On 17/07/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">kirby urner</b> <<a href="mailto:kirby.urner@gmail.com">kirby.urner@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
> To my knowledge Alan Kay never wrote a 'Book' ... I'm then somewhat puzzled<br>> by your omniscience and omnipotence ;)<br>><br><br>In any case, I see no reason to reach some broad consensus regarding<br>Alan's legacy. We're each likely to pursue our dreams in any case.
</blockquote><div><br>[...] <br></div><br><div>I agree with you. I believe we don't all learn in the same ways, so I'm certainly against any kind of 'unification' in learning but for real 'diversification' accessible to kids (and I believe here the computer has an important role to play).
<br><br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I'm more and more noticing my weaknesses in the television area<br>(meaning those are the muscles I'm most trying to build right now, not
<br>learning Ruby, not writing a lot more Pythonic mathematics, which I<br>consider a completed model by now, ready for prime time).</blockquote><div><br>Sounds interesting. Could you also put that on Google Video, YouTube or whatever ?
<br><br>PS:<br><br>'My' ~final ~word on this subject ( ...euh videos) ;)<br><br><a href="http://scott.weston.id.au/software/pymissile-20060126/">http://scott.weston.id.au/software/pymissile-20060126/</a><br><br>francois<br>
<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Kirby<br></blockquote></div><br>