Ted Nelson
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Ted Nelson
Theodor Holm "Ted" Nelsonis an American pioneer of information technology, philosopher, and sociologist. He coined the terms hypertext and hypermedia in 1963 and published them in 1965. Nelson coined the terms transclusion, virtuality, and intertwingularity...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth17 June 1937
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
Ted Nelson quotes about
american-author computer looked magazines map merely picture saw showing
I never saw a computer during that course, I merely looked at the catalogues and the magazines and here was a picture showing a map on a screen.
computer wave display
If computers are the wave of the future, displays are the surfboards.
computer
You can and must understand computers NOW.
microsoft-word bills databases
So, what you can do in Microsoft Word is what Bill Gates has decided. What you can do in Oracle Database is what Larry Ellison and his crew have decided.
computer power-corrupts obsolete
Power corrupts, and obsolete power corrupts obsoletely.
computer
Any nitwit can understand computers, and many do.
american-author arbitrary given information point structure text
The point is that you could structure this arbitrary information in any way. Well, given that, now we can write text that can go in all directions.
recognized
The only ones those certifications are recognized by are the associations who give them.