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From: To: Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Dewayne-Net] An Interview with Computing Pioneer Alan Kay =?windows-1252?Q? =93the music_is_not_in_the_piano=94 = Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2013 01:41:24 +0000 Enjoy! Brilliant guy!! Typos, misspellings courtesy of iPhone word & thought substitution. On Apr 3, 2013, at 6:19 PM, Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote: no but i would like to On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 9:18 PM, Alan is great. Have u met him? Typos, misspellings courtesy of iPhone word & thought substitution. Begin forwarded message: > wrote: From: Dewayne Hendricks Date: April 3, 2013, 6:03:32 PM PDT To: Multiple recipients of Dewayne-Net Subject: [Dewayne-Net] An Interview with Computing Pioneer Alan Kay =?windows-1252?Q? =93the_music is not in the piano=94 = Reply-To: [Note: This item comes from reader Geoff Goodfellow. DLH] From: the keyboard of geoff goodfellow < Subject: An Interview with Computing Pioneer Alan Kay "the music is not in the piano" Date: April 3, 2013 11:19:32 AM PDT To: Dave Farber c, ip <> , Dewayne Hendricks An Interview with Computing Pioneer Alan Kay By David Greelish April 02 2013 <http://techland.time.corn/2013/04/02/an-interview-with-com uting-pioneer-alan-kay/> Born in 1940, computer scientist Alan Curtis Kay is one of a handful of visionaries most responsible for the concepts which have propelled personal computing forward over the past thirty years — and surely the most quotable one. He's the man who said that "The best way to predict the future is to invent it" and that "Technology is anything that wasn't around when you were born" and that "If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, EFTA00681009 you're not aiming high enough." And when I first saw Microsoft's Surface tablet last June, a Kay maxim helped me understand it: "People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware." Above all, however, Kay is known for the Dynabook — his decades-old vision of a portable suite of hardware, software, programming tools and services which would add up to the ultimate creative environment for kids of all ages. Every modern portable computer reflects elements of the Dynabook concept — the One Laptop Per Child project's XO above all others — and yet none of them have fully realized the concept which Kay was writing about in the early 1970s. Actually, Kay says that some gadgets with superficial Dynabook-like qualities, such as the iPad, have not only failed to realize the Dynabook dream, but have in some senses betrayed it. That's one of the points he makes in this interview, conducted by computer historian David Greelish, proprietor of the Classic Computing Blog and organizer of this month's Vintage Computer Festival Southeast in Atlanta. (The Festival will feature a pop-up Apple museum featuring Xerox's groundbreaking Alto workstation, which Kay worked on, as well as devices which deeply reflected his influence, including the Lisa, the original Macintosh and the Newton.) Kay and Greelish also discuss Kay's experiences at some of the big outfits where he's worked, including Xerox's fabled PARC labs, Apple, Disney and HP. Today, Kay continues his research about children and technology at his own organization, the Viewpoints Research Institute. —Harry McCracken David Greelish: Do you agree that we now essentially have the Dynabook, as expressed in the three tiers of modem personal computing; the notebook, tablet and smartphone? If not, what critical features do you see missing from these? Have they delivered on the promise of improving education? Alan Kay: I have been asked versions of this question for the last twenty years or so. Ninety-five percent of the Dynabook idea was a "service conception," and five percent had to do with physical forms, of which only one — the slim notebook — is generally in the public view. (The other two were an extrapolated version of Ivan Sutherland's head mounted display, and an extrapolated version of Nicholas Negroponte's ideas about ubiquitous computers embedded and networked everywhere.) [snip] Dewayne-Net RSS Feed: The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of Jeffrey Epstein Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com, and EFTA00681010 destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved EFTA00681011