Abstract
The legendary Alan Kay and Roy E. Disney have graciously appeared
on camera for interviews and joined the ACM Computers in Entertainment
magazine's editorial board. Alan and Roy are two of the nicest people
to talk to and work with. Alan talked about soft fun versus hard
fun, and his research on Squeak for enhancing and amplifying learning
in children's education. Roy told us about educators versus entertainers,
and his views on traditional and CGI animations. The video clips
of the interviews are available at http://www.acm.org/pubs/cie/oct2003/index.html
Alan Kay, HP Fellow and President of Viewpoints Research Institute,
is best known for the idea of personal computing the conception of
the intimate laptop computer, and the inventions of the now ubiquitous
overlapping-window interface and modern object-oriented programming.
His deep interests in children and education were the catalyst for
these ideas, and they continue to be a major source of inspiration.
In the past, Alan has been a Xerox Fellow, Chief Scientist of Atari,
Apple Fellow, and Disney Fellow. More information is available at
http://www.squeakland.org/community/biography/alanbio.html and http://www.viewpointsresearch.org/alan.html
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