Remembering Alan Turing, June 23, 1912
As we enter 2020 and slipping into Holidays, I would like to take some of your time and remember the greatest person of courage and vast knowledge - Alan Turing the inventor of computing.
As a technologist I can not stop marveling at Alan's innovations and achievements, this amazing person not only pioneered technology's greatest innovations, he also lost his live after saving hundreds of thousands (the actual number could be a lot higher).
Here is a link to learn about Alan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing and I encourage you to watch "Imitation Game" - 2014 film about Alan.
Tragically this amazing person lost his life by being savagely haunted by bigotry and intolerance, he was subjected to an unimaginable torment during his life and highly probably that the same people who's lives that he selflessly saved have extinguished his, we as a society have lost an amazing person.
Lets make Alan's Birthday a national holiday, lets assure that Alan is remembered and inspiring future generations of technologists.
Alan is my inspiration for 2020 and beyond and I hope that he will inspire all of us technologists, at least in my future building and developing technologies I pledge to always celebrate Alan Turing's day !
Happy Holidays!
Constantin