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Seconded. Took me about 5 long videos and some Google searches to get into his frame of reference, but it was well worth it. The amount of useful ideas I got o

Seconded. Took me about 5 long videos and some Google searches to get into his frame of reference, but it was well worth it. The amount of useful ideas I got out of his talks is absolutely astounding. He really changed the way I think about programming, computing, user interfaces and complex system design. I am slowly watching through all of the videos from Kay I can find. A good compilation to start with: http://vpri.org/talks.htm http://vpri.org/talks.htm You can also search Vimeo for more.

joaorico 8y ago
This is the most complete list of Alan Kay's talks I found: https://tinlizzie.org/IA/index.php/Talks_by_Alan_Kay https://tinlizzie.org/IA/index.php/Talks_by_Alan_Kay
rgrau 8y ago
Yoshiki Ohshima regularly posts interesting "new" videos on his youtube channel[1]. Not only Alan Kay's talks but content produced in PARC back in the day, or relevant people around that environment. If you need a less abstract teaser before getting into the talks and "philosophy" part of the game, here's a demo of something called "Alternate Reality Kit"[2] back in 1986. Brace yourselves. 1. https://www.youtube.com/user/yoshikiohshima https://www.youtube.com/user/yoshikiohshima 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9LZ6TnSP40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9LZ6TnSP40
pjmlp 8y ago
Learning about all the cool things that happened at Xerox, not only Smalltalk, but Lisp and Mesa/Cedar as well, completely changed my point of view on UNIX, and its shortcuts.
espeed 8y ago
This is one of my favorite Alan Kay talks of all time (I think this is the right version, but at the time it wasn't on YouTube)... Programming and Scaling - Alan Kay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyIQKBzIuBY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyIQKBzIuBY There's also one where he discusses anthropology and the human universals, but the title of that talk has escaped me for years. Anyone remember what that one's called?

joaorico 8y ago

This is the most complete list of Alan Kay's talks I found: https://tinlizzie.org/IA/index.php/Talks_by_Alan_Kay https://tinlizzie.org/IA/index.php/Talks_by_Alan_Kay

rgrau 8y ago

Yoshiki Ohshima regularly posts interesting "new" videos on his youtube channel[1]. Not only Alan Kay's talks but content produced in PARC back in the day, or relevant people around that environment. If you need a less abstract teaser before getting into the talks and "philosophy" part of the game, here's a demo of something called "Alternate Reality Kit"[2] back in 1986. Brace yourselves. 1. https://www.youtube.com/user/yoshikiohshima https://www.youtube.com/user/yoshikiohshima 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9LZ6TnSP40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9LZ6TnSP40

pjmlp 8y ago

Learning about all the cool things that happened at Xerox, not only Smalltalk, but Lisp and Mesa/Cedar as well, completely changed my point of view on UNIX, and its shortcuts.

espeed 8y ago

This is one of my favorite Alan Kay talks of all time (I think this is the right version, but at the time it wasn't on YouTube)... Programming and Scaling - Alan Kay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyIQKBzIuBY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyIQKBzIuBY There's also one where he discusses anthropology and the human universals, but the title of that talk has escaped me for years. Anyone remember what that one's called?