These talks are about the STEPS project from former PARC and ARPA guys, how a modern computing environment from the metal up can be reduced to a mere 20KLOC, about a factor of 1000 code reduction with the use of carefully designed DSLs
They also redefine what an OS and the Web (Hypercard style) means by removing as much accidental complexity as possible.
"Alan Kay: How Simply and Understandably Could The "Personal Computing Experience" Be Programmed?"
http://vimeo.com/10260548
They also redefine what an OS and the Web (Hypercard style) means by removing as much accidental complexity as possible.
"Alan Kay: How Simply and Understandably Could The "Personal Computing Experience" Be Programmed?" http://vimeo.com/10260548
"Alan Kay: Extracting Energy from the Turing Tarpit" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt8jyPqsmxE
"Alan Kay: Programming and Scaling" http://www.tele-task.de/archive/lecture/overview/5819/
"Ian Piumarta - To trap a better mouse" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGeN2IC7N0Q
Papers here http://vpri.org/html/writings.php