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Alan Kay has spent years envisioning better techniques for teaching kids, using computers to illustrate experience in ways -- mathematically, scientifically -- that only computers can. In this talk, with all the intensity and brilliance he is known for, K
About Alan Kay
One of the true luminaries of personal computing, Alan Kay conceived of laptops and graphical interfaces years before they were realized. At XeroxPARC, Apple, HP and Disney, he has developed tools... Read full bio »
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