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Leo Laport with Ted Nelson
college
actor on stage and tv
wrote plays, magazine, med, book, recordgrand father self published. If you want to say something original, you have to publish it yourself
wikipedia is a bening fruad, you don’t edit it, you submit to the hidden editors
had difficulty talking to people who I didn’t think were bright, or conventional
lost 15 years of my life
Steve Wozniak says Computer Lib inspired him
Bill Gates says Computer Lib was on his mind1972: early word processor competing with the WANG
1988: Autodesk: Roger Gregory was overthrown by the inmates
Roger Gregory is still working on itWhy is non-linear better?
This is the medium I want to write in.
I think that’s how a lot of people’s minds workHistory is not linear. It is a cataract of
Parallel pages is a better way of presenting history
Every medium can be overwhelming, but it is important for the recipient to be able to adjust the flow rateThis is called “Open Zanadu”
I’m not good at presenting in person because of my impatience
It is “systems humanists,” that seeks human goals I seek, for which I use technical means
Intertwingular is en example of an intertwining and
Jobs was a psychopath, he understood the user
You can put two books side by side. You can’t do that on a kindle.
on gmail, all sorts of things pop up, as they keep adding things
Aristotle imposed a hierarchy on everything
Hericytes: everything is a river, you’re never in the same one twice
transclusion: inclusion of content, across a document boundary
it appeals to a certain mind that is willing to travel down pathsmore interesting than reading a book with footnotes
Ted’s example: history of France done in parallel
Histomap in 1930s: 5ft long, hung on the wall: last 5000 years, parallel viewpioneer in media
what is undone that you want to do? ha ha ha
very few leisure pursuits. Spends time at the screen.
ISIS Displaying a Deft Command of Varied Media
“In people’s minds, the caliphate is about victory and dignity of Muslims. A caliph is a defender of Muslims against the enemies from within and without.”
.. Many of the region’s Sunnis have deep sympathy for any force that can challenge the Iraqi or Syrian governments, which they feel have oppressed Sunnis.
What Instagram Did for Photos, This Could Do for Videos
Hyperlapse is notable not just as another photography-and-video app. It’s also, potentially, a leap forward in the evolution of amateur videography. Just as Instagram’s filters brought sophisticated photo-processing capabilities to the average smartphone user, Hyperlapse brings sophisticated video-editing capabilities. In the past—meaning, you know, Tuesday—creating a viewer-friendly time-lapse video required expensive equipment: a Steadicam, say. Only a small handful of people had the means—or the inclination—to invest in that gear.