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After Harvard, Nelson was a photographer and filmmaker for a year at John C. Lilly 's Communication Research Institute in Miami, Florida, where he briefly shared an office with Gregory Bateson. From 1964 to 1966, he was an instructor in sociology at Vassar College.
Oct 8, 2001 · Ted Nelson is a visionary who is credited with coining the term hypertext. His ideas greatly influenced some of the developers of the World Wide Web. But as he told Tracey Logan of the BBC's Go...
Jul 25, 2017 · Ted Nelson, the man who came up with the idea of hypertext, kept 18 boxes of junk mail sitting around for decades. Now the Internet Archive is bringing it back to life in digital form.
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Theodor Holm Nelson (born 1937) is an American sociologist, philosopher, and pioneer of information technology. He coined the term "hypertext" in 1963 and published it in 1965. He also is credited with first use of the words hypermedia, transclusion, virtuality, intertwingularity and teledildonics.
Mar 29, 2024 · In the annals of computing history, few figures loom as large as Ted Nelson. A philosopher, sociologist, and technology pioneer, Nelson‘s life‘s work has been to envision a world where computers are tools for creativity, collaboration, and personal liberation.
Jun 1, 1995 · Ted Nelson's Xanadu project was supposed to be the universal, democratic hypertext library that would help human life evolve into an entirely new form. It was the most radical computer dream...
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The coiner of the term “hypertext” and a tireless advocate for a global system of interconnected networks for self-publishing, Ted Nelson has been for 50 years the torch-bearer for what computers can be.
