#OnThisDay in 1968 Doug Engelbart & team stunned their audience with the Mother of All Demos - the world debut of the mouse, hypermedia, teleconferencing, and MUCH much more, with the lofty goal of augmenting human intellect!
Learn more at dougengelbart.org/Firsts
Celebrate 12/9 #motherofalldemos day (or as Ted Nelson would say #DougEngelbart Day), tripping around *inside* that demo - a special tribute from Bret Victor @worrydream.com and me
Check it out: bit.ly/2ArrN7y
#OnThisDay (12/9) in 1968 Doug Engelbart & team presented the Mother of All Demos - a window into the future of modern interactive personal and team computing, with the modest goal of augmenting human intellect!
Watch footage and more dougengelbart.org/theDemo.
Doug Engelbart on IA vs AI: "Payoff will come when we make better use of technology ... to augment the very human skills that people bring to bear on difficult problems." More at the Engelbart Academy dougengelbart.org/Academy
Immortal words of Doug Engelbart, from his acceptance speech on receiving the Lemelson-MIT Prize.
Watch the Clip: youtube.com/clip/UgkxnuJ...
More at the Engelbart Academy dougengelbart.org/Academy
rheingold's brainstorms: rheingoldian writing
I wrote this 28 years ago and I'm told it is still helpful: The Art of Hosting Good Conversations Online www.rheingold.com/texts/artonl...- (@hrheingold.bsky.social) November 30, 2024
The Computer History Museum presented its 2024 Fellow Award Ceremony celebrating Atari co-founders, Jake Feinler of NICs fame (hatched in Doug Engelbart's lab), and Jensen Huang of NVidia @ComputerHistory
Details: computerhistory.org/events/2024-...
(NEW) Watch the Event: youtu.be/JHk_lvy994o
Misinformation really does spread like a virus, suggest mathematical models drawn from epidemiology
Sander van der Linden, University of Cambridge and David Robert Grimes, Trinity College Dublin explain how mathematical modelling has been used to show that misinformation spreads across the intern…
mathematical modelling has been used to show that misinformation spreads across the internet like a virus spreading through a population. blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...- (@hrheingold.bsky.social) November 26, 2024
Iconic quote from Doug Engelbart: "Payoff will come when we make better use of technology to bring communities of people together and to augment the very human skills that people bring to bear on difficult problems."
The Engelbart Academy
Doug Engelbart's call to action in key lectures--how teams/orgs/societies can reach their highest potential => Vision | Strategy | Lessons Learned
Immortal words of Doug Engelbart, from his closing remarks on receiving the Lemelson-MIT Prize. More at the Engelbart Academy dougengelbart.org/Academy Watch the Clip: www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxnuJ...- (@c-engelbart.bsky.social) November 24, 2024