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Alan Kay has agreed to do an AMA today

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Re: Alan Kay has agreed to do an AMA today

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Post by coldtea »

Hi Alan,

On the "worse is better" divide I've always considered you as someone standing near the "better" (MIT) approach, but with an understanding of the pragmatics inherent in the "worse is better" (New Jersey) approach too.

What is your actual position on the "worse is better" dichotomy?

Do you believe it is real, and if so, can there be a third alternative that combines elements from both sides?

And if not, are we always doomed (due to market forces, programming as "popular culture" etc) to have sub-par tools from what can be theoretically achieved?

Re: Alan Kay has agreed to do an AMA today

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Post by icarito »

Hello Alan, In light of the poor results of the OLPC project, in reference to the Children's Machine, leaving aside commercial factors, do you think the Sugar user interface is appropriate for the task? If not, how can it be improved, what is good/bad about it?

Thanks!

Re: Alan Kay has agreed to do an AMA today

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Post by pdog »

Alan,

Computers have been a part of education in the United States for several decades, but you've argued that technology isn't used to its full potential.

1. Why has technology in schools failed to make an impact?

2. How would you design a curriculum for your children that uses technology effectively today?

Re: Alan Kay has agreed to do an AMA today

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Post by stcredzero »

Pxtl wrote: post #47
_ayv0 wrote: post #14

Hi Alan, I have three questions - 1. If you were to design a new programming paradigm today using what we have learnt about OOP what would it be? 2. With VR and AR (Hololens) becoming a reality (heh) how do you see user interfaces changing to work better with these systems? What new things need to be invented or rethought? 3. I also worked at Xerox for a number of years although not at PARC. I was always frustrated b…

I'd be curious if he's planning on returning to Croquet/OpenCobalt with the VR revolution.

Come to think of it, AltSpaceVR on the HTC Vive looks a lot like Croquet.

I think Google Glass should've been held back until VR/Augmented Reality gets established. Many Croquet style roving "viewports" projected from Google Glass feeds in an abstracted 3D model of a real world location would be a great way to do reporting on events.

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