Alan Kay "User Interface, A Personal View"

Based on the reading of Alan Kay " User interface, A personal View" I realized that multimedia is a whole new world of art, science, technology, and communication. Multimedia is not just a simple tool as most people think. Multimedia can be misinterpreted because it is usually associated with many communication tools, but it's not a tool. Multimedia is a concept process tool, we use it to express and deliver this concept visually, intellectually, and typographically. Multimedia is a far more complex medium than just a simple tool. There is a clear and obvious relationship between the form of multimedia and the message it's delivering. Through a combination of tools one can communicate his message, and be able to enhance his own experience, a process that enriches one's experience. The way this medium operates allows the individual the opportunity to think, collaborate, communicate, achieve, and be creative. It also allows users to reason, solve problems and form distinctive relationships between objects and what they symbolize. Multimedia as a practice existed decades ago and can appear as a single form or as a collaboration of forms interacting together. Because multimedia emphasizes on the concept of collaboration and communication, it is supposed to be usable and accessible to all people men or women, adults or children, americans and non americans. The "Personal Computer" or the laptop as Kay mentioned is a good example of a mediated, accessible, and usable tool.