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Alan Kay is best known for his early work on object-oriented programming using the [[Smalltalk]] language which resulted in his [[Dynabook]] concept. His concept has never been fully implemented although a modern tablet PC running [[Squeak]] comes close. He is one of the core team that produced [[Squeak]] and he has also created another [[Smalltalk]] based project in 3 dimensions, [http://www.opencroquet.org/ Croquet]. He has also done work in [[constructionist]] education.

This book chapter on [http://www.newmediareader.com/book_samples/nmr-26-kay.pdf Personal Dynamic Media] shows what Alan was working on in 1977.

And in this essay he describes what the [[Etoys]] activity is all about [http://laptop.org/OLPCEtoys.pdf OLPCEtoys.pdf]

More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kay


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