Engelbart, Douglas

Invented and lead development of groupware (SRI Augment system), word processing (display editing), outlining, hyperlinks, hyper-documents, graphical user interfaces, integrated text and graphics, windowing user interfaces (non-overlapping, tiled), two-way video-conferencing with shared workspaces, the computer mouse, chording keyboards, and was director of Node 1 of the Internet (Node 0 was MIT). He is also a kind, gentle, soft spoken soul.

Douglas Engelbart and 'The Mother of All Demos' - His presentation at 1968 Fall Joint Computer Conference, was a live online hypermedia demonstration of pioneering work his group did at SRI. Later called "The Mother of All Demos" by Andy van Dam, this historic show paved the way for modern human-computer interaction.
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SiliconValley.com: The Mouse - Douglas Engelbart's early ideas about computing, like those of other valley pioneers, were way out there; 30 years later, the rest of us are catching on. Warm, sympathetic reasonably long piece; good pictures.
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Computerworld: This revolution brought to you by ... - Depressing story on Doug Engelbart's Unfinished Revolution: 30 years later, nothing has evolved. Some Alan Kay quotes.
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Electronic Labyrinth: Douglas Engelbart - Brief professional biography; a on-site few links.
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Douglas Engelbart - Very brief biography, in larger WEB Publishing Paradigms website, by Tim Guay, Simon Fraser University.
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1995 New Paradigms for Using Computers: Douglas Engelbart - A talk Engelbart gave at IBM Almaden Research Center; audio excerpt, on-site (IBM) links.
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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.'
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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.
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Engelbart's Unfinished Revolution: Stanford University - Introduction, presenters, program, hosts, sponsors, history, links, press, feedback, video tapes, streaming video.
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Engelbart's Unfinished Revolution: Phase Two Strategies - Promotes event, some useful links, nice graphics.
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Dr. Dobb's Journal: A Conversation With Doug Engelbart - Medium-long interview: worthwhile, covers history and Engelbart's current views.
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USA Today: Computer mouse creator wins invention prize - Brief, easily read story, a few good quotes.
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Salon: Brilliant Careers: Of mice, men and machines - Doug Engelbart invented the mouse. He still dreams of upgrading the human operating system.
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Wired News: Upgrading the Human OS - Story on Stanford University seminar: Engelbart's Unfinished Revolution.
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BusinessWeek: The Man Behind the Mouse - Very brief story on Engelbart getting 1997 Lemelson-MIT prize.
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U.S. News & World Report: The man who sees the future - Doug Engelbart built the mouse; he may alter computing again: short, well written story.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Biographical Sketch: Doug Engelbart - At Engelbart's headquarters, his Bootstrap Institute.
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Douglas Engelbart Interviews - A fireside talk on different topics given as Web-based audio files.
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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.
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Engelbart's Unfinished Revolution: Stanford Online - Tells about a symposium at Stanford University, 9 Dec 1998: brief professional biography, video samples.
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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.
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