What I didn’t know until recently, is that a stunted version of hypertext had been demonstrated as early as 1968. This was no run-of-the-mill boring-vision-of-the-future demo. This was, simply put, “The Mother of All Demos”. Steven Levy first gave it that name and it seems to have stuck: The Mother of All Demos (and oh I really love that name). Douglas Engelbart’s whirling vision of the future; it was the first public use of a mouse, as well as examples of cutting, copying, pasting, teleconferencing, video conferencing, email, and… hypertext.
In this video, Doug Engelbart, the creator of the mouse amongst other things, demonstrates his inventions including the first public use of a mouse, examples of cutting, copying, pasting, teleconferencing, video conferencing, email, and a simplified version of hypertext. Btw, this was recorded in 1968! [via]
This post was written by bullets on June 3, 2008
