Douglas Engelbart in a Flow of Inspirations
“The mouse was one concrete invention that arose from his Augmented Human Intelligence Research Center [...] where he and a small group of colleagues began developing the NLS, [pioneering] the use of computing to complement human intelligence, what he called “augmented intelligence” rather than artificial intelligence (AI)." While Engelbart was in part inspired by Vannevar Bush through his article ‘As We May Think’, Engelbart in turn inspired others, such as Ted Nelson of Hypertext and Xanadu fame.
An Homage to Douglas Engelbart and a Critique of the State of Tech
An Homage to Douglas Engelbart and a Critique of the State of Tech
“Theodor Holm Nelson, a thorn in the side of the computing establishment, took his critique to Shakespearean levels in a eulogy for his friend Douglas Engelbart.”
See also the Tribute Event where Ted spoke.
Designing hypermedia applications
Designing hypermedia applications
A special issue on Hypermedia - “the science of relationships... structuring, presenting, and giving users direct access to the content and interconnections within an information domain... navigation... 'blazing trails'... annotation... information overviews..." We open this special issue with contributions from two pioneers "as beacons of hypermedia’s potential to support people, teams, and organizations in the hypermedia field. Ted Nelson describes transclusion, the central feature embedded within the design of the Xanadu paradigm... Doug Engelbart describes features central to the design of an open hyperdocument system, which he believes will constitute the core of organizational information systems in the future. ”
Free access in PDF and eReader formats | Browse full issue including articles by Engelbart and Nelson.
Two Men, Two Visions of One Computer World, Indivisible
Two Men, Two Visions of One Computer World, Indivisible
“With computer technology advancing at a lightning pace, it's hard to imagine that anyone could work on the same project for more than 30 years -- and still not finish it. But that is the case with two legendary figures of computerdom: Theodor Holm Nelson and Douglas C. Engelbart. The two men are very different.”
Hypervisions
Hypervisions
“[W]e will need new information-handling tools to help us grapple with the otherwise indecipherable text of the future. In my opinion we have one adaptable tool right now. You might even be familiar with it. It's "hypertext." The concept of hypertext was originally developed back in the sixties by personal computer visionaries Ted Nelson ... and Doug Engelbart...”
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