On: Alan Kay: The computer revolution hasn't happened yet

[iamwil]

I thought his style of presentation had much to improve on, but it shed new light on what he intended with smalltalk. Apparently, encapsulation was only really one small part of his whole idea.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=78364

I think this particular post sums up his ideas in his presentation. Also, watch it with 1997 in mind. That's why he rails against MS so much.

[henning → iamwil]

He always seem so sad and wistful. He always seems to be lamenting things.

But, he's still so influential that he can't be ignored.