Bryan Cantrill
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
just extraordinary. And, but then your dad is at park with this kind of like this really personal mission. That's a little bit outside the Alto. That's kind of like the, you know, and, and, and,
just extraordinary. And, but then your dad is at park with this kind of like this really personal mission. That's a little bit outside the Alto. That's kind of like the, you know, and, and, and,
I mean, this must have occurred to you, but it definitely occurred to me on reread that it's like your dad was like a park within park that in that like your dad was almost treated by Xerox Park the way Xerox treated park. Oh, my God.
I mean, this must have occurred to you, but it definitely occurred to me on reread that it's like your dad was like a park within park that in that like your dad was almost treated by Xerox Park the way Xerox treated park. Oh, my God.
But other than that, exactly. But within that, your dad is too radical for the group. Right.
But other than that, exactly. But within that, your dad is too radical for the group. Right.
He's the nutcase's nutcase.
He's the nutcase's nutcase.
Anyway, okay. Do you mind if I just on the Alvy Ray Smith? Because Alvy Ray Smith arrives at Park. And do you mind if I just read out loud the two paragraphs from that chapter from dealers of lightning? Because I think that this is really very evocative of their relationship and kind of how extraordinary that time was. Yeah. Um, uh, park then was at a peak of creative ferment.
Anyway, okay. Do you mind if I just on the Alvy Ray Smith? Because Alvy Ray Smith arrives at Park. And do you mind if I just read out loud the two paragraphs from that chapter from dealers of lightning? Because I think that this is really very evocative of their relationship and kind of how extraordinary that time was. Yeah. Um, uh, park then was at a peak of creative ferment.
Each day, some new feat of engineering appeared, virtually demanding to be shown off to anyone of the free moment. And here was Alvy Ray Smith, curious as a cat, at large with time to spare. Schaup fairly tingled with anticipation as he drove to the research center the next morning. Seated next to him was the one man he knew possessed the temperament to get super paint.
Each day, some new feat of engineering appeared, virtually demanding to be shown off to anyone of the free moment. And here was Alvy Ray Smith, curious as a cat, at large with time to spare. Schaup fairly tingled with anticipation as he drove to the research center the next morning. Seated next to him was the one man he knew possessed the temperament to get super paint.
Sure enough, the machine hit Smith like a lightning bolt between the eyes. He came in the door and got completely entranced, Schaup remembered. He just deep-ended right into it. The next several days and nights, the bewitched artist scarcely left the lab for more than an hour or two at a time. I realized this is what I had come to California for, Smith recalled.
Sure enough, the machine hit Smith like a lightning bolt between the eyes. He came in the door and got completely entranced, Schaup remembered. He just deep-ended right into it. The next several days and nights, the bewitched artist scarcely left the lab for more than an hour or two at a time. I realized this is what I had come to California for, Smith recalled.
You could just see it was the future. And just to think that, like, that's the founder of Pixar, you know, in terms of, like, when he says being hit by a lightning bolt, this is a lightning bolt that has, like...
You could just see it was the future. And just to think that, like, that's the founder of Pixar, you know, in terms of, like, when he says being hit by a lightning bolt, this is a lightning bolt that has, like...
has real ramifications for like, this is, you know, we, this is why, you know, your, your three-year-old is singing, you know, so I want to build a snowman nonstop because it all starts here with a, you know, um,
has real ramifications for like, this is, you know, we, this is why, you know, your, your three-year-old is singing, you know, so I want to build a snowman nonstop because it all starts here with a, you know, um,
you know my dad's saying you know it was one person that could understand it again understand it technically but also really appreciate it artistically and i've i dropped this this image in the chat but the the image uh it works bang underneath written sort of your dad holding it holding it above and that is this is an image from the actual system right i mean this is the so
you know my dad's saying you know it was one person that could understand it again understand it technically but also really appreciate it artistically and i've i dropped this this image in the chat but the the image uh it works bang underneath written sort of your dad holding it holding it above and that is this is an image from the actual system right i mean this is the so