Mark Tuttle Interview

my name is Mark Tuttle and I'm on the my name is Mark Tuttle and I'm on the board of directors of Apple on where I board of directors of Apple on where I was a co-founder a long time ago it was was a co-founder a long time ago it was fun to talk to software people because fun to talk to software people because usually in the past I've talked mostly usually in the past I've talked mostly to physicians and biologists people who to physicians and biologists people who don't necessarily know much about don't necessarily know much about computer science it was nice to have an computer science it was nice to have an audience at the other end of the audience at the other end of the spectrum it's because now computing spectrum it's because now computing resources are so cheap and plentiful resources are so cheap and plentiful data is the biggest resource that the data is the biggest resource that the biggest lever we have to solve difficult biggest lever we have to solve difficult messy problems that have resisted messy problems that have resisted solution by other means it was if the solution by other means it was if the old methods worked we'd already have old methods worked we'd already have solved the problem and we wouldn't care solved the problem and we wouldn't care but in fact they're you know giant but in fact they're you know giant unsolved problems and data is the best unsolved problems and data is the best lever we have its own which is basically lever we have its own which is basically experience and then trying to digest experience and then trying to digest experience using statistics or machine experience using statistics or machine learning or visualization or something learning or visualization or something else well this is sort of what I came to well this is sort of what I came to after I found out that most of the after I found out that most of the audience was going to be software people audience was going to be software people and that's that open content is going to and that's that open content is going to have sort of a parallel life with open have sort of a parallel life with open software so open software started more software so open software started more than 60 years ago and has taken that than 60 years ago and has taken that long to get to where open software is in long to get to where open software is in a dramatic industry-leading position now a dramatic industry-leading position now and I claim that the same thing is going and I claim that the same thing is going to happen with open content and it won't to happen with open content and it won't take 60 years but we're not there yet take 60 years but we're not there yet and so my co-author Brian Carlson and I and so my co-author Brian Carlson and I basically talked about how open content basically talked about how open content is the same and different as open is the same and different as open software and so one reason it's software and so one reason it's different is what does it mean for open different is what does it mean for open content to be correct it's a very content to be correct it's a very difficult and Missy problem but another difficult and Missy problem but another respect sort of management and need for respect sort of management and need for tooling and version management and tooling and version management and change management and all that kind of change management and all that kind of thing it's the same in software as it is thing it's the same in software as it is in content yeah I heard you asking this question yeah I heard you asking this question before us I've been thinking about it I before us I've been thinking about it I think the most important thing is to get think the most important thing is to get started and if you get started and find started and if you get started and find that you need more analytical or that you need more analytical or theoretical understanding then by all theoretical understanding then by all means go to school but but before you means go to school but but before you did it get started so you have some idea did it get started so you have some idea of where you're going and why and what of where you're going and why and what you need to know so that's my advice