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3:52Ted Nelson in Herzog's "Lo and Behold"
42K views • 9 years ago
TheTedNelson
A short excerpt from Werner Herzog's film Lo and Behold in which Ted Nelson lays out his ideas about hypertext and interconnection. Herzog concludes that Nelson is the only sane person in computing.
25:48Ted Nelson struggles with uncomprehending radio interviewer, 1979
19K views • 9 years ago
TheTedNelson
A 1979 CBC radio interview in which Ted Nelson tries to explain how computers could serve as tools for thinking and visualizing. The interviewer keeps failing to grasp the idea, and Nelson patiently answers again and again.
1:27:31Oral History of John Backus
18K views • 13 years ago
Computer History Museum
Grady Booch interviews John Backus, who led the IBM team that created FORTRAN in 1957, for the Computer History Museum in 2006. Backus describes the development of the first successful high-level language and its compiler. The interview runs 88 minutes.
1:13:51Douglas Engelbart Interviewed by John Markoff of the New York Times
14K views • 13 years ago
Computer History Museum
A Computer History Museum interview in which John Markoff of the New York Times talks with Douglas Engelbart about his life and research. It covers the influences and struggles behind his work on the mouse, hypertext and collaborative computing, and his aim of helping humanity tackle complex problems.