/tags/future-of-computing/ Recent content in Future of Computing on OSOCO Hugo -- gohugo.io es-ES Tue, 13 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0000 /thoughts/2026/01/as-we-may-think-software-en/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0000 /thoughts/2026/01/as-we-may-think-software-en/ This post is also available in Spanish: Cómo podríamos pensar el software (versión en español). The portal opens The sentence had been hovering in my mind the way the last lines of a good essay do—not as a conclusion, but as an invitation. “If the physicists ever figure out how to control the portal, I would most certainly want to come for a visit and see…” 1 For months, it was exactly that: a literary invitation, an elegant way of leaving a door half-open. /thoughts/2026/01/as-we-may-think-software/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0000 /thoughts/2026/01/as-we-may-think-software/ Este artículo también está disponible en inglés: As We May Think Software (English version). El portal se abre La frase había quedado flotando en mi cabeza como lo hacen las últimas líneas de un buen ensayo. No como conclusión, sino como invitación. “If the physicists ever figure out how to control the portal, I would most certainly want to come for a visit and see…” 1 Durante meses, fue exactamente eso: una invitación literaria, una forma elegante de dejar una puerta entreabierta. /thoughts/2020/06/notes-about-a-new-software-world/ Fri, 05 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000 /thoughts/2020/06/notes-about-a-new-software-world/ In his recently published article Bits of History, Words of Advice, Gilad Bracha tries to answer the question “Why didn’t Smalltalk take over the world?”. In turn, Allen Wirfs-Brock has posted a nice response in his essay The Rise and Fall of Commercial Smalltalk complementing Gilad’s reflections. I finally finished writing my response to Gilad's post. The Rise and Fall of Commercial Smalltalk https://t.co/n3UKAtJp5P cc/@Gilad_Bracha https://t.co/orUx4d6VDP — Allen Wirfs-Brock (@awbjs) June 2, 2020 Allen describes the historical context of the commercial Smalltalk era (the Early History of Smalltalk by Alan Kay just finishes when Smalltalk-80 is released into the wild) and several reasons why Smalltalk didn’t succeed.