Technology

Announcing a cool new way to experience the 1968 Demo!

March 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

Now you can experience Doug Engelbart's "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]

Game Changer: Hypothes.is announces ‘direct linking’ across the web

April 17, 2016 // 0 Comments

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

April 14, 2016 // 4 Comments

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]

Bootstrapping Brilliance in Education

February 21, 2016 // 0 Comments

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?

January 28, 2016 // 0 Comments

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]

Today in Tech History – the Mother of All Demos

December 9, 2015 // 0 Comments

December 9th, 1968 at 3:00pm at the Fall Joint Computer Conference in San Francisco, California, Doug Engelbart was slated to present his research. Instead of giving his [Continue Reading]

Meet the ‘keyset’ – a mouse’s best friend

January 23, 2015 // 0 Comments

The mouse was not the only input device invented by Doug Engelbart. The keyset, which Engelbart is using below with his left hand while operating the mouse with his right, [Continue Reading]

Re: “What ever happened to Augmenting Human Intellect”

November 30, 2013 // 0 Comments

Here is a must-see webinar from O’Reilly Webcast: Whatever Happened to “Augmenting Human Intellect”? Presented by Scott Murray November 20 2013 Exploring [Continue Reading]

40th Anniversary of the Patent on the Mouse

November 18, 2010 // 1 Comment

Here’s something to tip your hat to – today marks the 40th anniversary of Doug Engelbart receiving the U.S. patent for the mouse on Nov 17, 1970. For more on the [Continue Reading]

More on getting beyond paper and linear media

May 17, 2010 // 6 Comments

A paradigm shift from paper and other linear media to models that more closely map to how our minds work to better serve our collective intellect. [Continue Reading]