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Alan Kay quotes: The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited.

The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited.

Alan Kay quotes: If you're not failing 90% of the time, then you're probably not working on sufficiently challenging problems.

If you're not failing 90% of the time, then you're probably not working on sufficiently challenging problems.

Alan Kay quotes: I don't know how many of you have ever met Dijkstra, but you probably know that arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras.

I don't know how many of you have ever met Dijkstra, but you probably know that arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras.

Alan Kay quotes: The most disastrous thing that you can ever learn is your first programming language.

The most disastrous thing that you can ever learn is your first programming language.

Alan Kay quotes: Every technology really needs to be shipped with a special manual - not how to use it but why, when and for what.

Every technology really needs to be shipped with a special manual - not how to use it but why, when and for what.

Alan Kay quotes: Technology is anything invented after you were born.

Technology is anything invented after you were born.

Alan Kay quotes: To get the medium's magic to work for one's aims rather than against them is to attain literacy.

To get the medium's magic to work for one's aims rather than against them is to attain literacy.

Alan Kay quotes: If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough.

If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough.

Alan Kay quotes: In computers, every 'new explosion' was set off by a software product that allowed users to program differently.

In computers, every 'new explosion' was set off by a software product that allowed users to program differently.

Alan Kay quotes: The computer is simply an instrument whose music is ideas.

The computer is simply an instrument whose music is ideas.

Alan Kay quotes: Scratch the surface in a typical boardroom and we're all just cavemen with briefcases, hungry for a wise person to tell us stories.

Scratch the surface in a typical boardroom and we're all just cavemen with briefcases, hungry for a wise person to tell us stories.

Alan Kay quotes: In success there's a tendency to keep on doing what you were doing.

In success there's a tendency to keep on doing what you were doing.

Alan Kay quotes: Perl is another example of filling a tiny, short-term need, and then being a real problem in the longer term.

Perl is another example of filling a tiny, short-term need, and then being a real problem in the longer term.

Alan Kay quotes: The real romance is out ahead and yet to come. The computer revolution hasn't started yet.

The real romance is out ahead and yet to come. The computer revolution hasn't started yet.

Alan Kay quotes: People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.

People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.

Alan Kay quotes: I invented the term 'Object-Oriented', and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind.

I invented the term 'Object-Oriented', and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind.

Alan Kay quotes: I hired finishers because I'm a good starter and a poor finisher.

I hired finishers because I'm a good starter and a poor finisher.

Alan Kay quotes: Java and C++ make you think that the new ideas are like the old ones. Java is the most distressing thing to hit computing since MS-DOS.

Java and C++ make you think that the new ideas are like the old ones. Java is the most distressing thing to hit computing since MS-DOS.

Alan Kay quotes: A computer scientist is a machine for converting coffee into urine.

A computer scientist is a machine for converting coffee into urine.

Alan Kay quotes: Possibly the only real object-oriented system in working order. (About Internet

Possibly the only real object-oriented system in working order. (About Internet

Alan Kay quotes: I fear - as far as I can tell - that most undergraduate degrees in computer science these days are basically Java vocational training.

I fear - as far as I can tell - that most undergraduate degrees in computer science these days are basically Java vocational training.

Alan Kay quotes: Artificial intelligence is what we don't know how to do yet

Artificial intelligence is what we don't know how to do yet

Alan Kay quotes: It's all about long-term, sustaining relationships,

It's all about long-term, sustaining relationships,

Alan Kay quotes: The tree of research must be fed from time to time with the blood of bean-counters, for it is its natural manure.

The tree of research must be fed from time to time with the blood of bean-counters, for it is its natural manure.

Alan Kay quotes: The only way you can predict the future is to build it.

The only way you can predict the future is to build it.

Alan Kay quotes: Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible.

Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible.

Alan Kay quotes: Any medium powerful enough to extend man's reach is powerful enough to topple his world.

Any medium powerful enough to extend man's reach is powerful enough to topple his world.

Alan Kay quotes: Simple things should be simple, complex things should be possible.

Simple things should be simple, complex things should be possible.

Alan Kay quotes: It's easier to invent the future than to predict it.

It's easier to invent the future than to predict it.

Alan Kay quotes: An important technology first creates a problem and then solves it.

An important technology first creates a problem and then solves it.

Alan Kay quotes: Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.

Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.

Alan Kay quotes: A new friend is new wine, when it grows old, you will enjoy drinking it.

A new friend is new wine, when it grows old, you will enjoy drinking it.

Alan Kay quotes: Technology is anything that wasn't around when you were born.

Technology is anything that wasn't around when you were born.

Alan Kay quotes: Context is worth 80 IQ points.

Context is worth 80 IQ points.

Alan Kay quotes: If you're utopian, you're never satisfied.

If you're utopian, you're never satisfied.

Alan Kay quotes: Change is easy, except for the changed part.

Change is easy, except for the changed part.

Alan Kay quotes: The greatest single programming language ever designed

The greatest single programming language ever designed

Alan Kay quotes: Television should be the last mass communication medium to be naively designed and put into the world without a surgeon-general's warning.

Television should be the last mass communication medium to be naively designed and put into the world without a surgeon-general's warning.

Alan Kay quotes: A change in perspective is worth 80 IQ points.

A change in perspective is worth 80 IQ points.

Alan Kay quotes: Humans are communications junkies. We just can't get enough.

Humans are communications junkies. We just can't get enough.

Alan Kay quotes: Knowledge is silver. Outlook is gold. IQ is a lead weight.

Knowledge is silver. Outlook is gold. IQ is a lead weight.

Alan Kay quotes: Any company large enough to have a research lab is too large to listen to it.

Any company large enough to have a research lab is too large to listen to it.

Alan Kay quotes: As far as Apple goes, it was a different company every few years from the time I joined in 1984.

As far as Apple goes, it was a different company every few years from the time I joined in 1984.

Alan Kay quotes: The biggest problem we have as human beings is that we confuse our beliefs with reality.

The biggest problem we have as human beings is that we confuse our beliefs with reality.

Alan Kay quotes: We cannot predict the future, but we can invent it.

We cannot predict the future, but we can invent it.