Does anyone know if there’s a way to contact Alan Kay directly (preferably by email)? I know he’s active on Quora, but there are caveats to that: • It’s quite non-personal. • It’s difficult to provide the context needed for a more substantial conversation. ◦ Also, the conversation must take place in the discussion under a specific answer to a specific question. ◦ Other people can interfere with the conversation. • As per Alan Kay: “Quora is not the right-sized medium.”

@stevekrouse mentions just cold emailing him https://futureofcoding.org/notes/alan-kay-lunch but not where he got the email address from

He’s got his squeakland email? that’s the only one I know of.

@yeT That one doesn't work, unfortunately.

I can only imagine it's difficult on purpose. The real answer is probably to know the right people.

Ha, he makes his email address public enough. I found it via one of his talks

@stevekrouse Can you please point me to at least the year in which the talk was recorded?

Right here:

Thanks! I already found it, but someone else might use this.