pam on Nostr: It’s ironic how, during Alan Kay’s time, the idea of a personal tablet was almost ...

It’s ironic how, during Alan Kay’s time, the idea of a personal tablet was almost unthinkable because typing was seen as women’s work, and many men had too much ego to consider it. That and tech limitations of its time. Decades later, during the BlackBerry era, Mike Lazaridis clung to the physical keyboard even as the world moved toward touchscreens. It's interesting to observe that those who hold onto the past instead of finding the best way forward almost always lose.