2025-03-23 16:19 UTC
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@kenshirriff@oldbytes.space 2025-03-23 16:19
Engelbart's demo was like a PowerPoint presentation over Zoom, projected onto a large screen. He collaborated with co-workers 30 miles away, talking with them, editing shared files, browsing the code online, and clicking links with the mouse (which he invented). Impressive for 1968!
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@mikeolson@mastodon.social 2025-03-23 16:41
@kenshirriff In 1977 and 1978, I was a high school nerd in Kansas City who went with my step-dad to the local computer user group meetings. One night, Chuck Moore, inventor of the Forth language, was the featured speaker. He gave a good talk about the language's philosophy and showed how to write interesting programs. But he used a freaky data entry device -- a collection of five switches he worked with one hand. I'd never seen anything like it. 1/2
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@njr@mathstodon.xyz 2025-03-23 17:26
@kenshirriff @gvwilson There was a device called the micro writer that used chords for typing. I never used one. But it seems like a derivative. https://mx.pinterest.com/pin/81135230768954982/
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@devSJR@fosstodon.org 2025-03-23 18:21
@kenshirriff Via PeerTube The Mother of All Demos is a name given retrospectively to Douglas Engelbart's December 9, 1968, demonstration of experimental computer technologies that are now commonplace. The live demonstration featured the introduction of the computer mouse,... https://tilvids.com/videos/watch/c2fbb117-bcad-4f40-9532-226380d3d76e
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@freequaybuoy@mastodon.social 2025-03-23 20:06
@kenshirriff Wow, they didn't even have lorem ipsum back then