At Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:24:09 -0400, Brian Jordan wrote: > > Cool! (bump)
Yes and thanks. The third panelist has been announced and it is none other than Mary Lou Jepsen. http://www.computerhistory.org/events/index.php?id=1221864610 It looks like the registration is still open (didn't sound like so many seats are remaining though). -- Yoshiki > 2008/9/24 Yoshiki Ohshima <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > There will be an interesting event. It is even sponsored by OLPC! > > > > http://www.computerhistory.org/events/index.php?id=1221864610 > > > > -- Yoshiki > > > > ---------------------- > > > > CHM Presents > > The 40th Anniversary of the Dynabook > > > > > > SPONSOR > > Sponsored by One Laptop Per Child > > > > Alan Kay, Charles Thacker, and moderated by Steve Hamm, BusinessWeek > > > > > > DATE & TIME > > Wednesday, November 05, 2008 > > > > 6:00 p.m. Member's Reception - CHM Members only > > 7:00 p.m. Program > > Wine for the Member's Reception provided by the Mountain Winery > > > > LOCATION > > 1401 N. Shoreline Boulevard > > Mountain View, CA 94043 > > > > Call 650-810-1005 for information. > > > > ABSTRACT OF TALK > > The roots of "personal computers" -- that is, machines that are not shared > > between users -- date back to at least the late 1950s. Within a decade, > > several more of these "one machine, one user" computers were developed; and > > the idea of a user having direct control over the computer was established, > > at least within academia. > > > > In 1968, young computer scientist Alan Kay gave a presentation on the FLEX > > Machine at a meeting of computer science graduate students and saw the > > first working versions of a new flat panel plasma display technology. This > > led to discussions about how nice it would be to (someday) place the FLEX > > computer itself on the back of such a display to make a notebook-sized > > computer. > > > > A visit a few months later to MIT computer scientist and educator Seymour > > Papert and to a school with children doing advanced math with Papert's LOGO > > programming language, produced an epiphany in Kay. He decided to make "A > > Personal Computer For Children Of All Ages." This was to be in the form of > > a compact notebook using both tablet and keyboard, a flat-screen display, > > GUI, and the wireless networking that defense funding agency ARPA was > > starting to experiment with. > > > > This idea eventually acquired the name "Dynabook" as an homage to what the > > printed book has meant to civilization and learning. It is also a gesture > > to a future in which not just the content of "books" will be dynamic, but > > the relationship of people to computers will itself also change. > > > > The founding of Xerox PARC a few years after the Dynabook concept provided > > support and a context for developing many of these ideas. In fact, the PARC > > "Alto" workstation was originally called "the interim Dynabook". Many of > > the results from this research influenced commercial computing, including > > the bit-mapped screen, high-quality text and graphics, overlapping windows > > and an icon-based GUI, desktop publishing, object-oriented programming, and > > many others. > > > > Join Steve Hamm of BusinessWeek as he moderates a panel discussion to > > celebrate this idea that provided metaphor, motivation and inventions for > > the personal computers of today. > > > > This event is generously sponsored by One Laptop Per Child. > > > > Panelists: > > - Alan Kay > > - Charles Thacker > > - TBD > > _______________________________________________ > > Olpc-open mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open > > _______________________________________________ Olpc-open mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open
