Introducing Ted NelsongTed on Software•Ted on Software•Dominant technologies•Dominant technologies are usually developedare usually developed by someone who has ypower and money,. . . but not necessarily the btidbest ideas• We have been coerced by yconventionally available software to distort our own data, and deny d sto t ou o data, a d de yways of thinking. We have been forced to falsely impose hierarchyforced to falsely impose hierarchy and order, and erase idiosyncrasies, associations, andidiosyncrasies, associations, and allusions.•Software should•Software should be intuitive nobe intuitive, no lmanuals necessary•Learning should•Learning should be intuitivebe intuitive, associative andassociative, and personalizedpersonalized instead ofinstead of institutionalizedinstitutionalized. Schools should•Computers•Computers shouldn’t imitateshouldn t imitate paper We havepaper. We have paper for that Andpaper for that. And computers can’tcomputers can t hope to simulatehope to simulate paper as well asTed on the paperless officeTed on the paperless officeTed demonstrates Xanadu Spaces•Ted demonstrates Xanadu SpacesDo you speak Ted?H t t (1965)Vi t lit (1977)•Hypertext (1965)•Hypermedia (1965)•Digitalia (1965)•Virtuality (1977)•Technoid (1981)•Docuverse (1981)g()•Softcopy (1967)•Cybercrud (ca. 1967)•Computer visualization (1972)()•Transclusion (1987)•Structangle (1987, said to be in use in France)•Computer visualization (1972)•Interwingularity (1974)•Dildonics (1974)F ti (1974)to be in use in France)•Sworf = swoop + morph•Flink = a floating link•Fantics (1974)•Compound document (1976)Ted's WebsiteXanaduTransliteratureDiscussion Questions• How would Ted analyze this:•Microsoft's secret new tabletMicrosoft s secret new tablet•Although it’s 2009 not 1974, we are all in school. How do you respond to Nelson’s idea “Everything is interesting, until ruined for usinteresting, until ruined for us […] Schooling systematically r ins things for s iping o truins things for us, wiping out these interests: the last things gto be ruined determines your profession”(NMR 309)profession(NMR 309).•Have you ever used a ‘computer a e you e e used a co pu elearning module’? Did its designers understand ‘welcomingness & control’?gCHOICE POINTDisagreementB ttonGo onI don’t understandCHOICE POINTTest meDrill meMORE CHOICESButtonSo far I’m boredExplain the big pictureDetails pleaseDrill meRiddle meDraw me a diagramDetails pleaseTie this in with something I knowLet’s go back to the lastTell me a relevant jokeChange the subjectSurprise meLet s go back to the last choice pointGive me more choices•Has any software been•Has any software been developed since Nelson’s pmanifesto was published in 1974 that successfullyin 1974 that successfully embodies any of his yideas?• Ted Nelson
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