Ted Kahn forwarded this to me this morning. It turns out that Alan Kay is
talking at Stanford at 12:30-2:00 today in the Gates building B03 (for
those who have ready access to Stanford). (01)
>><http://hci.stanford.edu/>
>>Croquet: A Collaboration Architecture
>>
>> <http://www.viewpointsresearch.org/alan.html>Alan Kay, HP Labs
>><mailto:Alan.Kay@squeakland.org>Alan.Kay@squeakland.org
>>
>><http://www-pcd.stanford.edu/cs547/index.html>Seminar on People,
>>Computers, and Design
>>Stanford University April 25, 2003
>>
>><http://www.opencroquet.org/>Croquet is a computer software architecture
>>built from the ground up with a focus on deep collaboration between teams
>>of users. It is a totally open, totally free, highly portable extension
>>to the Squeak programming system, a modern variant of Smalltalk. Croquet
>>is a complete development and delivery platform for doing real
>>collaborative work. There is no distinction between the user environment
>>and the development environment.
>>
>>Croquet is also a totally ad hoc multi-user network. It mirrors the
>>current incarnation of the World Wide Web in many ways, in that any user
>>has the ability to create and modify a "home world" and create links to
>>any other such world. But in addition, any user, or group of users
>>(assuming appropriate sharing privileges), can visit and work inside any
>>other world on the net. Just as the World Wide Web has links between the
>>web pages, Croquet allows fully dynamic connections between worlds via
>>spatial portals. The key differences are that Croquet is a fully dynamic
>>environment, everything is a collaborative object, and Croquet is fully
>>modifiable at all times.
>>
>>Croquet is a joint project being developed by David A. Smith, Alan Kay,
>>David P. Reed, and Andreas Raab. More information is available at:
>><http://www.opencroquet.org/>http://www.opencroquet.org
>>.
>>
>>
>><http://www.viewpointsresearch.org/alan.html>Alan Kay is one of the
>>pioneers of personal computing. In 1966 he helped invent "object-oriented
>>programming" In 1967-9 he and Ed Cheadle invented the FLEX Machine, a
>>very early modern desktop machine they called a "personal computer" which
>>led to his design of the Dynabook, "a personal computer for children of
>>all ages," in the form of a very portable notebook, with a flat-screen,
>>stylus, wireless network, and local storage. At Xerox PARC in the 70s he
>>invented Smalltalk, which was the first complete dynamic object oriented
>>language, development, and operating system, and was one of the
>>instigators for the first bitmap displays and the main inventor of the
>>now ubiquitous overlapping windows, icons, point-click-and-drag user
>interface.
>>.
>>Most of his contributions from 1968 onwards have been the result of
>>trying to invent and test better learning environments, mainly for children.
>>He has been a Xerox Fellow, Chief Scientist of Atari, Apple Fellow,
>>Disney Fellow, and is now a
>><http://www.hpl.hp.com/news/2002/oct-dec/kay.html>Senior Fellow in HP
>>Labs and President of <http://www.viewpointsresearch.org/>Viewpoints
>>Research Institute. He started his career as a professional jazz
>>guitarist. Much of his show business experience combined music and
>>theatrical production. Today he is an avid amateur classical pipe
>>organist. His honors include: J-D Warnier Prix d'Informatique, ACM
>>Systems Software Award, Computers & Communication Foundation Prize. He
>>has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,
>>the National Academy of Engineering, and the Royal Society of Arts.
>>.
>>
>>
>>View this talk on line at CS547 on
>><http://scpd.stanford.edu/scpd/students/courseList.asp>Stanford OnLine
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>>Titles and abstracts for all years are available
>><http://www-pcd.stanford.edu/cs547/past/years.html>by year and
>><http://www-pcd.stanford.edu/cs547/past/alphabetical.html>by speaker.
>>
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