In computers, every 'new explosion' was set off by a software product that allowed users to program differently.
Alan KayThe protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited.
Alan KayWhen the Mac first came out, Newsweek asked me what I [thought] of it. I said: Well, it's the first personal computer worth criticizing. So at the end of the presentation, Steve came up to me and said: Is the iPhone worth criticizing? And I said: Make the screen five inches by eight inches, and you'll rule the world.
Alan Kay