There’s a real sense in which MS and Apple never understood networking or operating systems (or what objects really are).
ALAN KAYThere’s a real sense in which MS and Apple never understood networking or operating systems (or what objects really are).
ALAN KAYThere will be always unresolved ambiguity here.
ALAN KAYQuite a few people have to believe something is normal before it becomes normal – a sort of ‘voting’ situation.
ALAN KAYThe perfume part is important because it will help find the knowledge again to help get to the destinations the inner urges pick.
ALAN KAYBad criticism drives good criticism out of circulation. You just can’t criticize anything.
ALAN KAYWhen was the last time a technology with a scale like that was so error-free?
ALAN KAYBad User on Device is a medium that can dynamically simulate the details of any other medium, including media that cannot exist physically.
ALAN KAYSchool is basically about one point of view — the one the teacher has or the textbooks have.
ALAN KAYYazılım konusunda iddialı insanlar kendi donanımlarını yapmalılar.
ALAN KAYIn computers, every ‘new explosion’ was set off by a software product that allowed users to program differently.
ALAN KAYChange is easy, except for the changed part.
ALAN KAYI fear – as far as I can tell – that most undergraduate degrees in computer science these days are basically Java vocational training.
ALAN KAYIn our society we have hard nerds and soft nerds.
ALAN KAYThere’s an element of surprise, and especially in science, there is often laughter that goes along with the “Aha.”
ALAN KAYArtificial intelligence is what we don’t know how to do yet
ALAN KAYLisp isn’t a language, it’s a building material.
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