{"id":7567,"date":"2013-07-06T11:09:37","date_gmt":"2013-07-06T16:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=7567"},"modified":"2016-05-08T23:39:03","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T03:39:03","slug":"doug-engelbart-rip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/06\/doug-engelbart-rip\/","title":{"rendered":"Doug Engelbart, RIP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/07\/04\/technology\/douglas-c-engelbart-inventor-of-the-computer-mouse-dies-at-88.html?_r=0&amp;pagewanted=all\">John Markoff<\/a>:<\/p>\r\n<blockquote cite=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/07\/04\/technology\/douglas-c-engelbart-inventor-of-the-computer-mouse-dies-at-88.html?_r=0&amp;pagewanted=all\"><p>In a single stroke he had what might be safely called a complete vision of the information age.<\/p>\r\n<p>The epiphany spoke to him of technology&rsquo;s potential to expand human intelligence, and from it he spun out a career that indeed had lasting impact. It led to a host of inventions that became the basis for the Internet and the modern personal computer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/worrydream.com\/Engelbart\/\">Bret Victor<\/a>:<\/p>\r\n<blockquote cite=\"http:\/\/worrydream.com\/Engelbart\/\"><p>Technology writers, in particular, tend to miss the point miserably, because they see everything as a technology problem. Engelbart devoted his life to a human problem, with technology falling out as part of a solution. When I read tech writers&rsquo; interviews with Engelbart, I imagine these writers interviewing George Orwell, asking in-depth probing questions about his typewriter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/threads2.scripting.com\/2013\/july\/engelbartWasSidelined\">Dave Winer<\/a>:<\/p>\r\n<blockquote cite=\"http:\/\/threads2.scripting.com\/2013\/july\/engelbartWasSidelined\"><p>It&rsquo;s hard to fight a wave of technology. People who do it, almost always end up sidelined, unless they give in and go with the new wave. I&rsquo;ve had to make the kinds of decisions Engelbart faced, quite a few times. Sometimes I fought the change, only to lose, and other times I embraced the need to start over and give up on your total vision and settle for part of it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\r\n<p>Update (2013-07-07): <a href=\"http:\/\/lambda-the-ultimate.org\/node\/3122\">Ehud Lamm<\/a>:<\/p>\r\n<blockquote cite=\"http:\/\/lambda-the-ultimate.org\/node\/3122\"><p>To commemorate this famous event, commonly known as the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Mother_of_All_Demos\">mother of all demos<\/a>, SRI held a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sri.com\/engelbart-event.html\">40th anniversary celebration<\/a> at Stanford today. As a small tribute to the innovative ideas that made up the demo, it is befitting to mention some of the programming languages that were used by Engelbart&rsquo;s team. A few were mentioned in passing in the event today, making me realize that they are not that widely known.<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Markoff: In a single stroke he had what might be safely called a complete vision of the information age. The epiphany spoke to him of technology&rsquo;s potential to expand human intelligence, and from it he spun out a career that indeed had lasting impact. 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