interface for the Atari 8-bit computers, with a classic Mac-style look, running after a rewrite of its low-level graphics code. It shows windows and menus on a 1.79MHz machine. HN people share it as an impressive feat of software craft, a responsive GUI on hardware that never shipped with one. https://www.youtube.com/embed/T14dL9MeMHE 115 17811 gui on atari 8-bit 2018-02-26T18:00:11Z yes 2022-07-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/YCqnD40Q5T8/io-games-and-the-rise-of-fake-multiplayer https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YCqnD40Q5T8/hqdefault.jpg .io Games and The Rise of Fake Multiplayer https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YCqnD40Q5T8/hqdefault.jpg Miziziziz looks at the trend of .io browser games that fake multiplayer by filling lobbies with bots. The video explains how the deception works and why developers do it. HN people cite it as the explanation of online games that quietly run on bots, and tie it to dynamic difficulty and the dead-internet idea. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YCqnD40Q5T8 408 5162019 fake multiplayer in io games 2020-03-20T06:19:11Z yes 2022-06-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/YewNEAIkbG4/the-computer-chronicles-windows-3-0-1990 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YewNEAIkbG4/hqdefault.jpg The Computer Chronicles - Windows 3.0 (1990) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YewNEAIkbG4/hqdefault.jpg An episode of the PBS-style TV series The Computer Chronicles covering the release of Microsoft Windows 3.0 in 1990. It shows the software and discusses how it compares with the Macintosh and other graphical environments of the time. HN people share it as a period record of the Windows 3.0 launch, including mentions of competitors like GEOS. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YewNEAIkbG4 1722 1063159 windows 3.0 launch coverage 2013-08-01T07:37:25Z yes 2020-10-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/wMNdr8dV23A/clicks-communicator-first-look https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wMNdr8dV23A/hqdefault.jpg Clicks Communicator: First Look https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wMNdr8dV23A/hqdefault.jpg A first-look video from Clicks of the Clicks Communicator, a phone built around a physical keyboard. It introduces the device and what it is meant to offer over a touchscreen-only phone. HN people submitted it as the hands-on introduction to a new physical-keyboard phone. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wMNdr8dV23A 386 1591328 physical keyboard phone 2026-06-30T04:00:09Z yes 2026-08-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/eKtsY7hYTPg/shadertoy-livecoding-the-drive-home-1-basic-setup https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eKtsY7hYTPg/hqdefault.jpg ShaderToy LiveCoding - The Drive Home - 1. Basic Setup https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eKtsY7hYTPg/hqdefault.jpg The first part of a live-coding series by The Art of Code (Martijn Steinrucken) on ShaderToy, rebuilding his shader The Drive Home, a rainy night drive. This episode covers the basic setup of the scene. HN people send it to anyone who liked the rain shader, as the accessible making-of and one of the best shader tutorial channels. https://www.youtube.com/embed/eKtsY7hYTPg 939 27516 shadertoy rain shader tutorial 2017-11-06T00:54:38Z yes 2025-04-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/imkSdlbXB_U/animate-moths-in-blender-lazy-tutorials https://i.ytimg.com/vi/imkSdlbXB_U/hqdefault.jpg Animate Moths in Blender - Lazy Tutorials https://i.ytimg.com/vi/imkSdlbXB_U/hqdefault.jpg A one-minute Lazy Tutorial by Ian Hubert on animating a swarm of moths in Blender. It gives a quick shortcut to get the effect, in his fast and funny style. HN people single it out as a favorite of Ian Hubert's short Blender tutorials, and as a fun add-on for threads about boids. https://www.youtube.com/embed/imkSdlbXB_U 60 952620 blender moth animation 2019-08-30T04:29:19Z yes 2021-07-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/jNas99oEXBU/in-search-of-moebius-bbc-4-documentary https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jNas99oEXBU/hqdefault.jpg In Search of Moebius (BBC 4 Documentary) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jNas99oEXBU/hqdefault.jpg In Search of Moebius is a BBC 4 documentary on the French comics artist Jean Giraud, known as Moebius. It follows him and his work in comics. HN people submitted it as a documentary on a comics master. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jNas99oEXBU 3135 1097613 moebius comics artist 2013-03-16T13:06:17Z yes 2016-04-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/jziQBWQxvok/kefrens-desert-dream-amiga-demo-hd-50fps https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jziQBWQxvok/hqdefault.jpg Kefrens - Desert Dream - Amiga Demo (HD 50fps) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jziQBWQxvok/hqdefault.jpg Desert Dream is an Amiga demo by the Kefrens group, a piece of demoscene code, graphics and tracker music made to show off what the hardware can do. This is an HD 50fps capture. HN lists it among the Amiga demoscene classics worth seeing, and quotes its closing line about becoming a legend. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jziQBWQxvok 799 191988 amiga demoscene 2014-11-02T22:01:32Z yes 2021-08-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/LUQaCoxybW8/an-urban-planner-plays-sim-city https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LUQaCoxybW8/hqdefault.jpg An Urban Planner Plays Sim City https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LUQaCoxybW8/hqdefault.jpg A working urban planner plays SimCity and comments on where the game matches or departs from real planning practice. It comes from the City Beautiful channel, which makes videos about cities and urban design. HN people point to it as a good example of real urban planning mimicking the simulation, and as an expert's check on how accurate SimCity is. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LUQaCoxybW8 2093 2399266 simcity and urban planning 2018-07-26T16:52:58Z yes 2018-09-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/9g8CdctxmeU/live-coding-a-realtime-raytracing-shader https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9g8CdctxmeU/hqdefault.jpg Live coding a realtime raytracing shader https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9g8CdctxmeU/hqdefault.jpg Inigo Quilez live-codes a real-time raytracer in GLSL, writing the shader from scratch in about 24 minutes while the result updates on screen. It shows the live shader-editing setup as well as the raytracing technique. HN people cite it as the inspiration for browser-based live shader editors and for the idea of coding visuals with instant feedback. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9g8CdctxmeU 1458 66162 live coding a raytracing shader 2011-07-21T06:04:52Z yes 2012-09-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/gC3WEwSJoHs/the-making-of-prince-of-persia-trailer-2012-e-book https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gC3WEwSJoHs/hqdefault.jpg The Making of Prince of Persia Trailer - 2012 e-book https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gC3WEwSJoHs/hqdefault.jpg A trailer for Jordan Mechner's 2012 e-book on the making of Prince of Persia, drawn from his development journals. It includes original footage of the 1989 game's development. HN people submitted it as a glimpse behind the making of a classic game, and point to it for the original footage. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gC3WEwSJoHs 77 199639 making of prince of persia 2011-10-12T20:11:31Z yes 2016-05-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/_QP5X6fcukM/papers-please-trailer https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_QP5X6fcukM/hqdefault.jpg Papers, Please - Trailer https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_QP5X6fcukM/hqdefault.jpg The trailer for Papers, Please, Lucas Pope's game about working as a border inspector in the fictional state of Arstotzka. It shows the document-checking gameplay and the game's bleak bureaucratic setting. HN people use it as an example of a dystopian game whose oppression comes from monotonous bureaucratic process, and of a one-person game that found its audience. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_QP5X6fcukM 119 3223453 papers please trailer 2013-04-11T13:49:43Z yes 2017-06-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/zikI2fazPLo/fighter-pilot-breaks-down-every-button-in-an-f-15-cockpit-ars-technica https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zikI2fazPLo/hqdefault.jpg Fighter Pilot Breaks Down Every Button in an F-15 Cockpit | Ars Technica https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zikI2fazPLo/hqdefault.jpg In an Ars Technica video, a fighter pilot goes through the controls and displays of an F-15 cockpit one by one. He explains what each switch, button and screen does and how they are used in flight. HN holds up the F-15 cockpit as a pinnacle of interface design, with no touchscreens and no ambiguity, in contrast to slick sci-fi UIs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/zikI2fazPLo 854 3181467 f-15 cockpit controls 2020-06-30T15:00:05Z yes 2020-07-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/JQ0iMulicgg/it-s-not-fair-having-12-pairs-of-legs-aimee-mullins https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JQ0iMulicgg/hqdefault.jpg It's not fair having 12 pairs of legs | Aimee Mullins https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JQ0iMulicgg/hqdefault.jpg A TED talk by Aimee Mullins, an athlete and model who uses prosthetic legs, on how her different legs change what she can do and how she is seen. She treats prosthetics as an expression of identity and a source of possibility rather than a deficit. HN people link it in discussions of prosthetics and amputee stories, as a reference for prosthetic limbs that need not look like real ones. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JQ0iMulicgg 599 1184922 prosthetic legs and identity 2009-03-11T15:01:35Z yes 2012-08-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/I2l0qklSzks/next-generation-ui-that-can-be-touched-with-fingers-against-objects-in-the-real https://i.ytimg.com/vi/I2l0qklSzks/hqdefault.jpg Next Generation UI that can be touched with fingers against objects in the real world https://i.ytimg.com/vi/I2l0qklSzks/hqdefault.jpg A demo of an interface concept from ikinamo in which people touch real-world objects with their fingers to interact with a computer system. It shows data moving between the physical and virtual worlds through touch. HN people submitted it as an example of a touch interface that blends the real and the virtual. https://www.youtube.com/embed/I2l0qklSzks 222 713045 touching real objects as an interface 2013-04-15T10:24:25Z yes 2013-12-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/3g8JiGjRQNE/the-story-of-the-power-glove https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3g8JiGjRQNE/hqdefault.jpg The Story of the Power Glove https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3g8JiGjRQNE/hqdefault.jpg The Gaming Historian tells the story of the Nintendo Power Glove, the glove-style controller made for the NES. It covers where the product came from and how it worked as a way of controlling games. HN people share it as a well-told history of a famously odd input device, and refer back to it when new sensors or gesture controllers appear. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3g8JiGjRQNE 1630 2398561 nintendo power glove history 2015-09-25T18:24:06Z yes 2022-12-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/JKO9fEjNiio/vr-editor-building-vr-in-vr-with-ue4-feature-highlight-unreal-engine https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JKO9fEjNiio/hqdefault.jpg VR Editor: Building VR in VR with UE4 | Feature Highlight | Unreal Engine https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JKO9fEjNiio/hqdefault.jpg An Unreal Engine feature highlight of its VR Editor, which lets developers build and edit a VR scene while inside VR. It shows authoring tools used in the same immersive space as the scene. HN people hold it up as the kind of tool that fixes the painful authoring of VR content, and as an app demo of immersive editing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JKO9fEjNiio 119 751638 editing vr inside vr 2016-02-04T19:24:03Z yes 2018-04-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/2TtnD4jmCDQ/all-the-colours-including-grue-how-languages-see-colours-differently https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2TtnD4jmCDQ/hqdefault.jpg All The Colours, Including Grue: How Languages See Colours Differently https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2TtnD4jmCDQ/hqdefault.jpg Tom Scott explains how different languages divide the color spectrum differently, including cases where one word covers both blue and green. He gives a short tour of color terms across languages. HN people send it as a quick, clear explainer for color-word differences and as supporting material for the idea that language shapes how we see color. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2TtnD4jmCDQ 176 2337267 language and color perception 2013-06-07T11:49:11Z yes 2021-01-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Q13CishCKXY/project-starline-feel-like-you-re-there-together https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q13CishCKXY/hqdefault.jpg Project Starline: Feel like you're there, together https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q13CishCKXY/hqdefault.jpg Google's Project Starline demo video, showing a booth that gives video calls a life-size, three-dimensional feel without a headset. People in the video talk as if sitting across from each other. HN people cite it as proof that video calls are not a solved problem, and as the most promising headset-free approach to telepresence. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q13CishCKXY 111 1241976 project starline telepresence 2021-05-18T18:53:35Z yes 2023-01-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/GlXNVnftaNs/car-free-streets-are-amazing-and-we-need-more-of-them https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GlXNVnftaNs/hqdefault.jpg Car-free Streets are Amazing (and we need more of them) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GlXNVnftaNs/hqdefault.jpg A Not Just Bikes video arguing for car-free and car-light streets, using the Dutch idea of autoluw streets. It looks at the effects on neighborhoods and at how cities such as Copenhagen and Groningen pedestrianised despite opposition. HN people recommend it as a good overview of autoluw streets and of how car-free streets win over initially angry residents. https://www.youtube.com/embed/GlXNVnftaNs 364 483606 car-free streets 2019-11-18T09:00:04Z yes 2022-08-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/NEJZlGuWGV8/expanding-in-three-dimensions https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NEJZlGuWGV8/hqdefault.jpg Expanding in three dimensions https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NEJZlGuWGV8/hqdefault.jpg Mathematician and maker Henry Segerman shows expanding racks in three dimensions, a mechanical idea of structures that grow outward in all directions. The video demonstrates physical models of the mechanism. Submitted twice in 2025 and 2026 as a neat piece of 3D mechanism design, and one commenter links it as a source of an idea they met again. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NEJZlGuWGV8 1552 282408 3d expanding racks 2025-12-30T15:33:54Z yes 2026-01-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/wgUkjbMhF18/earthships-america-s-off-grid-desert-community https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wgUkjbMhF18/hqdefault.jpg Earthships - America's Off-Grid Desert Community https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wgUkjbMhF18/hqdefault.jpg A video tour of the Earthship community in the New Mexico desert, where off-grid homes are built from repurposed materials such as tires. It shows how the houses are meant to supply their own heat, water and food. HN submits it as an example of off-grid, self-sustaining home design, and cites it when off-grid or low-energy building comes up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wgUkjbMhF18 2020 7497838 earthship off-grid homes 2021-07-02T18:45:07Z yes 2021-09-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/2XkV6IpV2Y0/the-history-and-future-of-everything-time https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2XkV6IpV2Y0/hqdefault.jpg The History and Future of Everything -- Time https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2XkV6IpV2Y0/hqdefault.jpg A Kurzgesagt animated video covering time on the largest scales, an animated timeline of the universe's history and future. It uses simple illustrated visuals and narration to make huge spans of time understandable. HN people link it as a good, well-narrated example of explaining unimaginable scales, and discuss it in threads about Kurzgesagt's information design. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2XkV6IpV2Y0 430 7511594 animated explainer of cosmic time 2013-12-19T16:21:33Z yes 2014-11-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/pq7NLMwynYg/using-the-internet-for-the-1st-time-recipe-websites https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pq7NLMwynYg/hqdefault.jpg Using the Internet for the 1st time [Recipe Websites] https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pq7NLMwynYg/hqdefault.jpg Kai Lentit's comedy sketch in which a newcomer uses the internet for the first time and tries to read a recipe online. It parodies the ads, popups and clutter of recipe websites and the modern web. HN passes it around as a funny demonstration of how bad the modern web has gotten. https://www.youtube.com/embed/pq7NLMwynYg 591 150949 modern web clutter satire 2023-05-14T18:38:19Z yes 2023-06-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/3xx7sgNVE-A/i-made-a-1d-game https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3xx7sgNVE-A/hqdefault.jpg I Made a 1D Game 🎮 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3xx7sgNVE-A/hqdefault.jpg Mashpoe shows a video game that exists in only one dimension and is played with 3D glasses. The video walks through the idea and the finished game. HN people submit it as a clever design experiment and point to it as a model for one-dimensional games, for instance on an LED strip. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3xx7sgNVE-A 678 1845870 one-dimensional game 2021-03-09T15:30:00Z yes 2024-11-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/K0Tsa3smr1w/inspiring-a-future-clojure-editor-with-forgotten-lisp-ux-shaun-lebron https://i.ytimg.com/vi/K0Tsa3smr1w/hqdefault.jpg Inspiring a future Clojure editor with forgotten Lisp UX - Shaun Lebron https://i.ytimg.com/vi/K0Tsa3smr1w/hqdefault.jpg Shaun Lebron's ClojureTV talk on forgotten Lisp editing ideas that could inspire a future Clojure editor. He covers the history of structured and projectional editing in Lisp and the thinking behind Parinfer. HN people cite it as the best summary of past attempts at structural Lisp editors, and as the source for Parinfer making parentheses automatic. https://www.youtube.com/embed/K0Tsa3smr1w 2132 23429 lisp editor ux and parinfer 2017-10-12T21:46:32Z yes 2018-08-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/fMlmzTBF_LE/samplr-for-touchbar https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fMlmzTBF_LE/hqdefault.jpg Samplr for Touchbar https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fMlmzTBF_LE/hqdefault.jpg A demo of Samplr, a music sampling app that runs on the Touch Bar of the MacBook Pro. It shows playing and manipulating samples with touches on the strip instead of the usual screen or keyboard. HN people hold it up as the one Touch Bar app that shows how good the strip could be. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fMlmzTBF_LE 67 36928 touch bar music sampler 2020-07-09T17:02:54Z yes 2022-12-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/3ikye7Qc7Ak/lea-verou-more-css-secrets-another-10-things-you-may-not-know-about-css-at https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3ikye7Qc7Ak/hqdefault.jpg Lea Verou, "More CSS Secrets: Another 10 things you may not know about CSS" at W3Conf 2013 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3ikye7Qc7Ak/hqdefault.jpg Lea Verou's W3Conf 2013 talk, a follow-up to her earlier CSS Secrets talk, presents ten more lesser-known things you can do with CSS. It is aimed at working front-end developers and designers who code. HN people submitted it as a worthwhile collection of CSS techniques from one of the best-known CSS speakers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3ikye7Qc7Ak 3640 82906 css tricks and secrets 2013-02-25T20:02:19Z yes 2013-04-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/7BB8TkY4Aeg/shadertoy-com-best-of-shaders-in-8k50 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7BB8TkY4Aeg/hqdefault.jpg Shadertoy.com Best Of Shaders in 8K50 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7BB8TkY4Aeg/hqdefault.jpg A compilation by the Shadertoy user dorni of standout shaders from Shadertoy.com, rendered as 8K video at 50 frames per second. It is a showcase of real-time procedural graphics written entirely in code, with no commentary. HN people link it as the high-resolution way to see Shadertoy's best work, including the intro shader from the Planet Shadertoy thread. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7BB8TkY4Aeg 390 40376 shadertoy best of compilation 2018-01-03T13:00:01Z yes 2020-05-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/tGOBOw9s-QM/how-the-dutch-slow-drivers-for-safer-streets-shorts https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tGOBOw9s-QM/hqdefault.jpg How the Dutch Slow Drivers for Safer Streets #shorts https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tGOBOw9s-QM/hqdefault.jpg A short from Not Just Bikes on how Dutch street design slows drivers down. It shows traffic calming that works through the shape of the road instead of signs. HN uses it as the short answer to how to get drivers to slow down, in threads on pedestrian deaths and distracted driving. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tGOBOw9s-QM 60 5468869 dutch traffic calming 2021-03-07T03:30:34Z yes 2023-06-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/L9Di-UVC-_4/why-every-map-of-china-is-just-slightly-wrong https://i.ytimg.com/vi/L9Di-UVC-_4/hqdefault.jpg Why Every Map of China is Just Slightly Wrong https://i.ytimg.com/vi/L9Di-UVC-_4/hqdefault.jpg A Half as Interesting explainer on why maps of China are slightly wrong. It describes how mapmaking in China is regulated and licensed, and how maps are deliberately altered to comply. HN people use it as the short explanation of China's deliberately inaccurate maps, linked in threads on mapping, GPS and censorship. https://www.youtube.com/embed/L9Di-UVC-_4 342 4037213 deliberately wrong maps of china 2019-03-28T16:16:13Z yes 2019-07-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/LiD7dnqY034/printscreen-fabricating-highly-customizable-thin-film-touch-displays https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LiD7dnqY034/hqdefault.jpg PrintScreen: Fabricating Highly Customizable Thin-film Touch-Displays https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LiD7dnqY034/hqdefault.jpg A video from Saarland University's HCI Lab showing PrintScreen, a research method for fabricating thin-film touch displays with custom shapes and sizes. The video demonstrates how such displays can be produced and what they can show. It accompanies a 2014 human-computer interaction research paper. Submitted to HN in 2014 and again in 2025 as a worthwhile look at printed, customizable display hardware. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LiD7dnqY034 217 106582 printed thin-film touch displays 2014-10-02T13:29:34Z yes 2025-11-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/VDk9jjdiXJQ/twit-specials-the-making-of-old-spice-s-commercial-the-man-your-man-could-smell https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VDk9jjdiXJQ/hqdefault.jpg TWiT Specials: The making of Old Spice's commercial: The Man Your Man Could Smell Like https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VDk9jjdiXJQ/hqdefault.jpg A TWiT special in which Leo Laporte interviews the creators of Old Spice's "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like" commercial. They explain how the ad was made behind the scenes. HN people share it as proof that the ad was a hardware and in-camera feat with minimal CGI, and as the behind-the-scenes companion to a famous commercial. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VDk9jjdiXJQ 1176 1901628 making of the old spice ad 2010-02-12T01:21:28Z yes 2010-07-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/L4QYkEpw9pA/why-finland-is-building-a-wood-city https://i.ytimg.com/vi/L4QYkEpw9pA/hqdefault.jpg Why Finland is Building a Wood City https://i.ytimg.com/vi/L4QYkEpw9pA/hqdefault.jpg A B1M video on why Finland is building a district of Helsinki almost entirely from timber. It explains the case for wood as a modern construction material at city scale. HN people recommend it, with other B1M timber videos, to anyone interested in timber construction, and quote its line about the new Helsinki district. https://www.youtube.com/embed/L4QYkEpw9pA 385 786152 timber city in finland 2020-09-09T10:50:59Z yes 2021-12-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/faJ8N0giqzw/tangible-functional-programming https://i.ytimg.com/vi/faJ8N0giqzw/hqdefault.jpg Tangible Functional Programming https://i.ytimg.com/vi/faJ8N0giqzw/hqdefault.jpg Conal Elliott's Google TechTalk on tangible functional programming, an approach where functional programs get user interfaces that can be seen and manipulated directly. The talk includes a demo of a UI for working with higher-order functions. HN people point to it as a good source of ideas for visual programming and for visualizing higher-order functions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/faJ8N0giqzw 3385 59454 tangible functional programming 2007-11-20T10:49:38Z yes 2011-12-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/VnSMIgsPj5M/benedict-cumberbatch-reads-sol-lewitt-s-letter-to-eva-hesse https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VnSMIgsPj5M/hqdefault.jpg Benedict Cumberbatch reads Sol LeWitt's letter to Eva Hesse https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VnSMIgsPj5M/hqdefault.jpg Benedict Cumberbatch reads Sol LeWitt's letter to Eva Hesse at Letters Live. In it the artist tells his friend to stop overthinking and just keep making work. HN people share it as a pep talk against creative paralysis, and pair it with writing and making more. https://www.youtube.com/embed/VnSMIgsPj5M 370 1410031 lewitt letter to hesse 2016-09-26T15:44:16Z yes 2020-10-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/emh22gT5e9k/the-blit-the-first-unix-graphical-multi-programming-terminal-by-rob-pike-and https://i.ytimg.com/vi/emh22gT5e9k/hqdefault.jpg The Blit - The first Unix graphical multi-programming terminal by Rob Pike and Bart Locanthi https://i.ytimg.com/vi/emh22gT5e9k/hqdefault.jpg A 1982 promotional demo of the Blit, a graphical multi-programming terminal for Unix built by Rob Pike and Bart Locanthi at Bell Labs. It shows several windows running at once on a bitmapped display driven by a mouse. HN treats it as an early window system demo, comparing it to the Mother of All Demos and tracing it to Pike's later Acme and rio. https://www.youtube.com/embed/emh22gT5e9k 244 25051 blit graphical unix terminal 2009-08-07T22:50:31Z yes 2014-09-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/tSnnfUj1XCQ/intentional-programming-demo-part-1-editor https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tSnnfUj1XCQ/hqdefault.jpg Intentional Programming demo (Part 1) - Editor https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tSnnfUj1XCQ/hqdefault.jpg Part 1 of a demo of Charles Simonyi's Intentional Programming, showing its editor. Programs are stored as structured intentions and projected into different views for reading and editing. HN returns to it as the early example of projectional editing and multiple views of code, cited whenever new programming tools claim the idea. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tSnnfUj1XCQ 599 14432 intentional programming editor 2006-08-25T01:21:08Z yes 2014-09-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/2YBtspm8j8M/this-is-a-generic-brand-video-by-dissolve https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2YBtspm8j8M/hqdefault.jpg This Is a Generic Brand Video, by Dissolve https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2YBtspm8j8M/hqdefault.jpg A parody from Dissolve that strings together stock footage and the usual narration of a corporate brand video until it says nothing at all. It pokes fun at the clichés of brand films and advertising. HN people use it as shorthand for empty brand and advertising videos, and compare real ads from Uber, Netflix and the Super Bowl to it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2YBtspm8j8M 170 3001106 brand video clichés parody 2014-03-21T22:41:39Z yes 2019-02-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/1gPM3GqjMR4/xanadu-basics-1b-indirect-document-delivery https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1gPM3GqjMR4/hqdefault.jpg Xanadu Basics 1b-- INDIRECT DOCUMENT DELIVERY https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1gPM3GqjMR4/hqdefault.jpg Ted Nelson explains indirect document delivery, part of his Xanadu Basics series on his hypertext system. He describes how documents can be assembled from links to material held elsewhere rather than copies. HN people like hearing Ted Nelson explain his own hypertext and jump-link ideas, and cite it in discussions of links and tools for thought. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1gPM3GqjMR4 777 4980 xanadu hypertext document delivery 2018-05-08T04:18:12Z yes 2019-11-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/PGtv-dBi2wE/ray-marching-for-dummies https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PGtv-dBi2wE/hqdefault.jpg Ray Marching for Dummies! https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PGtv-dBi2wE/hqdefault.jpg A beginner tutorial from The Art of Code on ray marching, a technique for drawing 3D scenes in a fragment shader. It builds up from the basic idea to rendered shapes without needing a 3D engine. HN people recommend it as the step that shows how to get 3D out of fragment shaders, after a 2D beginner video and before the harder material. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PGtv-dBi2wE 1786 261614 ray marching in shaders 2018-12-07T18:41:04Z yes 2023-03-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Dgtba_GpG-U/motorcar-compositor-demo-1 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Dgtba_GpG-U/hqdefault.jpg Motorcar Compositor Demo 1 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Dgtba_GpG-U/hqdefault.jpg A demo by Forrest Reiling of Motorcar, a 3D compositor built on Wayland. It shows application windows placed in a virtual space and used with VR headset and motion controllers. HN people cite it as a concrete working demo of the old idea of a 3D window manager, and as proof of how flexible Wayland is. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Dgtba_GpG-U 158 49346 3d window manager in vr 2014-06-09T07:51:34Z yes 2018-10-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/PRsWVO8NkAM/typing-in-3d-1st-master-forge-demonstration https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PRsWVO8NkAM/hqdefault.jpg Typing in 3D! (1st Master Forge Demonstration) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PRsWVO8NkAM/hqdefault.jpg CharaChorder demonstrates the Master Forge, a device for typing in three dimensions. The video is the first demonstration of how the input method works. Submitted twice in 2024 as a curious new take on the keyboard. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PRsWVO8NkAM 1005 483384 3d typing device 2024-05-26T09:04:00Z yes 2024-12-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/9HI8FerKr6Q/a-unified-approach-to-grown-structures https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9HI8FerKr6Q/hqdefault.jpg a unified approach to grown structures https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9HI8FerKr6Q/hqdefault.jpg A showreel by deskriptiv of differential growth algorithms, which grow organic line and surface structures from simple rules, titled a unified approach to grown structures. It is a visual demonstration of generative form-making with no spoken explanation. HN people share it as a striking example of digital art built from differential growth algorithms, and as the source for growth-based 3D-printed wearables. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9HI8FerKr6Q 332 403249 differential growth algorithms 2014-11-26T13:46:35Z yes 2015-07-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/IwL3yXdupv0/dynabook-the-complete-story https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IwL3yXdupv0/hqdefault.jpg Dynabook: The Complete Story https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IwL3yXdupv0/hqdefault.jpg A Computer History Museum video about the Dynabook, Alan Kay's vision of a portable personal computer for learning. It tells the story of how the idea came about and what became of it. HN people submit it as a reference on the Dynabook idea in threads about the history of personal computing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/IwL3yXdupv0 7000 7234 dynabook history 2017-09-29T20:19:15Z yes 2018-09-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/JlL6ZHChhQE/3-arches-and-chains https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JlL6ZHChhQE/hqdefault.jpg 3. Arches and Chains https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JlL6ZHChhQE/hqdefault.jpg Lecture 3, Arches and Chains, from the Engineering Models series. It explains how a hanging chain traces the ideal shape of an arch and how that principle, used in Gaudi's hanging chain models, is turned into structural form. HN people recommend it as a good overview of the hanging chain technique, and link it whenever Gaudi's Sagrada Familia comes up. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JlL6ZHChhQE 567 870282 hanging chain models and arch form 2018-03-09T17:10:52Z yes 2022-10-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/2KDkFgOHZ5I/android-experiments-object-magic-calendar https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2KDkFgOHZ5I/hqdefault.jpg Android Experiments OBJECT グランプリ : Magic Calendar https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2KDkFgOHZ5I/hqdefault.jpg A Google Japan video presenting Magic Calendar, an entry in the Android Experiments OBJECT competition. It shows a calendar-style physical object built around a screen. HN people post it as an appealing calendar-on-the-wall concept and later compare newer e-ink calendar projects to it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2KDkFgOHZ5I 111 351757 magic calendar android experiment 2017-02-13T01:03:49Z yes 2017-04-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/78Ru62uFM0s/aspect-ratios-with-sinners-director-ryan-coogler https://i.ytimg.com/vi/78Ru62uFM0s/hqdefault.jpg Aspect Ratios with Sinners Director Ryan Coogler https://i.ytimg.com/vi/78Ru62uFM0s/hqdefault.jpg Kodak interviews director Ryan Coogler about the aspect ratio choices in his film Sinners. He talks through why different ratios serve different scenes and how format shapes the way an audience sees a story. HN people submitted it as a rare director's-eye look at framing and aspect ratio as deliberate storytelling choices. https://www.youtube.com/embed/78Ru62uFM0s 642 1117982 aspect ratio in filmmaking 2025-04-10T17:14:09Z yes 2026-03-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Iy8R5TZNV1A/the-paradox-of-choice-why-more-is-less https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Iy8R5TZNV1A/hqdefault.jpg The Paradox of Choice - Why More Is Less https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Iy8R5TZNV1A/hqdefault.jpg Psychologist Barry Schwartz's Google talk on the paradox of choice. He argues that having more options can leave people less satisfied and more anxious instead of freer. HN people point to it for choice overload, from threads on why too many options reduce buying to people struggling with choice anxiety. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Iy8R5TZNV1A 3848 320882 paradox of choice 2007-07-23T23:01:09Z yes 2020-11-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/PMltMdi1Wzg/the-sdf-of-a-line-segment https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PMltMdi1Wzg/hqdefault.jpg The SDF of a Line Segment https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PMltMdi1Wzg/hqdefault.jpg Inigo Quilez derives the signed distance function of a line segment, one of the basic building blocks of shader-based shape drawing. He builds the shape from equations step by step. HN people recommend Quilez's SDF videos as an illuminating way to use equations to describe geometry. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PMltMdi1Wzg 436 106890 sdf of a line segment 2020-01-09T00:00:20Z yes 2025-08-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/WrxZ4AZPdOQ/the-drive-home-shadertoy https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WrxZ4AZPdOQ/hqdefault.jpg The Drive Home - ShaderToy https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WrxZ4AZPdOQ/hqdefault.jpg Martijn Steinrucken of The Art of Code shows The Drive Home, his moody rainy night-drive shader on Shadertoy. The video lets viewers see and hear the shader on any device. HN people praise its rare, moody aesthetic, and point to the author as someone who does incredible shader work and explains it clearly. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WrxZ4AZPdOQ 121 11132 the drive home shader 2017-07-05T17:30:16Z yes 2022-09-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/n-zESacteu4/jay-austin-s-beautiful-illegal-tiny-house https://i.ytimg.com/vi/n-zESacteu4/hqdefault.jpg Jay Austin's Beautiful, Illegal Tiny House https://i.ytimg.com/vi/n-zESacteu4/hqdefault.jpg ReasonTV profiles Jay Austin, who designed and built a small house in Washington, DC that ran afoul of local zoning rules. It shows the house and the regulations that made it illegal. HN uses it in zoning and housing debates as an example of how rules limit small-footprint housing and building innovation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/n-zESacteu4 632 3064086 tiny house and zoning 2014-08-07T10:37:33Z yes 2024-01-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/LbY0mBXKKT0/the-making-of-outer-wilds-documentary https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LbY0mBXKKT0/hqdefault.jpg The Making of Outer Wilds - Documentary https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LbY0mBXKKT0/hqdefault.jpg A /noclip documentary on the making of Outer Wilds, the space exploration game from Mobius Digital. It follows the developers through the game's design and the engineering behind its small, hand-built solar system. Spoilers for the game are included. HN people cite it for the technical side of Outer Wilds, such as the player staying at the origin while the world moves, and as evidence of how the game was built. https://www.youtube.com/embed/LbY0mBXKKT0 3057 2542385 making of outer wilds 2020-01-01T17:00:12Z yes 2020-07-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/ptUj8JRAYu8/markus-kayser-solar-sinter-project https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ptUj8JRAYu8/hqdefault.jpg Markus Kayser - Solar Sinter Project https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ptUj8JRAYu8/hqdefault.jpg Markus Kayser's Solar Sinter Project shows a machine that uses focused sunlight to fuse desert sand, layer by layer, into 3D objects of glass. It is a prototype of making things from sun and sand. HN keeps citing it as the idea of 3D printing with sunlight and sand, from desert construction to lunar bricks. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ptUj8JRAYu8 367 692772 solar sintering sand 3d printing 2011-06-28T00:07:17Z yes 2025-01-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/GZGY0wPAnus/the-art-of-misdirection-apollo-robbins-ted https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GZGY0wPAnus/hqdefault.jpg The art of misdirection | Apollo Robbins | TED https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GZGY0wPAnus/hqdefault.jpg Apollo Robbins, a stage pickpocket, explains in a TED talk how he uses misdirection to steer people's attention. He shows how easily attention can be manipulated. HN people cite it as evidence that human attention is small and easily manipulated, in threads about persuasion and attention. https://www.youtube.com/embed/GZGY0wPAnus 528 28437567 attention and misdirection 2013-09-13T16:07:37Z yes 2021-10-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/P5fWPBOdrY8/a-video-about-blockhead-experimental-digital-audio-workstation https://i.ytimg.com/vi/P5fWPBOdrY8/hqdefault.jpg A video about Blockhead (experimental digital audio workstation) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/P5fWPBOdrY8/hqdefault.jpg A video from colugo presenting Blockhead, an experimental digital audio workstation. It shows how the program rethinks the way music is built compared with conventional DAWs. Submitted twice in 2023 as a radical new take on the DAW, and linked again in a thread on the future of the DAW. https://www.youtube.com/embed/P5fWPBOdrY8 2023 107715 experimental daw 2023-09-23T06:00:10Z yes 2023-11-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/HAT4iewOHDs/how-complex-is-personal-computing https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HAT4iewOHDs/hqdefault.jpg How Complex is "Personal Computing"? https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HAT4iewOHDs/hqdefault.jpg A 2015 presentation by Alan Kay and researchers from the Viewpoints Research Institute on the STEPS project, which asks how small a complete personal computing system can be. Segments include 2D rendering with Gezira and Nile, domain-specific languages with OMeta, and imperative versus declarative programming. HN people recommend it as the talk about the Viewpoints STEPS project, with a good segment on OMeta, in Alan Kay reading lists. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HAT4iewOHDs 4673 2563 steps project and personal computing complexity 2015-06-27T17:04:49Z yes 2019-05-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/WgriMuXZ3QY/9-fingers-spaceballs-making-of https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WgriMuXZ3QY/hqdefault.jpg 9 Fingers / Spaceballs (making of) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WgriMuXZ3QY/hqdefault.jpg A making-of video for 9 Fingers, an Amiga demoscene production by Spaceballs. It shows how the group made the demo, including the dance footage they filmed with their friends. HN people keep it in lists of demoscene music and making-of videos, and note how teenagers filmed their high school friends for the dance shots. https://www.youtube.com/embed/WgriMuXZ3QY 358 127706 spaceballs 9 fingers making-of 2008-01-16T10:35:55Z yes 2021-08-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/dxY5CdZNzsk/css-algorithms-by-lara-schenck https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dxY5CdZNzsk/hqdefault.jpg "CSS Algorithms" by Lara Schenck https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dxY5CdZNzsk/hqdefault.jpg Lara Schenck's Strange Loop 2019 talk on CSS and the algorithms behind it. She looks at CSS as a real language with its own logic, and at how programmers talk about it and the people who work in it. HN people submitted it as a talk worth watching on CSS, and one commenter cites it, with strong objection, as an example of how CSS dislike gets discussed. https://www.youtube.com/embed/dxY5CdZNzsk 2179 12800 css as a language 2019-09-19T03:07:17Z yes 2021-03-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/olqVGz6mOVE/how-how-star-wars-was-saved-in-the-edit-was-saved-in-the-edit-sort-of-but-not https://i.ytimg.com/vi/olqVGz6mOVE/hqdefault.jpg How "How Star Wars was saved in the edit" was saved in the edit (sort of, but not really) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/olqVGz6mOVE/hqdefault.jpg Nerdonymous's long rebuttal of the popular video "How Star Wars was saved in the edit". It argues that the original oversold the story about film editing and the role of Marcia Lucas and others. HN treats it as a better-sourced correction of the popular editing narrative, though some find the tone grating. https://www.youtube.com/embed/olqVGz6mOVE 7072 445813 star wars editing history 2020-12-15T10:14:01Z yes 2021-12-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/Ocq3NeudsVk/sonification-and-the-problem-with-making-music-from-data https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ocq3NeudsVk/hqdefault.jpg Sonification & The Problem with Making Music from Data https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ocq3NeudsVk/hqdefault.jpg Tantacrul (Martin Keary) looks at sonification, the practice of turning data into sound. He asks when it helps people understand data and when it is just an arbitrary way to make music or publicity. HN people link it as the standard caveat whenever a sonification story appears, for its sorting of real analytic and artistic value from publicity use. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ocq3NeudsVk 888 259018 sonification critique 2017-07-13T21:30:00Z yes 2022-08-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/eaXk97ujbPQ/coding-adventure-hydraulic-erosion https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eaXk97ujbPQ/hqdefault.jpg Coding Adventure: Hydraulic Erosion https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eaXk97ujbPQ/hqdefault.jpg Sebastian Lague's Coding Adventure on simulating hydraulic erosion, where he builds a terrain generator that carves water-eroded valleys into procedural landscapes. It is a walk through the code and the results. HN people recommend it as an amazing example of a coder building procedural terrain, and as a good companion to articles on erosion. https://www.youtube.com/embed/eaXk97ujbPQ 319 985625 procedural terrain erosion 2019-02-28T06:27:55Z yes 2022-10-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/1OKZOV-iLj4/harry-roberts-managing-css-projects-with-itcss https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1OKZOV-iLj4/hqdefault.jpg Harry Roberts - Managing CSS Projects with ITCSS https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1OKZOV-iLj4/hqdefault.jpg Harry Roberts presents ITCSS, a way of organizing CSS into ordered layers from low-specificity to high-specificity code. He explains the problems of large CSS codebases and how the layered structure keeps them manageable. HN treats it as the standard explanation of the pain points ITCSS solves and as the answer to questions about front-end structure and design patterns. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1OKZOV-iLj4 4432 62287 itcss css architecture 2014-11-09T09:42:32Z yes 2022-03-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/20ihzA8v89U/art-and-and-code-symposium-hackety-hack-why-the-lucky-stiff https://i.ytimg.com/vi/20ihzA8v89U/hqdefault.jpg ART && CODE Symposium: Hackety Hack, why the lucky stiff https://i.ytimg.com/vi/20ihzA8v89U/hqdefault.jpg why the lucky stiff gives a talk at the 2011 ART && CODE Symposium about Hackety Hack, his project for teaching programming to beginners. The talk ends with his last project, a card game for teaching coding. HN people share it as the last talk of why the lucky stiff, the Ruby community figure who vanished from the internet, and urge people to watch its closing section. https://www.youtube.com/embed/20ihzA8v89U 1874 1882 why the lucky stiff teaching programming 2019-08-13T17:18:06Z yes 2024-08-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/62-pRVZuS5c/the-sdf-of-a-box https://i.ytimg.com/vi/62-pRVZuS5c/hqdefault.jpg The SDF of a Box https://i.ytimg.com/vi/62-pRVZuS5c/hqdefault.jpg Inigo Quilez, creator of Shadertoy, derives the signed distance function of a box. It is a short math walkthrough of one of the basic building blocks of shader-based rendering. HN people recommend Quilez's videos alongside his site as a way into graphics programming and generative art. https://www.youtube.com/embed/62-pRVZuS5c 448 137929 signed distance function of a box 2019-10-10T17:14:00Z yes 2020-04-01 monthly 0.4375 https://www.designertube.app/watch/DgPaCWJL7XI/pouff-grocery-trip https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DgPaCWJL7XI/hqdefault.jpg Pouff - Grocery Trip https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DgPaCWJL7XI/hqdefault.jpg A music video by Pouff, titled Grocery Trip, made with neural-network image generation in the Deep Dream style. Supermarket scenes melt into surreal, shifting dreamscapes. HN people point to it as a striking example of Deep Dream imagery that resembles a psychedelic experience. https://www.youtube.com/embed/DgPaCWJL7XI 167 3484634 deep dream music video 2015-09-15T19:38:30Z yes 2017-11-01 monthly 0.4375