Alan Kay’s Computer Software, printed (2026-06-17)

The pen is gorgeous and distracting. Linus Lee posted “A romance with the material”

This was a reflection on Alan Kay’s 1984 Computer Software - printed out, underlined, and photographed with a pen!

The rabbit hole is the stack: software as paper, paper as interface, pen as cursor.

The pen appears to be a Leuchtturm1917 Drehgriffel Nr. 1 ballpoint.