Comments on: 10 Unknown Tech Heroes That You Would Not Have Been Without http://techpatio.com/2009/articles/10-unknown-tech-heroes?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-unknown-tech-heroes Apple, iPhone/iPad, Technology, Photography, SEO & Internet Marketing Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:29:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: vlandau http://techpatio.com/2009/articles/10-unknown-tech-heroes/comment-page-1#comment-86 vlandau Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:27:42 +0000 http://techpatio.com/?p=454#comment-86 I too would like to see Alan Kay on the list, as well as Ted Nelson. We just finished a book "The Engelbart Hypothesis: dialogs with Doug" that, in plain language, explains the philosophical framework Engelbart developed that led to so many innovations. http://engelbartbook.com/ I too would like to see Alan Kay on the list, as well as Ted Nelson.
We just finished a book “The Engelbart Hypothesis: dialogs with Doug” that, in plain language, explains the philosophical framework Engelbart developed that led to so many innovations.
http://engelbartbook.com/

]]> By: Kim Bach http://techpatio.com/2009/articles/10-unknown-tech-heroes/comment-page-1#comment-45 Kim Bach Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:47:44 +0000 http://techpatio.com/?p=454#comment-45 Twitter should support postbacks... "unknown", indeed to most, I would have liked to have seen Alan Kay, Don Knuth and Peter Naur (you did get Backus) on the list. Alan Kay is my alltime favourite Turing Award winner, he's the ghost is most of our machinery IMHO, and we're still guilty of this: Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid with millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity, but just done by brute force and thousands of slaves Twitter should support postbacks…

“unknown”, indeed to most, I would have liked to have seen Alan Kay, Don Knuth and Peter Naur (you did get Backus) on the list.

Alan Kay is my alltime favourite Turing Award winner, he’s the ghost is most of our machinery IMHO, and we’re still guilty of this:

Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid with millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity, but just done by brute force and thousands of slaves

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