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Doing with Images Makes Symbols (Part 2)

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52:15·2018·graduate·Public Lecture

Alan Kay traces the historical evolution of computer interface design, from Sketchpad to Smalltalk, illuminating the foundational concepts behind communicating with computers.

In this 1987 lecture by Alan Kay on Communicating with Computers, he takes a tour through the history of computer interface design, covering Sketchpad, the "Mother of All Demos", the RAND Tablet, and Smalltalk. It was sponsored by Apple.

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Systems & CS Malleable Computing & Dynamic Media Software Design & HCI Tools for Thought, Smalltalk & Dynamic Media Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)History of Computing Alan Kay

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2003 ACM Turing Laureate who conceived Smalltalk, object-oriented message passing, and the Dynabook personal computing paradigm.

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