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Alan Kay has agreed to do an AMA today

1401 points alankay | 4 comments | 20 Jun 16 18:04 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

This request originated via recent discussions on HN, and the forming of HARC! at YC Research. I'll be around for most of the day today (though the early evening).
1. duncanawoods ◴[20 Jun 16 18:29 UTC] No.11940086[source]▶
Hi Alan,

Whats the next step to improve remote working? Face to face still seems to be so superior for relationship building and problem solving despite the wealth of video conferencing, social and collaboration tools we have. I don't want to wear goggles...

thanks!

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2. alankay1 ◴[21 Jun 16 15:12 UTC] No.11946215[source]▶
Take a look at Hiroshi Ishii's "Clearboard" etc (look on YouTube)
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3. duncanawoods ◴[21 Jun 16 19:59 UTC] No.11948960[source]▶
Thanks for your time!

I remember Sama saying that you thought the missing component of remote tools could be something chemical so I was hoping to hear something along those lines. Discovering such mechanisms would be truly exciting!

4. pcunite ◴[22 Jun 16 22:36 UTC] No.11957588[source]▶
Link: http://tangible.media.mit.edu/project/clearboard/

I skype frequently. To feel connected, simply having the camera imbedded in the monitor itself is enough to convince the other person that I'm looking at them in the eye.