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Kay, Alan
Early advocate of using graphics for computer user interfaces, and of using computers to educate children creatively (*NOT* by wrote memory via drillware), one of the creators of object-oriented programming, leader in the creation of Smalltalk and the personal computer. Now working on Squeak and related software.
Sites in Kay, Alan
Educom'98: Alan Kay: The Computer 'Revolution' Hasn't Happened Yet!
RealVideo webcast.
Alan Kay
Biography, photographs, and references for one of the foreground characters of the personal computer revolution.
Smalltalk.org: Alan Kay
Brief information on Xerox PARC, Kay quotes, Steve Jobs impression, a few links.
Squeak Wiki: Alan Kay
Brief biography, old picture, some links, contact information.
ACM1: Alan Kay: The Computer Revolution Hasn't Happened Yet
Abstract of talk, brief biography, good sized picture.
Alan Kay on Radio IDT: The Computer Revolution Hasn't Happened Yet
Shockwave streaming audio.
ArtMuseum.net: Alan Kay | Interface <1972>
Biography about Kay's views on interfaces, a few references, old PARC picture.
Engelbart's Unfinished Revolution: Alan Kay
Brief biography, old picture.
MUF Mastery: Alan Kay
Brief biography with perceptive editorial comments.
Tools For Thought: The Birth of the Fantasy Amplifier
By Howard Rheingold. Online copy of well known 1985 book on the invention of modern computing; this chapter on PARC, Alan Kay, Dynabook, Smalltalk, Atari. Newer (c)2000 edition of the book is out, with follow-up interviews.
SPACEWAR: Fanatic Life and Symbolic Death Among the Computer Bums
Famous Rolling Stone article by Stewart Brand, part of which discusses PARC, Alan Kay, Dynabook, Smalltalk.
mprove: Alan Kay Bibliography
An extensive list of references to articles by Alan Kay. Excerpts of his master's and Ph.D. thesis. |
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