My interest in education is unglamorous. I don’t have an enormous desire to help children, but I have an enormous desire to create better adults.

Dr. Dobb’s | Interview with Alan Kay | July 10, 2012 (via paperbits)

There is a line that connects SmallTalk, Squeak, Logo, Design By Numbers, Processing, and Scratch. That line was drawn by Alan Kay’s influence on a community of thinkers and practitioners.