He is very accessible, concerned about preserving knowledge from a previous generation of computing, and not worried about his brand of self promotion. So he go

He is very accessible, concerned about preserving knowledge from a previous generation of computing, and not worried about his brand of self promotion. So he goes where interesting discussions are happening - he has been on HN a number of times (user https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=alankay1 https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=alankay1, AMA - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11939851 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11939851) I met him at a conference 10 years ago - I basically blew off the whole conference to sit at his feet in the lobby while he told stories and shared pearls. There were 3-4 of us, probably 30-40 years younger than him, and we were all nobodies, but he didn't care. One of my favorite experiences ever.