26 Feb
2011
26 Feb
'11
12:27 p.m.
On Sat, 26 Feb 2011, Tony Duell wrote:
Actually, I've neer heard of him. This is my
fault, of course, but could
somebofy enlighten me as to what he was involved with.
He developed the concept and term of "hypertext".
He wrote extensively (his writing style is a bit hard to follow), and
headed project "Xanadu". A small subset of which became www. (He
considers www to be grossly inadequate compared to his grandiose plans)
Find (or download (Google)) "Hyperland". It was a BBC special in 1991
(before www), with Ted Nelson, Douglas Adams, and Tom Baker (Dr. Who). It
is an amazing and entertaining prediction of what the internet would
become.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com