Ken Shirriff on Nostr: In 1968, Douglas Engelbart revolutionized computing by showing the mouse, hypertext, ...
In 1968, Douglas Engelbart revolutionized computing by showing the mouse, hypertext, and collaborative computing in "The Mother of All Demos". Most of his ideas are now part of everyday computing, but one device—the keyset—failed to catch on. Let's look at Engelbart's demo and the keyset. 1/N
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