Electronic Labyrinth: Douglas Engelbart - Brief professional biography; a on-site few links.
1995 New Paradigms for Using Computers: Douglas Engelbart - A talk Engelbart gave at IBM Almaden Research Center; audio excerpt, on-site (IBM) links.
Dreaming of the Future - Engelbart's Commentary from BYTE Magazine, Vol. 20(9):330, Sept. 1995. 'Digital technology could help make this a better world. But we've also got to change our way of thinking.'
Tools For Thought: The Loneliness of a Long-Distance Thinker - By Howard Rheingold. Online copy of well known 1985 book on the invention of modern computing; this chapter on SRI, Engelbart, oN Line System (NLS, Augment), augmentation. Newer (c)2000 edition of the book is out, with follow-up interviews.
Engelbart's Unfinished Revolution: Stanford University - Introduction, presenters, program, hosts, sponsors, history, links, press, feedback, video tapes, streaming video.
Engelbart's Unfinished Revolution: Phase Two Strategies - Promotes event, some useful links, nice graphics.
Brilliant Careers: Of Mice, Men and Machines - Doug Engelbart invented the mouse, chording keyboards, outlining, a type of hypertext, windows (tiled), and groupware. He still dreams of upgrading the human operating system. [Salon]
Wired News: Upgrading the Human OS - Story on Stanford University seminar: Engelbart's Unfinished Revolution.
The Man Behind the Mouse - Brief story on Engelbart getting 1997 Lemelson-MIT prize. [BusinessWeek]
The Lemelson-MIT Prize Program: Douglas C. Engelbart - Inventor of the Week Archives: The computer mouse. The national Lemelson-MIT Awards gives the world's largest single prize for invention and innovation, the annual $500,000 dollar Lemelson-MIT Prize.
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Douglas Engelbart - Inducted 1998, for inventing the mouse: 'X-Y Position Indicator For A Display System', Patent No. 3,541,541. Very brief biography and picture.
The Almanac: Douglas Engelbart - Computer visionary seeks to boost people's collective ability to confront complex problems coming at a faster pace. Medium-long story.
Biographical Sketch: Doug Engelbart - At Engelbart's headquarters, his Bootstrap Institute.
Learnativity: An Introduction to Doug Engelbart's Revolution - Background, insight, and resources for learning how Doug Engelbart's vision has a profound influence on learning and productivity today.
Engelbart's Unfinished Revolution: Stanford Online - Tells about a symposium at Stanford University, 9 Dec 1998: brief professional biography, video samples.
MouseSite - Resource for exploring the history of human computer interaction beginning with the pioneering work of Douglas Engelbart and his colleagues at Stanford Research Institute in the 1960s.
Douglas Engelbart - Growing biography, with links to related topics. [Wikipedia]
Doug Engelbart's Invisible Revolution - History project with text audio, video, timelines, blog..
This Revolution Brought to You by ... - Depressing story on Doug Engelbart's Unfinished Revolution: 30 years later, nothing has evolved. Some Alan Kay quotes. [Computerworld]
Computer Mouse Creator Wins Invention Prize - Brief, easily read story, a few good quotes. [USA Today]
A Chat with Doug Engelbart - From reboot7 conference, Copenhagen, Denmark; video, audio, transcript, photos, links to other websites. [mprove]
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