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nose4job
What was the criteria for choosing which essays to visualize? I don't see a lot of his popular one...
markvitals
We only pick the one that have a structure that is easy to visualize. Which usually looks like headings and sub-headings or a list of things.
alexzender
lots of work and many facts, wow. Do you do the analysis manually or extract the facts somehow automatically?
markvitals
All the work was done manually. We just selected those essays which has a structure, summarized either in bullet points or headings. We edited each fact, reducing text, because with icon you don't need as much text. Regarding automation I experimented with text extraction (using abstractive text summarization) but haven't got good results yet.
alexzender
Understood, thanks. The "Where Are The Big Ideas" is my favourite.
markvitals
Nice, the infographic is loosely based on his essay "Schlep Blindness". I recommend to read the original essay as well

"How to hold a program in once head" - is my favorite one.

alexzender
> ordinary programmers working in typical office conditions never really understand the problems they're solving

Cannot agree more

pitbitbuck
I don't see a lot of his essays here... Did I miss something?