2026-10-21T09:18:38Z https://nostr.now John Hardy https://nostr.now/npub1tkcrt249thtpvp8v4xnuev26t93dtlup506k28x8md6em88snaeq5k5xzj https://media.jorts.horse/horse-media/accounts/avatars/000/794/150/original/61b3d47da4012893.jpg https://media.jorts.horse/horse-media/accounts/avatars/000/794/150/original/61b3d47da4012893.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2x6twmnf0y49t5pmn7ef0ws5g8xkysttfatxmmax7n600ex0ptlqzypwmqdd254wav9syaj560n93tfvk940lsx3l2egucldht8vu7z0hygf4x4v Ted Nelson&#39;s Dream Machines (1974)<br/><br/>You CAN and MUST understand computers now!<br/><br/>Half the book was a manifesto to personal computing self-published in the year that home computer kits started becoming available.<br/><br/>The other dedicated to Nelson&#39;s research project (Project Xanadu) where he introduced the concept of hypertext and hypermedia. <br/><br/>Nelson&#39;s hypertext went on to inspire the creation of the World Wide Web, a project Nelson never felt fully captured his vision.<br/> <img src="https://media.jorts.horse/horse-media/media_attachments/files/117/190/108/742/139/832/original/0ca0f461623d1e27.webp"> <br/> 2026-08-31T12:29:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw4h068lcthk5qfwtj0ve68yzfp2jmv22ftart8ugk097z74645dqzypwmqdd254wav9syaj560n93tfvk940lsx3l2egucldht8vu7z0hyrn6lku In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyg4kaljnwjr3lrak0r6gfmnj7x8z7ke3aryrvyaeml0wk36vu2eg3vu0jl'>nevent1q…u0jl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yes that was the from the heyday of MS-DOS. Loads of handy utilities came out in the form of a TSR. The most famous one I think was Borland Sidekick. 2026-08-31T11:13:58Z