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I think it was more everything that Engelbart stood for together with his report on Augmenting Human Intellect rather than the demo alone. > This was in early

by icc97 8y ago

I think it was more everything that Engelbart stood for together with his report on Augmenting Human Intellect rather than the demo alone. > This was in early 1967, and while we were pondering the FLEX machine, Utah was visited by Doug Engelbart. > ... > An entire conceptual world and world view [Engelbart 68]. The impact of this vision was to produce in the minds of those who were “eager to be augmented” a compelling metaphor of what interactive computing should be like, and I immediately adopted many of the ideas for the FLEX machine.

jacquesm 8y ago
I don't think it is possible to see the Mother Of All Demos in any way separate from the person of Doug Engelbart and what he stood for. Biggest regret of my professional life, I had the opportunity to meet him in 2000 or so and didn't.
- icc97 8y ago
  For the rest of us I agree, but I think Alan Kay was much closer to his work. From the Smalltalk history he'd met Engelbart in 67 a year before the demo. Probably my biggest regret is how long it took me until I realised how important Engelbart was. I'm reading through his report now.
  - jacquesm 8y ago
    A friend of mine was a friend of his, and gave Doug space to work. Both are dead now so it's never going to happen but spending time on reading up on Doug Engelbart is a very good investment.
    - gjvc 8y ago
      Douglas Engelbart was a giant amongst giants.