Pioneers: Alan Kay

Interview transcript: www.notion.so/blog/alan-kay
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Alan Kay is a prolific computer scientist often referred to as the “father of personal computers." He's best known for his work on object-oriented programming languages, windowing graphical user interface design (also known as GUIs) and for leading the team that developed Smalltalk.
Alan's non-profit organization, Viewpoints Research Institute: www.vpri.org
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[@notnotjake]

Wow. Every time I listen to Alan Kay I’m struck by the depth and breadth of his knowledge.

[@foremarke]

Thank you Notion! "Try to understand 3 impossible things before breakfast"

[@DanielleNewnham]

This is such a great interview! Absolutely love this series

[@ConanXin]

艾伦·凯（Alan Kay）是一位多产的计算机科学家，通常被称为 "个人计算机之父"（father of personal computers）。他因其在面向对象的编程语言、窗口图形用户界面设计（也称为GUI）方面的工作以及领导开发Smalltalk而最为著名。他因其在面向对象的编程语言、窗口图形用户界面设计（也称为GUI）方面的工作以及领导开发Smalltalk而最为著名。 在他的职业生涯中，他曾在苹果公司、雅达利公司、迪斯尼公司、施乐PARC公司和惠普公司工作过，在ARPANET时代，他致力于塑造个人计算和图形用户界面的未来。他在2003年被授予图灵奖，并当选为美国艺术与科学学院、国家工程院、皇家艺术学会和计算机历史博物馆的院士。2001年，他成立了致力于儿童和学习的非营利组织--Viewpoints Research Institute，在那里他继续探索先进的系统和编程设计。