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Intertwingled The Work and Influence of Ted Nelson /

This engaging volume celebrates the life and work of Theodor Holm “Ted” Nelson, a pioneer and legendary figure from the history of early computing. Presenting contributions from world-renowned computer scientists and figures from the media industry, the book delves into hypertext, the docuverse, Xan...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Dechow, Douglas R. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Struppa, Daniele C. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:History of Computing,
Subjects:
Computers.
Application software.
Data structures (Computer science).
User interfaces (Computer systems).
History of Computing.
Computer Appl. in Arts and Humanities.
Data Structures.
User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16925-5
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Artistic Contributions
  • The Computer Age
  • Odes to Ted Nelson
  • Part II: Peer Histories
  • The Two-eyed Man
  • Ted Nelson’s Xanadu—Caution: Four Letter Words Ahead
  • Hanging Out with Ted Nelson
  • Riffing on Ted Nelson—Hypermind
  • Intertwingled Inspiration
  • An Advanced Book for Beginners
  • Part III: Hypertext and Ted Nelson-Influenced Research
  • The Importance of Ted’s Vision
  • Data, Metadata and Ted
  • Making Links: Everything Really is Deeply Intertwingled
  • Ted Nelson
  • History Debugged
  • We Can and Must Understand Computers NOW
  • The Future of Transclusion
  • Ted Nelson: A Critical (and Critically Incomplete) Bibliography
  • Part IV: The Last Word
  • What Box?.

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