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Here I Stand, at Age 80

TheTedNelson · talk · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

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 Hacker News recommends 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.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2019

What HN commenters said

  1. “Strongly recommended, and I'm grateful that he recorded this historical treasure.”

    Nelson's candid overview of his life, Xanadu's failure, and lessons learned.

    cookiecaper, 2018-01 · Strong recommendation · in “Ted Nelson’s published papers on computers and interaction, 1965 to 1977”

  2. “wanted to link to a video he recently made talking about his life and work, if anyone's interested”

    Ted Nelson's recent video about his life and work.

    jonah-archive, 2017-09 · Recommendation · in “A Thought for Your Pennies: Micropayment and the Liberation of Content (2009)”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: ted nelson, xanadu, hypertext, computer history, personal computing

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