Yaroslav Khnygin · @surabax
79 followers · 788 posts · Server mastodon.ie
Soon after arriving at Apple circa 1984, Alan Kay tried to get his employer to buy Locus, a variant of #Unix #OperatingSystem that implemented live process migration: https://www.quora.com/Should-web-browsers-have-stuck-to-being-document-viewers
#OperatingSystems #OS #AlanKay #Apple #ComputingHistory #History #Technology #Web #Browser #WebDevelopment #WebDev #Hypermedia #Networking #DistributedComputing
#unix #operatingsystem #operatingsystems #os #alankay #apple #computinghistory #history #technology #web #browser #webdevelopment #webdev #hypermedia #networking #distributedcomputing
22 · @22
677 followers · 8410 posts · Server octodon.socialI feel this is too snooty because well it’s Alan Kay but I do think often of this—
“in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. And the two-eyed people are in prison” —#AlanKay
Wisdom in Space · @wisdom
1 followers · 153 posts · Server botsin.space
What we need is NOT more information, we need context.
-- Alan Kay
#intelligence #alankay #quotes #panopainting #bot
Wisdom in Space · @wisdom
1 followers · 148 posts · Server botsin.space
What we need is NOT more information, we need context.
-- Alan Kay
#intelligence #alankay #quotes #panopainting #bot
nil · @nil
42 followers · 49 posts · Server functional.cafeI miss the #fonc mailing list. #smalltalk #newcomputing #vpri #lisp #maru #frank #alankay
#fonc #smalltalk #newcomputing #vpri #lisp #maru #frank #alankay
Matthias MProve · @mprove
209 followers · 111 posts · Server hci.social"If you're not failing 90% of the time, then you're probably not working on sufficiently challenging problems." – #AlanKay #quote /via @stefanvoigt
jbz 🧑💻🐧😸👾⏳🧮🤯 · @jbzfn
224 followers · 1258 posts · Server mastodon.social
📍 Making Smalltalk
— computerhistory.org
#Smalltalk #OOP #AlanKay
https://youtu.be/PaOMiNku1_M
Ian Channing 🦈 · @ianchanning
76 followers · 219 posts · Server mastodon.social"It's hard to bullshit mother nature"
- Alan Kay
#nature #mothernature #alankay #science
Boiling Steam · @boilingsteam
3205 followers · 8009 posts · Server mastodon.cloud
Alan Kay on web browsers, document viewers, Smalltalk, NeWS and HyperCard: https://donhopkins.medium.com/alan-kay-on-should-web-browsers-have-stuck-to-being-document-viewers-and-a-discussion-of-news-5cb92c7b3445 #browser #history #alankay #smalltalk #hypercard #postscript
#smalltalk #hypercard #postscript #history #browser #alankay
J✦rg Pre✦send✦rfer 🇪🇺🏳️🌈 · @jpreisendoerfer
119 followers · 982 posts · Server mastodon.socialRegarding your tweet
🧷 https://twitter.com/dcbrock/status/1422574574768640010
Does this ⬇️ anecdotal report by #AlanKay shed some light on the similarity?
🧷 (Quora) https://qr.ae/pGDJb6
See also
🦎 https://telegram.me/FamilyOfLisp
🌺
🏷️ #LispMachine #MITAILab #Apple #AppleMac #MITCADR #SteveJobs #Scheme #Lisp #CommonLisp #XeroxAlto
#alankay #lispmachine #mitailab #apple #applemac #mitcadr #stevejobs #scheme #lisp #commonlisp #xeroxalto
Life is Tetris · @tetrislife
27 followers · 717 posts · Server qoto.org@akkartik @ploum I guess the original purpose of computers is lost, the original kind of user along with it. Is that something to lament? What was appreciable about that kind?
The new kind of user is not a programmer, irrespective of how much #AlanKay would want them to be. This user is happy consuming content unmindful of the system's problems, like consuming gasoline or electricity.
Masked & Boosted · @990000
47 followers · 275 posts · Server mstdn.social
@donmelton actually yes, there are tweets by others that I’ve engaged with that are pretty good and contain links to great resources sometimes. History, computing, science, art, etc. It’s very easy to even forget they ever happened. This one for ex was a recent bookmark I saved: https://twitter.com/dynamicwebpaige/status/1571463861160534017
Louis-Olivier Brassard · @loupbrun
157 followers · 927 posts · Server mamot.fr
L’ordinateur est un médium.
GNU Dr. Geo · @drgeo
64 followers · 300 posts · Server mamot.fr
akawee · @akawee
35 followers · 820 posts · Server troet.cafePush Nachrichten
https://heise.de/-4722700
1990 erschien ein Dossier der Zeitschrift #Spektrum der #Wissenschaft zur "Datenautobahn", in dem #AlanKay seine Gedanken über "Neue Informationssysteme und #Bildung" veröffentlichte:
"In dem Maße, wie intensiv vernetzte Westentaschenrechner Allgemeingut werden, wird sich das Verhältnis der Menschen zu ihren Informationsträgern noch einmal qualitativ verändern. Mit immer mehr verfügbaren Informationen – darunter vi…
https://ripf.de/m/a9hr9et
#bildung #alankay #wissenschaft #spektrum