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This is from 2011 and has been posted 6 or 7 times over the years. It has one interesting point: complexity is our industry’s addiction and downfall, but blam
by parasubvert 6y ago
This is from 2011 and has been posted 6 or 7 times over the years.
It has one interesting point: complexity is our industry’s addiction and downfall, but blames the wrong person. it’s not Steve Jobs’ fault that customers want what they want.
The dream that we’d all be in a web based on HyperCard is no different from other the Squeak Smalltalk folks or LOGO fans etc. Elegant, beautiful interactive environments to help people learn computers, but never became mainstream problem solvers. It’s an old tale.
Otherwise it is mostly a “get off my lawn” rant.
(For those that don’t know about Squeak, Alan Kay believed in children’s programming so much they went to Disney - Disney! - to create Squeak, named after Mickey Mouse, as a next gen Smalltalk for kids.)
- jecel 6y agoSqueak was started at Apple. But when Steve Jobs came back to Apple and decided to kill research, they had to move elsewhere. They were able to convince Apple to release Squeak as open source (their very first attempt to do so) so they wouldn't have to start over at their new home.
- parasubvert 6y agoYes, that’s more accurate than my account - thanks.