The Controversial Alan Kay
by Derrick StoryNetwork Newsletter for 04/08/2003
Dear Readers,
Some guys are always ahead of the curve. Alan Kay is one of those guys.
He was working on a notebook computer called the Dynabook 35 years ago. "Twenty years ago at PARC," Kay says, "I thought we would be way beyond where we are now. I was dissatisfied with what we did there. The irony is that it looks pretty good [now]."
So where are we today? Daniel Steinberg chats with Alan Kay and covers a wide array of topics, including the progress of technology and the value of computers for helping children learn academics at an early age.
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Some have criticized this interview because Kay points out the things that are wrong, but doesn't really offer solutions for correcting them. Kay will have a chance to respond to his critics at the upcoming O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, where he'll deliver a keynote address.
Until next week,
Derrick
Derrick Story
O'Reilly Network Technical Editor
derrick@oreilly.com
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