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Can someone PLEASE try to find and link me to the audio interview with an early computer pioneer (maybe Alan Kay but I forgot exactly who) on a radio show, I th
by EGreg 2y ago
Can someone PLEASE try to find and link me to the audio interview with an early computer pioneer (maybe Alan Kay but I forgot exactly who) on a radio show, I think it was a British one, where he tries to explain to the interviewer why general-purpose computers are important. Like how we will be able to find whatever file we want quickly, and I think he speaks about music playing as well, and maybe knitting
Like the interviewer doesn’t get why we need it and keeps talking about how we can already do the things like find books using the Dewey Decimal system.
I remember listening to it and I can never seem to find it again. Anyone on HN know at least what the name of the show and/or interviewed person was?
It is like Bill Gates on Letterman but it was a radio show from the 60-80s? and took place for 10-30 minutes or so.
- nsriv 2y agoI looked very superficially and found this interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=275FQ9koAw8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=275FQ9koAw8
- dgb23 2y agoI would like to see this as well.
- beezlewax 2y agohttps://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_D9DC82D997454711A71B586E17D23119 https://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_D9DC82D997454711A71B586...
- EGreg 2y agoHonestly, I remember now getting this interview, but it isn't it. I looked through the whole transcript and the interviewer was not skeptical of computers, there was hardly any mention of the Dewey Decimal system etc. Is there anything else? That one I had only audio, it a radio show I believe. And the guy was talking about music and dewey decimal system etc. Must have been 80s or 70s. It wasn't Alan Kay
- superphunthyme 2y agoThis one with Ted Nelson? https://youtu.be/RVU62CQTXFI https://youtu.be/RVU62CQTXFI It's got the skeptical interviewer, and at 9:56 (with some lead-in before) there is a discussion of libraries, catalogs, tagging, etc. Edit: and then he goes on to mention Dewey Decimal as well.
- EGreg 2y agoYess!! THANK YOU! For all these years, I couldn't find it. I appreciate this so much, thank you :)
- superphunthyme 2y agoWelcome :)