Ted Nelson

American information technologist, philosopher, and sociologist · United States · Academics · Born 1937 · age 89

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2008“We should not impose regularity where it does not exist.”In their words6 September 2008Ted Nelson on Zigzag data structures (6 September, 2008Read the whole statement

2001“[Of the web] It's massively successful. It is trivially simple. Massively successful like karaoke - anybody can do it.”In their wordsBBC News Interview, "Visionary lays into the web" (2001)Read the whole statement

1998Yuri Rubinsky Memorial AwardAward1974“You can and must understand computers now!”In their wordsSlogan. (The insistence that ordinary people need to understand computers is remarkable for its era: the first personal computers were notRead the whole statement

“It is imperative for many reasons that the appalling gap between public and computer insider be closed. As the saying goes, war is too important to be left to the generals.”In their wordsComputer LibRead the whole statement

“In order for something to Catch On, it has to be standardized.”In their wordsDream MachinesRead the whole statement

“Everybody has only a 24-hour day. Most people, if they increase consumption of one medium (like magazines or books) will cut down on another (like TV).”In their wordsDream MachinesRead the whole statement

1937Born17 June 1937

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We should not impose regularity where it does not exist.
Sep 6, 2008, Ted Nelson on Zigzag data structures (6 September, 2008, Own words
After all, dumbing down Xanadu sure worked well for Tim Berners-Lee!
2005, Article on Nelson's website, "Indirect Documents at Last!" (2005), Own words
[Of the web] It's massively successful. It is trivially simple. Massively successful like karaoke - anybody can do it.
2001, BBC News Interview, "Visionary lays into the web" (2001), Own words

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Yuri Rubinsky Memorial Award1998

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Theodor Holm Nelson is an American pioneer of information technology, philosopher of computer science, and sociologist. He coined the terms hypertext and hypermedia in 1963 and published them in 1965. According to his profile published in Forbes in 1997, Nelson "sees himself as a literary romantic, like a Cyrano de Bergerac, or 'the Orson Welles of software'."

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