Engelbart, Douglas Pioneers History

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• - A fireside talk on different topics given as Web-based audio files.
  
• - Doug Engelbart built the mouse; he may alter computing again: short, well written story.
  
• - Brief professional biography; a on-site few links.
  
• - 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 huma
  
• - Resource for exploring the history of human computer interaction beginning with the pioneering work of Douglas Engelbart and his colleagues at Stanford Research Institute in the 1960s.
  
• - 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.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Very brief story on Engelbart getting 1997 Lemelson-MIT prize.
  
• - 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.'
  
• - Promotes event, some useful links, nice graphics.
  
• - Inventor of the Week Archives: The computer mouse. The national Lemelson-MIT Awards gives the world's largest single prize for invention and innovation, the annual $500,000 dollar Lemelson-MIT Prize.
  
• - Story on Stanford University seminar: Engelbart's Unfinished Revolution.
  
• - Brief, easily read story, a few good quotes.
  
• - Computer visionary seeks to boost people's collective ability to confront complex problems coming at a faster pace. Medium-long story.
  
• - Inducted 1998, for inventing the mouse: 'X-Y Position Indicator For A Display System', Patent No. 3,541,541. Very brief biography and picture.
  
• - A talk Engelbart gave at IBM Almaden Research Center; audio excerpt, on-site (IBM) links.
  
• - Introduction, presenters, program, hosts, sponsors, history, links, press, feedback, video tapes, streaming video.
  
• - Background, insight, and resources for learning how Doug Engelbart's vision has a profound influence on learning and productivity today.
  
• - Very brief biography, in larger WEB Publishing Paradigms website, by Tim Guay, Simon Fraser University.
  
• - Tells about a symposium at Stanford University, 9 Dec 1998: brief professional biography, video samples.
  
• - Medium-long interview: worthwhile, covers history and Engelbart's current views.
  
• - Depressing story on Doug Engelbart's Unfinished Revolution: 30 years later, nothing has evolved. Some Alan Kay quotes.
  
• - Doug Engelbart invented the mouse. He still dreams of upgrading the human operating system.
  
• - At Engelbart's headquarters, his Bootstrap Institute.