I'm always baffled by Alan Kay's complete disregard (or possibly blindness) towards aesthetics. His slides are horrible, without exception.
You may say: "But that doesn't matter, it's the idea that counts!"
First of all, that's completely wrong, especially when it comes to startups. Secondly, look at the actual user interface stuff that comes out of his later work and everything in the "Modern Smalltalk" community. It is completely unacceptable.
You may say: "But that doesn't matter, it's the idea that counts!"
First of all, that's completely wrong, especially when it comes to startups. Secondly, look at the actual user interface stuff that comes out of his later work and everything in the "Modern Smalltalk" community. It is completely unacceptable.