How the cult work of a Berkeley architect blossomed into Wikipedia, survived an onslaught from LLMs, and left us new methods of teaching, learning, and building.
Gary, this is (of course) an outrageously great piece of writing. I felt myself right in that Shasta St room with you and Christopher Alexander, especially when he wanted you to "wear" his model. Wow,what a memory.
I also love that you reminded us of the power of those deceptively simple grids, to show patterns in data.
My notes from that time are the only way I would ever have remembered those details! (In fact, in my memory, I'd actually recorded an interview with him, but when I look back at my diary, I can see that never happened.)
Gary, this is (of course) an outrageously great piece of writing. I felt myself right in that Shasta St room with you and Christopher Alexander, especially when he wanted you to "wear" his model. Wow,what a memory.
I also love that you reminded us of the power of those deceptively simple grids, to show patterns in data.
Boy, I can't wait to read your book.
My notes from that time are the only way I would ever have remembered those details! (In fact, in my memory, I'd actually recorded an interview with him, but when I look back at my diary, I can see that never happened.)