“Software's like Egyptian pyramids: millions of bricks, no structural integrity, done by brute force and 1000s of slaves.”
#AlanKay
https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1039523
#AlanKay
https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1039523
April 11, 2026 at 3:14 PM
“Software's like Egyptian pyramids: millions of bricks, no structural integrity, done by brute force and 1000s of slaves.”
#AlanKay
https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1039523
#AlanKay
https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1039523
“Software's like Egyptian pyramids: millions of bricks, no structural integrity, done by brute force and 1000s of slaves.”
#AlanKay
https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1039523
#AlanKay
https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1039523
January 29, 2025 at 7:00 AM
“Software's like Egyptian pyramids: millions of bricks, no structural integrity, done by brute force and 1000s of slaves.”
#AlanKay
https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1039523
#AlanKay
https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1039523
“Lisp isn't a language, it's a building material.”
#AlanKay
#AlanKay
March 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM
“Lisp isn't a language, it's a building material.”
#AlanKay
#AlanKay
September 24, 2026 at 9:33 AM
May 22, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Hope y’all have many moments of inspiration this week. #Wally
🤠
#DogsofBlueSky #computers #AlanKay #Apple #future
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#DogsofBlueSky #computers #AlanKay #Apple #future
November 16, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Hope y’all have many moments of inspiration this week. #Wally
🤠
#DogsofBlueSky #computers #AlanKay #Apple #future
🤠
#DogsofBlueSky #computers #AlanKay #Apple #future
“Generally, we don't want the programmer to be messing around with state. the less their programming systems require Turing machine techniques the better.”
#AlanKay
http://worrydream.com/EarlyHistoryOfSmalltalk/
#AlanKay
http://worrydream.com/EarlyHistoryOfSmalltalk/
May 21, 2024 at 6:00 AM
“Generally, we don't want the programmer to be messing around with state. the less their programming systems require Turing machine techniques the better.”
#AlanKay
http://worrydream.com/EarlyHistoryOfSmalltalk/
#AlanKay
http://worrydream.com/EarlyHistoryOfSmalltalk/
“The bottom of page 13 of the Lisp 1.5 manual was #Lisp itself. These were Maxwell's Equations of Software!”
#AlanKay
https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1039523
#AlanKay
https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1039523
April 17, 2026 at 3:14 PM
“The bottom of page 13 of the Lisp 1.5 manual was #Lisp itself. These were Maxwell's Equations of Software!”
#AlanKay
https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1039523
#AlanKay
https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1039523
Art also has this element. Our job is to remind us that there are more contexts than the one that we're in - the one that we think is reality."
- #AlanKay, Xerox PARC alumni, who led the design and development of the first modern windowed computer desktop interface.
- #AlanKay, Xerox PARC alumni, who led the design and development of the first modern windowed computer desktop interface.
May 17, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Art also has this element. Our job is to remind us that there are more contexts than the one that we're in - the one that we think is reality."
- #AlanKay, Xerox PARC alumni, who led the design and development of the first modern windowed computer desktop interface.
- #AlanKay, Xerox PARC alumni, who led the design and development of the first modern windowed computer desktop interface.
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.' - Alan Kay. ##CSEdWeek is a reminder that we can empower students to shape their future with computer science. ##innovation ##edtech ##empower ##reminder ##science ##computerscience ##invent ##students ##beto ##alankay ##empowerstudents
December 10, 2024 at 10:33 PM
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.' - Alan Kay. ##CSEdWeek is a reminder that we can empower students to shape their future with computer science. ##innovation ##edtech ##empower ##reminder ##science ##computerscience ##invent ##students ##beto ##alankay ##empowerstudents
“I don't have an enormous desire to help children, but I have an enormous desire to create better adults.”
#AlanKay
#AlanKay
February 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
“I don't have an enormous desire to help children, but I have an enormous desire to create better adults.”
#AlanKay
#AlanKay
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”
#AlanKay
http://mythz.servicestack.net/blog/2013/02/27/the-deep-insights-of-alan-kay/
#AlanKay
http://mythz.servicestack.net/blog/2013/02/27/the-deep-insights-of-alan-kay/
June 14, 2025 at 6:00 AM
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”
#AlanKay
http://mythz.servicestack.net/blog/2013/02/27/the-deep-insights-of-alan-kay/
#AlanKay
http://mythz.servicestack.net/blog/2013/02/27/the-deep-insights-of-alan-kay/
#ALANKAY ON CREATIVITY
"Most creativity is a transition from one context into another where things are more surprising. There's an element of surprise, and especially in science, there is often laughter that goes along with the 'Aha'.
"Most creativity is a transition from one context into another where things are more surprising. There's an element of surprise, and especially in science, there is often laughter that goes along with the 'Aha'.
May 17, 2026 at 7:06 PM
#ALANKAY ON CREATIVITY
"Most creativity is a transition from one context into another where things are more surprising. There's an element of surprise, and especially in science, there is often laughter that goes along with the 'Aha'.
"Most creativity is a transition from one context into another where things are more surprising. There's an element of surprise, and especially in science, there is often laughter that goes along with the 'Aha'.
Words of wisdom. #AlanKay #QuoteOftheDay
June 15, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Words of wisdom. #AlanKay #QuoteOftheDay
Words of wisdom. #AlanKay #QuoteOftheDay
April 9, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Words of wisdom. #AlanKay #QuoteOftheDay
Many updates to Ted Nelson and Alan Kay Media Centers
#TedNelson >> mprove.de/visionrealit...
#AlanKay >> mprove.de/visionrealit...
#ComputerHistory #HistoryOfHypertext
#TedNelson >> mprove.de/visionrealit...
#AlanKay >> mprove.de/visionrealit...
#ComputerHistory #HistoryOfHypertext
May 31, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Many updates to Ted Nelson and Alan Kay Media Centers
#TedNelson >> mprove.de/visionrealit...
#AlanKay >> mprove.de/visionrealit...
#ComputerHistory #HistoryOfHypertext
#TedNelson >> mprove.de/visionrealit...
#AlanKay >> mprove.de/visionrealit...
#ComputerHistory #HistoryOfHypertext
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”
#AlanKay
http://mythz.servicestack.net/blog/2013/02/27/the-deep-insights-of-alan-kay/
#AlanKay
http://mythz.servicestack.net/blog/2013/02/27/the-deep-insights-of-alan-kay/
August 25, 2026 at 3:14 PM
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”
#AlanKay
http://mythz.servicestack.net/blog/2013/02/27/the-deep-insights-of-alan-kay/
#AlanKay
http://mythz.servicestack.net/blog/2013/02/27/the-deep-insights-of-alan-kay/
i love kay cause he can just say shit like that and make it make sense
May 31, 2026 at 10:22 PM
i love kay cause he can just say shit like that and make it make sense
“[T]he user interface would have to become a learning environment along the lines of Montessori and Bruner.”
#AlanKay
http://dorophone.blogspot.com/2011/07/duckspeak-vs-smalltalk.html
#AlanKay
http://dorophone.blogspot.com/2011/07/duckspeak-vs-smalltalk.html
February 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM
“[T]he user interface would have to become a learning environment along the lines of Montessori and Bruner.”
#AlanKay
http://dorophone.blogspot.com/2011/07/duckspeak-vs-smalltalk.html
#AlanKay
http://dorophone.blogspot.com/2011/07/duckspeak-vs-smalltalk.html
“The bottom of page 13 of the Lisp 1.5 manual was #Lisp itself. These were Maxwell's Equations of Software!”
#AlanKay
https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1039523
#AlanKay
https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1039523
February 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM
“The bottom of page 13 of the Lisp 1.5 manual was #Lisp itself. These were Maxwell's Equations of Software!”
#AlanKay
https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1039523
#AlanKay
https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1039523
“[T]he user interface would have to become a learning environment along the lines of Montessori and Bruner.”
#AlanKay
http://dorophone.blogspot.com/2011/07/duckspeak-vs-smalltalk.html
#AlanKay
http://dorophone.blogspot.com/2011/07/duckspeak-vs-smalltalk.html
April 28, 2026 at 3:14 PM
“[T]he user interface would have to become a learning environment along the lines of Montessori and Bruner.”
#AlanKay
http://dorophone.blogspot.com/2011/07/duckspeak-vs-smalltalk.html
#AlanKay
http://dorophone.blogspot.com/2011/07/duckspeak-vs-smalltalk.html
July 3, 2026 at 5:33 AM
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”
#AlanKay
http://mythz.servicestack.net/blog/2013/02/27/the-deep-insights-of-alan-kay/
#AlanKay
http://mythz.servicestack.net/blog/2013/02/27/the-deep-insights-of-alan-kay/
November 7, 2023 at 7:00 AM
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”
#AlanKay
http://mythz.servicestack.net/blog/2013/02/27/the-deep-insights-of-alan-kay/
#AlanKay
http://mythz.servicestack.net/blog/2013/02/27/the-deep-insights-of-alan-kay/