Interview with Alan Kay
- Kind
- Internet Article
- Date
- 2012/07/10
- Retrieved
- Jan 28, 2021
2 memes from this reference
Web Browsers Shouldn't Have Features
Kay: Go to a blog, go to any Wiki, and find one that's WYSIWYG like Microsoft Word is. Word was done in 1984. HyperCard was 1989. Find me Web pages that are even as good as HyperCard. The Web was done after that, but it was done by people who had no imagination. They were just trying to satisfy an immediate need…
Computing is Pop Culture without History
Binstock: You seem fastidious about always giving people credit for their work. Kay: Well, I'm an old-fashioned guy. And I also happen to believe in history. The lack of interest, the disdain for history is what makes computing not-quite-a-field. Binstock: You once referred to computing as pop culture. Kay: It is…