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Alan Kay

 Alan Kay, 2015: Power of Simplicity
https://youtu.be/NdSD07U5uBs?t=1992
https://youtu.be/NdSD07U5uBs?t=1992
Aug 10, 2015

ten years ago today 
ten years into the future
go back ten years from today
let's imagine a 10-year vision (10-year plan) (10-year blueprint) 
five-year horizon are necessary 
five-year horizon, most invention come up in the first three years
you set a three year horizon, you're not going to get them
that five year horizon allows the people to do the right thing the first year
at Apple, most of the thing we did took about three years 
if everything go right, you get a ~ 7 years thing from this 10 year framework that you have set up
7 years ago, Today was 7 years in the Future!
anything that's new, 7 years is about ... you can do it, 
you can almost do always do it under 10
a [relatively] small amount of money, but allocated over a time that could be
a [relatively] small amount of money, but allocated over a time that could be 
longer than most CEO stay around ... 
very dollar that you take out of this thing, is a dollar that you can used to improve the bottom line 
ARPA funded universities
IBM couldn't do it
the goose that laid the golden eggs 
it's not their business; their business is to count those golden eggs after they get laid 
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Key psychological ideas behind this interface come from Montessori (rich playful environment), Vygotsky (zone of proximal development), Bruner (using multiple mentalities to learn with), the teaching theories of two master teachers (Tim Gallwey and Betty Edwards), and a variety of psychological typing theories about learning and motivational styles derived from the literature and from our 30+ years of experience. One part of the learning that the UI does is to learn what kind of user is trying to use it. The range of human styles and motivations is considerable and taking advantage of them is critical. This is something that every good teacher does, but (amazingly) has not been put in any existing UI.

source:
       http://vpri.org/work/uitald_olpc.htm
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Alan Kay

  Alan Kay, 2015: Power of Simplicity https://youtu.be/NdSD07U5uBs?t=1992 https://youtu.be/NdSD07U5uBs?t=1992 Aug 10, 2015 ten years ago tod...