Tools for Thought: The History and Future of Mind-Expanding Technology
by Howard Rheingold · 14 May 2000 · 352pp · 120,202 words
name of Ted Nelson, who has long been in the habit of self-publishing quirky, cranky, amazingly accurate commentaries on the future of computing. In The Home Computer Revolution Nelson had this to say about Sutherland's pioneering program, in a chapter entitled "The most important computer Program Ever Written": You could draw a
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a new way to use the formerly esoteric machinery. The legend is firmly established by now, and Ted was the first to chronicle it, in The Home Computer Revolution. By the mid-1970s the state of integrated circuitry had reached such a high degree of miniaturization that it was possible to make electronic components
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directly to the public in a series of self-published tracts that railed against the pronouncements of the programming priesthood. Nelson's books, Computer Lib, The Home Computer Revolution, and Literary Machines, not only gave the orthodoxy blatant Bronx Cheers -- they also ventured dozens of predictions about the future of personal computers, many of
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Overview," in Office Systems Technology (El Segundo, Calif.: Xerox Corporation, 1982). [9] Ibid., 25. Chapter Eleven: The Birth of the Fantasy Amplifier [1] Ted Nelson, The Home Computer Revolution (self-published, 1977), 120-123. [2] Michael Schrage, "Alan Kay's Magical Mystery Tour," TWA Ambassador, January 1984, 36. [3] Seymour Papert, Mindstorms: Children, Computers
Intertwingled: The Work and Influence of Ted Nelson (History of Computing)
by Douglas R. Dechow · 2 Jul 2015 · 223pp · 52,808 words
and analysts *Nelson TH (1976) [Television]. Chicago, January, 106. Untitled contribution to section called “Television,” originally submitted under the title “Explorable Screens” Nelson TH (1977) The home computer revolution. In: Nelson TH (ed) South Bend, Ind.; distributed by the Distributors Nelson TH (1977) A dream for Irving Snerd. Creat Comput May–June, 79–81
Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer That Changed Everything
by Steven Levy · 2 Feb 1994 · 244pp · 66,599 words
meet when our story turns to HyperCard) gushed about Sutherland's wonder-"The Most Important Computer Program Ever Written," he called it-in his book The Home Computer Revolution .. . . working on a screen you could try out things you couldn't tryout as a draftsman on paper. You were concerning yourself with an abstracted
Empire of the Sum: The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator
by Keith Houston · 22 Aug 2023 · 405pp · 105,395 words
Wozniak and Steve Jobs, met at HP during that company’s push into calculators. The Steves’ early microcomputers, the Apple and Apple II, helped spark the home-computer revolution, which in turn gave Dan Bricklin the opportunity to perfect the first computerized spreadsheet. Mitch Kapor, who had worked for Bricklin’s publisher, stole the
Steve Jobs
by Walter Isaacson · 23 Oct 2011 · 915pp · 232,883 words
II, which took Wozniak’s circuit board and turned it into the first personal computer that was not just for hobbyists. • The Macintosh, which begat the home computer revolution and popularized graphical user interfaces. • Toy Story and other Pixar blockbusters, which opened up the miracle of digital imagination. • Apple stores, which reinvented the role
They Have a Word for It A Lighthearted Lexicon of Untranslatable Words & Phrases-Sarabande Books (2000)
by Howard Rheingold · 10 Mar 2020
HAVE A WORD FOR IT maht-HER with "H" silent) comes in. The problem has been brewing for a long time, but the home computer revolution-or, rather, the failure of the home computer revolution-has brought it out into the general consciousness. When the personal-computer boom started in the early 1980s, market forecasts were wildly optimistic
The Great Fragmentation: And Why the Future of All Business Is Small
by Steve Sammartino · 25 Jun 2014 · 247pp · 81,135 words
now. I purchased one when they hit their Altair moment (the Altair 8800 is regarded as the first affordable personal computer and the spark of the home computer revolution). It’s a pretty impressive party trick introducing someone to the basic idea of 3D printing, helping them work through their initial incredulity, showing them
Piracy : The Intellectual Property Wars from Gutenberg to Gates
by Adrian Johns · 5 Jan 2010 · 636pp · 202,284 words
own phreaking box. Not only was the Apple II a cultural emanation of the conjunction of hacking and phreaking, therefore; the machine itself that launched the home computer revolution owed a debt to phreak technologies. Moreover, Draper now became one of Apple’s first employees. He was given the task of designing a telephone
The Big Score
by Michael S. Malone · 20 Jul 2021
, Atari employed Caen’s son as a summer intern). The great tragedy of it all was that if any firm had the opportunity to inaugurate the home computer revolution it was Atari. The home market is the fata morgana of the electronics business—a beautiful vision when approached dissipates and leaves only disaster on
Exploding the Phone: The Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws Who Hacked Ma Bell
by Phil Lapsley · 5 Feb 2013 · 744pp · 142,748 words
per second. Engineers called it the “first truly useable microprocessor.” Intel didn’t know it yet but that chip would be the thing that started the home computer revolution and would lead to Intel’s eventual domination of the microprocessor market. In January 1975 Popular Electronics, a geeky electronic hobbyist magazine, offered its readers
Snakes and Ladders: The Great British Social Mobility Myth
by Selina Todd · 11 Feb 2021 · 598pp · 150,801 words