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It is the classic essay written about the future in 1945. We got fundamentals (of computing age) for topics like hyperlinks, information retrieval etc. in this
by dm8 14y ago
It is the classic essay written about the future in 1945. We got fundamentals (of computing age) for topics like hyperlinks, information retrieval etc. in this article.
I guess I've read somewhere that people like Doug Englebart (father of computer mouse) were inspired by this essay and made that vision into reality.
- davepeck 14y agoIf Bush's essay is the start of a trail, then Englebart's "Mother Of All Demos" is the next waypoint: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfIgzSoTMOs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfIgzSoTMOs This is great, critical history to absorb about our industry. (As an aside, I feel that the introduction of the original iPhone is in some ways a spiritual successor to Englebart's demo.)