His presentation at 1968 Fall Joint Computer Conference, was a live online hypermedia demonstration of pioneering work his group did at SRI. Later called "The Mother of All Demos" by Andy van Dam, this historic show paved the way for modern human-computer interaction.
Douglas Engelbart's early ideas about computing, like those of other valley pioneers, were way out there; 30 years later, the rest of us are catching on. Warm, sympathetic reasonably long piece; good pictures.
Brief professional biography; a on-site few links.
Very brief biography, in larger WEB Publishing Paradigms website, by Tim Guay, Simon Fraser University.
A talk Engelbart gave at IBM Almaden Research Center; audio excerpt, on-site (IBM) links.
Engelbart's Commentary from BYTE Magazine, Vol. 20(9):330, Sept. 1995. 'Digital technology could help make this a better world. But we've also got to change our way of thinking.'
By Howard Rheingold. Online copy of well known 1985 book on the invention of modern computing; this chapter on SRI, Engelbart, oN Line System (NLS, Augment), augmentation. Newer (c)2000 edition of the book is out, with follow-up interviews.
Introduction, presenters, program, hosts, sponsors, history, links, press, feedback, video tapes, streaming video.
Promotes event, some useful links, nice graphics.
Doug Engelbart invented the mouse, chording keyboards, outlining, a type of hypertext, windows (tiled), and groupware. He still dreams of upgrading the human operating system. [Salon]
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