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Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: The protean nature of the computer is such

The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: If you're not failing 90% of the time,

If you're not failing 90% of the time, then you're probably not working on sufficiently challenging problems. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: I don't know how many of you have

I don't know how many of you have ever met Dijkstra, but you probably know that arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: The most disastrous thing that you can ever

The most disastrous thing that you can ever learn is your first programming language. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: Every technology really needs to be shipped with

Every technology really needs to be shipped with a special manual - not how to use it but why, when and for what. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: Technology is anything invented after you were born.

Technology is anything invented after you were born. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: To get the medium's magic to work for

To get the medium's magic to work for one's aims rather than against them is to attain literacy. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: If you don't fail at least 90 percent

If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: In computers, every 'new explosion' was set off

In computers, every 'new explosion' was set off by a software product that allowed users to program differently. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: The computer is simply an instrument whose music

The computer is simply an instrument whose music is ideas. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: Scratch the surface in a typical boardroom and

Scratch the surface in a typical boardroom and we're all just cavemen with briefcases, hungry for a wise person to tell us stories. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: In success there's a tendency to keep on

In success there's a tendency to keep on doing what you were doing. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: Perl is another example of filling a tiny,

Perl is another example of filling a tiny, short-term need, and then being a real problem in the longer term. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: The real romance is out ahead and yet

The real romance is out ahead and yet to come. The computer revolution hasn't started yet. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: People who are really serious about software should

People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: I invented the term 'Object-Oriented', and I can

I invented the term 'Object-Oriented', and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: I hired finishers because I'm a good starter

I hired finishers because I'm a good starter and a poor finisher. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: Java and C++ make you think that the

Java and C++ make you think that the new ideas are like the old ones. Java is the most distressing thing to hit computing since MS-DOS. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: A computer scientist is a machine for converting

A computer scientist is a machine for converting coffee into urine. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: Possibly the only real object-oriented system in working

Possibly the only real object-oriented system in working order. (About Internet — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: I fear - as far as I can

I fear - as far as I can tell - that most undergraduate degrees in computer science these days are basically Java vocational training. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: Artificial intelligence is what we don't know how

Artificial intelligence is what we don't know how to do yet — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: It's all about long-term, sustaining relationships,

It's all about long-term, sustaining relationships, — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: The tree of research must be fed from

The tree of research must be fed from time to time with the blood of bean-counters, for it is its natural manure. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: The only way you can predict the future

The only way you can predict the future is to build it. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: Simple things should be simple and complex things

Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: Any medium powerful enough to extend man's reach

Any medium powerful enough to extend man's reach is powerful enough to topple his world. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: Simple things should be simple, complex things should

Simple things should be simple, complex things should be possible. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: It's easier to invent the future than to

It's easier to invent the future than to predict it. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: An important technology first creates a problem and

An important technology first creates a problem and then solves it. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.

Perspective is worth 80 IQ points. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: A new friend is new wine, when it

A new friend is new wine, when it grows old, you will enjoy drinking it. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: Technology is anything that wasn't around when you

Technology is anything that wasn't around when you were born. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: Context is worth 80 IQ points.

Context is worth 80 IQ points. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: If you're utopian, you're never satisfied.

If you're utopian, you're never satisfied. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: Change is easy, except for the changed part.

Change is easy, except for the changed part. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: The greatest single programming language ever designed

The greatest single programming language ever designed — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: Television should be the last mass communication medium

Television should be the last mass communication medium to be naively designed and put into the world without a surgeon-general's warning. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: A change in perspective is worth 80 IQ

A change in perspective is worth 80 IQ points. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: Humans are communications junkies. We just can't get

Humans are communications junkies. We just can't get enough. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: Knowledge is silver. Outlook is gold. IQ is

Knowledge is silver. Outlook is gold. IQ is a lead weight. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: Any company large enough to have a research

Any company large enough to have a research lab is too large to listen to it. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: As far as Apple goes, it was a

As far as Apple goes, it was a different company every few years from the time I joined in 1984. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: The biggest problem we have as human beings

The biggest problem we have as human beings is that we confuse our beliefs with reality. — Alan Kay

Alan Kay Quotes By Alan Kay: We cannot predict the future, but we can

We cannot predict the future, but we can invent it. — Alan Kay