The Alan Kay Wiki

I always feel like Alan Kay is two or three levels away from the here and now. Everything he talks about is so interesting but not very applicable to the individual. More like he's giving advice to the masters of the universe.

Like a change in viewpoint is worth 80 iq points. What does that mean practically? How do I change viewpoints? How does a fish realize he's swimming through water?

A lot of smart people seem to give "Good things are good" talks without giving us plebes any help in developing the good things themselves.

Perhaps writers could write books distilling the ideas from the great minds to present to the public.

Well, it's an interesting look at a computer pioneer, but here's hoping they add some proper navigation and structure to the site at some point. Like say, categories, templates, that sort of thing.

It's not big enough to need them now, but it seems like it'll get awfully unwieldy past about 30 pages if they're not added.