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715 Listings - DR (10/10)715 Listings - DR (10/10) Alan Kay - http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/GASCH.KAY.HTML
Biography, photographs, and references for one of the foreground characters of the personal computer revolution.
639 Listings - DR (10/10)639 Listings - DR (10/10) Kay + Hillis - http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.01/kay.hillis_pr.html
Together, two legendary minds: Alan Kay, Danny Hillis. The result: a fast-forward, neuron-boggling, early-warning scan of the future. [Wired]
11 Listings - DR (9/10)11 Listings - DR (9/10) Tools For Thought: The Birth of the Fantasy Amplifier - http://www.rheingold.com/texts/tft/11.html
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.
On Target - DR (7/10)On Target - DR (7/10) Teaching with Technology: The Secrets of Their Success - http://www.thejournal.com/articles/18654/
Five lessons on using technology to engage students, recharge teachers, and in some cases, change the world. [THE Journal]
On Target - DR (7/10)On Target - DR (7/10) Predicting The Future - http://www.ecotopia.com/webpress/futures.htm
By Alan C. Kay; essay on how things get invented, and how to do better. [Stanford Engineering]
On Target - DR (6/10)On Target - DR (6/10) SPACEWAR: Fanatic Life and Symbolic Death Among the Computer Bums - http://www.wheels.org/spacewar/stone/rolling_stone.html
Famous Rolling Stone article by Stewart Brand, part of which discusses PARC, Alan Kay, Dynabook, Smalltalk.
59 Listings - DR (6/10)59 Listings - DR (6/10) Smalltalk with Object-Oriented Programming Pioneer Kay - http://searchsoa.techtarget.com/news/interview/0,289202,sid26_gci962762,00.html
Interview, on influences, history, rationale; laptops; advice. [SearchWebServices.com]
On Target - DR (6/10)On Target - DR (6/10) Squeak Wiki: Alan Kay - http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/378
Brief biography, old picture, some links, contact information.
1,861 Listings - DR (6/10)1,861 Listings - DR (6/10) Engelbart's Unfinished Revolution: Alan Kay - http://unrev.stanford.edu/presenters/alan_kay/alan_kay.html
Brief biography, old picture.
1,861 Listings - DR (6/10)1,861 Listings - DR (6/10) Building Your Own Dynamic Language is Fun and Easy - http://www.stanford.edu/class/ee380/Abstracts/070214.html
Abstract, slide show, references, from First Steps on the Road to Reinventing Computing, by Ian Piumarta, Viewpoints Research Institute. Stanford EE Computer Systems Colloquium, 2007 Feb 14.
On Target - DR (6/10)On Target - DR (6/10) Watch What I Do - http://www.acypher.com/wwid/FrontMatter/
A Forward by Kay, from a book on programming by demonstration.
5 Listings - DR (6/10)5 Listings - DR (6/10) Smalltalk.org: Alan Kay - http://www.smalltalk.org/alankay.html
Brief information on Xerox PARC, Kay quotes, Steve Jobs impression, a few links.
On Target - DR (5/10)On Target - DR (5/10) ArtMuseum.net: Alan Kay | Interface 1972 - http://www.artmuseum.net/w2vr/timeline/Kay.html
Biography about Kay's views on interfaces, a few references, old PARC picture.
645 Listings - DR (5/10)645 Listings - DR (5/10) From Dynabook to Squeak: A Study in Survivals - http://thinkubator.ccsp.sfu.ca/Dynabook/
Part of a historical research project, tracing the evolution of Alan Kay's Dynabook vision over 3+ decades; many links.
On Target - DR (4/10)On Target - DR (4/10) Alan Kay - http://www.squeakland.org/community/biography/alanbio.html
Brief biography, tiny photos of some early work. Squeakland.
On Target - DR (3/10)On Target - DR (3/10) Viewpoints Research Institute - http://www.viewpointsresearch.org/
Nonprofit organization dedicated to improving general education and understanding of complex systems, more so by using new inventions in interactive constructive computing, directed by some of the most experienced researchers in computer science. California, USA.
On Target - DR (3/10)On Target - DR (3/10) Alan Kay: The PC Must be Revamped, Now - http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Expert-Voices/Alan-Kay-The-PC-Must-Be-Revamped151Now/
PCs should help people learn, not merely perform tasks, the prize-winning computer scientist says. CIO Insight.
On Target - DR (3/10)On Target - DR (3/10) Steps Toward the Reinvention of Programming - http://irbseminars.intel-research.net/AlanKayNSF.pdf
A compact and practical model of personal computing as a self-exploratorium. Proposal to US National Science Foundation, NSF, granted 31 August 2006.
6 Listings - DR (3/10)6 Listings - DR (3/10) A Conversation with Alan Kay: Big Talk with the Creator of Smalltalk, and Much More - http://acmqueue.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=273
Historical perspective on personal computing, programming languages, from one of the industry’s preeminent pioneers. [ACM Queue]
On Target - DR (3/10)On Target - DR (3/10) mprove: Alan Kay Bibliography - http://www.mprove.de/diplom/referencesKay.html
A list of references to articles by Alan Kay. Excerpts of his master's and Ph.D. thesis.
On Target - DR (2/10)On Target - DR (2/10) Daddy, Are We There Yet? A Discussion with Alan Kay - http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2003/04/03/alan_kay.html
Smalltalk inventor speaks about computing today, and where it's going. [O'Reilly OpenP2P.com]
353 Listings - DR (2/10)353 Listings - DR (2/10) Report on OOPSLA97 - http://www-static.cc.gatech.edu/fac/mark.guzdial/squeak/oopsla.html
Summaries of Alan Kay keynote talk, Squeak Birds of a Feather (BOF) meeting, Squeak paper talk. By Mark Guzdial.
2,871 Listings - DR (2/10)2,871 Listings - DR (2/10) MUF Mastery: Alan Kay - http://laurel.actlab.utexas.edu/~cynbe/muq/muf3_19.html
Brief biography with perceptive editorial comments.
7,463 Listings - DR (2/10)7,463 Listings - DR (2/10) Alan Kay - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kay
Growing article, with links to related topics. Wikipedia.
On Target - DR (1/10)On Target - DR (1/10) Alan Kay on Computing - http://www.emergic.org/archives/indi/009317.php
Brief critique of current state of computing. Fortune.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) Lisa Rein's Tour of Alan Kay's Etech 2003 Presentation - http://www.lisarein.com/alankay/tour.html
Covers history, Smalltalk, Squeak, Etoys, late binding, Croquet; Sketchpad, PDP1 Spacewar, Lisp; Ivan Sutherland, Doug Englebart, John McCarthy; in text, photos, audio, video in different resolutions. Open Content, public domain.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) The Best Way to Predict the Future Is to Invent It: It Is Not Just Smalltalk - http://www.hwswworld.com/uploaddownload/interview/alan_kay_interview.php
Brief interview, covers history, art, education; System Design Frontier, Frontier Channels.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) Board-of-Directors: Alan Kay - http://diamondconsultants.com/publicsite/people/team/?topic=board-of-directors&name=alan-kay
Brief biography, photograph. Diamond Management & Technology Consultants.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) HP Converting Storied Garage into Recycling Center - http://svextra.com/blogs/gmsv/2005/07/hp_converting_s.html
Story about HP firing many researchers, focused on Kay, with many reader comments. Good Morning Silicon Valley.
95 Listings - DR (0/10)95 Listings - DR (0/10) Education in the Digital Age - http://video.csupomona.edu/streaming/tae/eda_index.html
Alan Kay talk, in streaming video.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) Steps Toward the Reinvention of Programming - http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/2021/
Brief citation, many forum comments. Lambda the Ultimate.
10 Listings - DR (0/10)10 Listings - DR (0/10) Educom'98: Alan Kay: The Computer 'Revolution' Hasn't Happened Yet - http://www.educause.edu/EDUCOM1998/4925#kay
RealVideo webcast from conference by EDUCAUSE nonprofit association with goal to advance higher education by promoting intelligent use of information technology.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) Alan Kay: The 100 Dollar Laptop and Powerful Ideas - http://www.windley.com/archives/2006/02/alan_kay_the_10.shtml
Summary of Kay talk, photograph series. Windley's Technometria.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) Alan Kay: Is Computer Science an Oxymoron? - http://www.windley.com/archives/2006/02/alan_kay_is_com.shtml
Summary of Kay talk, photograph series. Windley's Technometria.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) The Most Important Idea in Computer Science - http://bc.tech.coop/blog/060224.html
Many quotes, Lisp emphasis. Bill Clementson's Weblog.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) Making COLAs with Pepsi and Coke - http://piumarta.com/papers/colas-whitepaper.pdf
Describes new way to build programming languages, systems, environments, applications. By Ian Piumarta, Viewpoints Research Institute.

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