The idea of the FLEX Machine and a visit to Seymour Papert in the late 60’s encouraged Alan Kay to create “A Personal Computer For Children Of All Ages.” I don’t know how the name “Dynabook” came about, but it described an electronic book that could dynamically change. As the introduction says, the name was also about “the relationship of people to computers will itself also change.”
Come see Alan speak about the ideas of the Dynabook at the “40th Anniversary of the Dynabook“, on Nov 5th at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View.
I’ll be there!
Panelists:
- Alan Kay
- Charles Thacker
- Mary Lou Jepsen

