Beyond Syntax » technology http://www.beyond-syntax.com Looking beyond syntactical meaning Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:45:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Technology and Courage http://www.beyond-syntax.com/2009/10/technology-and-courage/ http://www.beyond-syntax.com/2009/10/technology-and-courage/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:09:24 +0000 Michael Schultz http://www.beyond-syntax.com/?p=102 A few weeks ago, Ivan Sutherland came to Washington University to give a talk to drum up interest in a new idea he is working on (Fleet, Infinity & Marina [PDF slideshow]).  In my experience, most “old guy” talks aren’t that interesting because they meander with long tangential stories about their children.  Luckily, those were kept to a minimum and he had a good sense of humor too!

Now—interesting as the talk was—he suggested everyone read his only non-technical paper titled, “Technology and Courage” [PDF from Sun].  It took me until yesterday to read it, but it was certainly an interesting article.  I recommend everyone read it.

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