Of course I would pipe up with my five-year-old voice.
ALAN KAY
Understanding- -like civilization, happiness, music, science and a host of other great endeavors–is not a state of being, but a manner of traveling.
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Of course I would pipe up with my five-year-old voice.
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By the time I got to school, I had already read a couple hundred books.
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As in all the arts, a romance with the material must be well under way.
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In computers, every ‘new explosion’ was set off by a software product that allowed users to program differently.
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Change is easy, except for the changed part.
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If you’re utopian, you’re never satisfied.
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Bad User on Device is a medium that can dynamically simulate the details of any other medium, including media that cannot exist physically.
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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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People are willing to pay you if you’re any good at all, and you have plenty of time for screwing around.
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Java and C++ make you think that the new ideas are like the old ones.
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School is basically about one point of view – the one the teacher has or the textbooks have.
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Having an intelligent secretary does not get rid of the need to read, write, and draw, etc.
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The tree of research must be fed from time to time with the blood of bean-counters, for it is its natural manure.
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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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Basic would never have surfaced because there was always a language better than Basic for that purpose.
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The hard nerds are the ones who used to have the slide rules at their belt; now they have calculators.
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