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From: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> Sent: Thiircrlav April 4, 2013 1:19 AM To: Subject: e: ewayne-Net] An Interview with Computing Pioneer Alan Kay =?windows-1252? Q?=93the_music_is_not_in_the_piano=94_= no but i would like to On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 9:18 PM, Linda S=one mailto > wrote: Alan is great. Have u=met him? Typos, misspellings courtesy of iPhone word & thought =ubstitution. Begin forwarded message: From: Dewayne Hendrick <mailto Date: April 3= 2013, 6:03:32 PM PDT To: Multi le reci ients of Dewayne-Net <mailto =b>Subject: [Dewayne-Net] An Interview with Computing Pioneer Alan K=y =?windows- 1252?Q?=93the_music_is_not_in_the_piano=94_= Reply-To [Note: This item comes from reader Geoff Goodfell=w. DLHJ From: the keyboard of geoff goodfellow Subject: An Interview with Computing Pioneer Alan Kay "the m=sic is not in the piano" Date: April 3, 2013 11:19:32 AM PDT To: Dave Farber <mailto Dewayne Hendrick target=» An Interview with Computing Pioneer Alan Kay<=r>By David Greelish April 02 2013 &I=;http://techland.time.com/2013/04/02/=n-interview-with-computing-pioneer-alan-kay/ <http://techland.time.com/2013/04/02/an-interview-with-computin=-pioneer-alan-kay/» Born in 1940, computer scientist Alan Curtis Kay is =ne of a handful of visionaries most responsible for the concepts which hav= propelled personal computing forward over the past thirty years — and s=rely the most quotable one. EFTA_R1_01658593 EFTA02521405 He's the man who said that "The best way to pred=ct the future is to invent it" and that "Technology is anything that w=sn't around when you were born" and that "If you don't fail at lea=t 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough." And when I f=rst saw Microsoft's Surface tablet last June, a Kay maxim helped me unde=stand it: "People who are really serious about software should make thei= own hardware." Above all, however, Kay is known for the Dynabook =97 his decades-old vision of a portable suite of hardware, software, progr=mming tools and services which would add up to the ultimate creative envir=nment for kids of all ages. Every modern portable computer reflects elemen=s of the Dynabook concept — the One Laptop Per Child project's XO abov= all others — and yet none of them have fully realized the concept which=Kay was writing about in the early 1970s. Actually, Kay says that some gadgets with superficia= Dynabook-like qualities, such as the iPad, have not only failed to realiz= the Dynabook dream, but have in some senses betrayed it. That's one of =he points he makes in this interview, conducted by computer historian Davi= Greelish, proprietor of the Classic Computing Blog and organizer of this =onth's Vintage Computer Festival Southeast in Atlanta. (The Festival wit= feature a pop-up Apple museum featuring Xerox's groundbreaking Alto wor=station, which Kay worked on, as well as devices which deeply reflected hi= influence, including the Lisa, the original Macintosh and the Newton.) Kay and Greelish also discuss Kay's experiences at=some of the big outfits where he's worked, including Xerox's fabled PA=C labs, Apple, Disney and HP. Today, Kay continues his research about chil=ren and technology at his own organization, the Viewpoints Research Instit=te. —Harry McCracken =avid Greelish: Do you agree that we now essentially have the Dynabook, as =xpressed in the three tiers of modern personal computing; the notebook, ta=let and smartphone? If not, what critical features do you see missing from=these? Have they delivered on the promise of improving education? Alan Kay: I have been asked versions of this questio= for the last twenty years or so. Ninety-five percent of the Dynabook idea=was a "service conception," and five percent had to do with physical f=rms, of which only one — the slim notebook — is generally in the publi= view. (The other two were an extrapolated version of Ivan Sutherland's =ead mounted display, and an extrapolated version of Nicholas Negroponte'= ideas about ubiquitous computers embedded and networked everywhere.) (snip) Dewayne-Net =SS Feed: <http://www.warpspeed.com/wordpress> apan> _ ***me** ***************** ** ******** ****** ********* ****•*** The inform=tion contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-c=ient privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the a=dressee. It is the property of Jeffrey Epstein Unauthorized use, di=closure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictl= prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, p=ease notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to [email protected], =nd destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachm=nts. copyright -all rights reserved 2 EFTA_R1_01658594 EFTA02521406

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