Comments on: Any questions for Dan Bricklin? http://www.tomrafteryit.net/any-questions-for-dan-bricklin/ Tom Raftery, social media consultant, speaker, blogger and podcaster Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:04:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Tom Raftery http://www.tomrafteryit.net/any-questions-for-dan-bricklin/#comment-39608 Tom Raftery Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:54:09 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/any-questions-for-dan-bricklin/#comment-39608 Salvör, Dan came back with the following response: <blockquote>There has been lots of interest from the scientific and communities. I'll be interested in seeing how it gets used in education besides just as something for programming courses to start from ("modify this poorly written code to add the following features..."). K-12 should be interesting. I'm sure there will be uses found in such settings, but I don't know enough about them to guess what they'd be.</blockquote> Salvör,

Dan came back with the following response:

There has been lots of interest from the scientific and communities. I’ll be interested in seeing how it gets used in education besides just as something for programming courses to start from (”modify this poorly written code to add the following features…”). K-12 should be interesting. I’m sure there will be uses found in such settings, but I don’t know enough about them to guess what they’d be.

]]> By: Tom Raftery http://www.tomrafteryit.net/any-questions-for-dan-bricklin/#comment-39586 Tom Raftery Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:37:09 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/any-questions-for-dan-bricklin/#comment-39586 Salvör, sorry, I interviewed Dan earlier this evening. I'll pass your query on to him though. Salvör,

sorry, I interviewed Dan earlier this evening. I’ll pass your query on to him though.

]]> By: Salvör http://www.tomrafteryit.net/any-questions-for-dan-bricklin/#comment-39575 Salvör Tue, 10 Oct 2006 19:59:13 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/any-questions-for-dan-bricklin/#comment-39575 I am interested in Wikicalc as a tool in education - for K12 students. For collaborative gata gathering and calculations etc and I am starting a project exploring how it can be used (I use wikicalc with my students in Iceland University of Education). I would like to know how Dan sees the potential for wikicalc in education. I am interested in Wikicalc as a tool in education - for K12 students. For collaborative gata gathering and calculations etc and I am starting a project exploring how it can be used (I use wikicalc with my students in Iceland University of Education). I would like to know how Dan sees the potential for wikicalc in education.

]]> By: Dennis Howlett http://www.tomrafteryit.net/any-questions-for-dan-bricklin/#comment-38313 Dennis Howlett Sat, 07 Oct 2006 11:53:28 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/any-questions-for-dan-bricklin/#comment-38313 On the topic of patents, ask him to outline how they won in Texas and what his experience was like as an expert witness. I gather it took up a considerable amount of his time last year. On the topic of patents, ask him to outline how they won in Texas and what his experience was like as an expert witness. I gather it took up a considerable amount of his time last year.

]]> By: Eoghan McCabe http://www.tomrafteryit.net/any-questions-for-dan-bricklin/#comment-37912 Eoghan McCabe Fri, 06 Oct 2006 14:47:09 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/any-questions-for-dan-bricklin/#comment-37912 Question: Do you think VisiCalc would be granted a patent if it was invented today? Question: Do you think VisiCalc would be granted a patent if it was invented today?

]]> By: Lar Veale http://www.tomrafteryit.net/any-questions-for-dan-bricklin/#comment-37892 Lar Veale Fri, 06 Oct 2006 14:07:04 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/any-questions-for-dan-bricklin/#comment-37892 Hi Tom, My question is that MS Excel (and most other MS products) has an excess of features that very few people will actually use, ever. Does he see the success of online spreadsheets being in some way dependent on going back to the basics and focusing on the core features - simple things like entering numbers and performing calculations on them. Also, as he is involved in wikiCalc, would be interested to hear what he makes of Google Spreadsheets. Thanks, Laurence Veale Hi Tom,

My question is that MS Excel (and most other MS products) has an excess of features that very few people will actually use, ever.

Does he see the success of online spreadsheets being in some way dependent on going back to the basics and focusing on the core features - simple things like entering numbers and performing calculations on them.

Also, as he is involved in wikiCalc, would be interested to hear what he makes of Google Spreadsheets.

Thanks,

Laurence Veale

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