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.
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Bye Bye Babbage The Babbage Engine has been one of my personal favs at the Computer History Museum in Mt. View, CA since 2008...
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Going ‘Lean’ is strategic for any organization DEI Executive Director Christina Engelbart attended Lean Startup Conference 2015 to (1) learn how to apply it, (2) in community, and (3) see how it plays with Bootstrapping Brilliance. Here’s how you can learn more about Lean strategy.
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Today in Tech History – the Mother of All Demos 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 talk, he and his team demonstrated their vision and progress to an astonished audience of a thousand computer professionals throughout the 90 minute session. Attendees got a taste of how knowledge workers of the future would work together in an online interactive collaborative hyperlinked information space. This was not just a demonstration of what could be, it was a demonstration of how the researchers in Doug’s lab were already working on a daily basis...
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Great quotes by Doug Engelbart and Others
Favorite quotes from Doug Engelbart’s writings, talks, and interviews, plus some great related quotes by others. [Continue Reading]
Esther Dyson’s ‘Way to Wellville’ Challenge a game changer Here’s an exciting fresh approach to transforming the health of our communities. “The Way to Wellville, a national challenge among five communities over five years to make significant, visible and lasting improvement in five measures of health and economic vitality. In the end, we’ll map new paths for entire communities to make changes that result in healthier people and places.” [Continue Reading]
Meet this year’s Engelbart Scholar Award recipients Congratulations to our 2015-2016 Engelbart Scholar Award recipients from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), and their professor Dr. Gardner Campbell, Vice Provost for Learning Innovation and Student Success, Dean of University College, and Associate Professor of English at VCU. Dr. Campbell is the mastermind behind the Engelbart Scholar Program, as an extension of his innovative online course inspired in part by the pioneering vision of Doug Engelbart.
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Engelbart Scholars tour with Doug Engelbart Institute I was honored and thrilled this last month to host some very special guests for a full week of site tours, meetings, and in-depth studies — a select group of Engelbart Scholars convening the week of March 9th at the Doug Engelbart Institute in Menlo Park, CA, for a “deep dive” into Doug Engelbart’s seminal work, including a tour of Doug Engelbart Archive collections at Stanford Libraries Special Collections, the Computer History Museum, and the Internet Archives.
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Internet Society showcases Engelbart's Legacy in Action One year after inducting Doug Engelbart to the Internet Hall of Fame, the Internet Society ran a profile piece showcasing his lasting legacy, in particular how one professor – Dr. Gardner Campbell, Vice Provost for Learning Innovation and Student Success at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) – is putting his vision to practice. “Doug Engelbart’s greatest breakthrough may be to change how we think, how we learn and innovate, and how we collaborate.”
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‘The Demo’ now an avant garde opera at Stanford Stanford Live presents an avant garde opera ‘The Demo’, a musical/video/lightshow reimagining the 1968 “Mother of All Demos” originally presented by Doug Engelbart and his team from Stanford Research Institute at the Fall Joint Computer Conference in San Francisco, December 9, 1968.
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President Obama cites Engelbart’s Innovations In his speech Friday at the Cyber Summit at Stanford University, President Barak Obama named key pioneers behind the breakthrough innovations that catapulted us into the digital Information Age, leading with Hewlett and Packard, and Douglas Engelbart. Watch this segment of the speech, or enjoy the whole speech here. [Continue Reading]
Meet the ‘keyset’ – a mouse’s best friend The mouse was not the only input device invented by Doug Engelbart. Meet the keyset, which Engelbart invented to input text and commands with his left hand while pointing on the screen with his right to increase speed and efficiency. Check out this feature article Of Mice And Men by 99%Invisible podcaster Luisa Beck.
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Farewell to Jim Norton A special tribute to Jim Norton, who worked in Doug Engelbart's lab in the 1970s and '80s, and who passed away October 2014. [Continue Reading]
A Fond Farewell to Dave Evans A special tribute to Dave Evans, who worked in Doug Engelbart's lab in the 1960s, and who passed away September 2014. [Continue Reading]
2014 Human Computation Roadmap Summit I was honored to participate in the Human Computation Roadmap Summit at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC, to collaborate on the design and analysis of information processing systems in which humans participate as computational agents. The workshop included over 60 participants from a variety of disciplines... [Continue Reading]
Announcing Summer MOOC and Engelbart Scholar Award at VCU Vice Provost Gardner Campbell at Virginia Commonwealth University is launching a unique experiment with this cooperative style Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) on research writing, including a new Engelbart Scholars Award for two lucky undergraduates.
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Doug Engelbart inducted to Internet Hall of Fame “Hong Kong - April 8, 2014 - The late Doug Engelbart now named among the elite ranks of notables inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame for their significant contributions to the advancement of the global Internet.” [Continue Reading]
How these rural initiatives in Uganda are already meeting the Engelbart Challenge Guest contributor Patricia Seybold shares this fabulous case study showing how the Uganda Rural Development Training Programme (URDT) and the African Rural University (ARU) are already meeting the Engelbart Challenge. [Continue Reading]
Celebrating Doug Engelbart and the 45th Anniversary of the Mother of All Demos December 9th, 2013 marked the 45th anniversary of the Mother of All Demos at the Computer History Museum with a wonderful memorial celebration of Doug Engelbart, who passed away earlier this year. [Continue Reading]
Re: “What ever happened to Augmenting Human Intellect” Here is a must-see webinar from O’Reilly Webcast: Whatever Happened to “Augmenting Human Intellect”? presented by Scott Murray, Nov 20th. “Exploring the fundamental role of data visualization in a palatable form to human perception” and relates it to Doug Engelbart’s seminal pursuit.
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Vote for the Mouse in first-ever Tech Tournament Vote for the Mouse, which "put the power of computing in everyone's hands," in this Tech Tournament sponsored by the Industrial Research Institute. Voting ends Nov. 15, 2013.
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July 2, 2013: Last week a Great Man, Doug Engelbart, passed away By guest author, internet pioneer Kevin Hughes. // "Today's Web is a fraction of what his vision was over 40 years ago - a set of technologies that could augment intellect and accelerate human progress for the benefit of all.” [Continue Reading]
The human side of Doug Engelbart So much has been written about his technological vision and accomplishments, here are some snippets showcasing his considerable human side and his lifelong commitment to humanitarian pursuit. (Pictured: Doug as a young boy (left) with his kid brother (right))
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Press tributes to Doug Engelbart on his passing So many wonderful articles, photos and tributes are appearing to mark the passing of Doug Engelbart, a great legend and wonderful man, died Tuesday, July 2, 2013. We will be posting some of the highlights here, with links to photos, stories, tributes and more.
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Inventing the Mouse The short story of how Doug Engelbart invented the computer mouse, and why. Includes photos with links to historic video footage. Written by his daughter and long-time business partner Christina Engelbart.
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