There is the desire of a consumer society to have no learning curves.
ALAN KAYIf the pros at Sun had had a chance to fix Java, the world would be a much more pleasant place.
More Alan Kay Quotes
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Humans are communications junkies. We just can’t get enough.
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If the pros at Sun had had a chance to fix Java, the world would be a much more pleasant place.
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When the Mac first came out, Newsweek asked me what I [thought] of it. I said: Well, it’s the first personal computer worth criticizing.
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It’s easier to invent the future than to predict it.
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A new friend is new wine, when it grows old, you will enjoy drinking it.
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There’s an element of surprise, and especially in science, there is often laughter that goes along with the “Aha.”
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If we value the lifelong learning of arts and letters as a springboard for personal and societal growth, should any less effort be spent to make computing a part of our lives?
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And I realized that informed criticism has completely been done in by the web.
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Every technology really needs to be shipped with a special manual – not how to use it but why, when, and for what.
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A change in perspective is worth 80 IQ points. Perspective is worth 80 IQ points. Point of view is worth 80 IQ points
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I hired finishers because I’m a good starter and a poor finisher.
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When I first prepared this particular talk…
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The most disastrous thing that you can ever learn is your first programming language.
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I had the fortune or misfortune to learn how to read fluently starting at the age of three.
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There’s a real sense in which MS and Apple never understood networking or operating systems (or what objects really are).
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