RIP Robert Taylor Who Shaped Modern Computing
We mourn the passing this week of another great Internet pioneer, innovator, and instigator of networked personal computing – Bob Taylor. In the early 1960s, Doug [Continue Reading]
Groundbreaking 1968 Demo recognized with IEEE Milestone Plaque
A special event celebrating Doug Engelbart's famous Demo with the unveiling of a bronze IEEE Milestone Plaque was held at the Computer History Museum in Mt. View, CA. [Continue Reading]
Announcing a cool new way to experience the 1968 Demo!
Now you can experience with the "Mother of All Demos" like never before - in this new interactive format you get a bird's eye view of the video that is browsable, skimmable, sampleable... [Continue Reading]
Gardner Campbell and The Great VCU Bike Race Learning Expedition
Dr. Gardner Campbell has done it again with another revolutionary online course at University, now an Award-winning course, with all the earmarks of Bootstrapping Brilliance... [Continue Reading]
Game Changer: Hypothes.is announces ‘direct linking’ across the web
I am absolutely thrilled to report that you can now link directly to a specific point within a file, most anywhere on the web. The tool is 'hypothes.is', it is a game changer, and I'll tell you why. [Continue Reading]
The true promise of Interactive Computing: Leveraging our Collective IQ
What is this promise? In Doug's mind it was always about humans interacting with each other and with their knowledge in dynamic knowledge ecosystems, facilitated by a suite of interactive tools and processes. This is the gateway to augmenting human intellect, boosting Collective IQ, enhancing human effectiveness, and Bootstrapping Brilliance in business and society. [Continue Reading]
On Tour with our Engelbart Scholars
What did these undergrads do for Spring Break? They toured with the Doug Engelbart Institute in the San Francisco area, joined by professors and an embedded university librarian, for a week of hands on immersion in the Engelbart legacy. [Continue Reading]
How Doug Engelbart taught students about how computers think
Around 1960 Doug Engelbart was a young electrical engineer at Stanford Research Institute, invited by several local schools and clubs to come teach them how computers [Continue Reading]
Bootstrapping Brilliance in Education
Here are some links to accompany my 'lightening talk' at last weekend's Ed Foo Camp, an invitation-only unconference on Education Innovation sponsored by O'Reilly, Google, Sesame Street and MacMillan Learning. My slides: ... [Continue Reading]
Can citizen science be used to solve Alzheimer’s?
I recently spoke with colleague Pietro Michelucci about an exciting new effort to dramatically accelerate progress in Alzheimer's research by crowdsourcing the image analysis. [Continue Reading]
