THE VIDEO SHELF · history of hypertext
Here I Stand, at Age 80
Ted Nelson, the originator of hypertext and Project Xanadu, gives a personal account at age 80 of his ideals, his career, and how a poor career plan led to discoveries and adventures. It works as an alternative history of personal computing and hypertext.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN people point to it as Nelson's candid, first-person overview of his life, Xanadu's failure, and the lessons he drew, a historical record from the man himself.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- TheTedNelson
- Topic
- history of hypertext
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2017–2019
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Ted gives a great overview of his life and work at [0]. In this, he ascribes the demotion/firing of Xu88's project lead Roger Gregory as the reason it failed to come fruition, and takes credit for the "regrettable" part he played in this. The whole …
cookiecaper on Hacker News · 2018-01
In Ted Nelson’s published papers on computers and interaction, 1965 to 1977Ted's sitting across from me right now! He says this article is old, and wanted to link to a video he recently made talking about his life and work, if anyone's interested: [VIDEO] We're also hosting an ongoing archival project of his junk mail that …
jonah-archive on Hacker News · 2017-09
In A Thought for Your Pennies: Micropayment and the Liberation of Content (2009)
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