Mike LaursenNov 17, 2022
Howard Rheingold

Today is the 50th anniversary of Doug Engelbart's mouse patent

(Excuse the 1995 html)

http://www.rheingold.com/texts/tft/09.html

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Nov 17, 2022 at 9:32pmWeb
Show threadW.M. AkersNov 17, 2022
@hrheingold appropriate then that I bought a new mouse today!
Show threadn770Nov 17, 2022
@hrheingold
mit dem #PflichtfachInformatik würden es sehr viele Lehrkräfte wissen und vielleicht sogar ihre Schüler*innen…
Show threadMaria ElenaNov 18, 2022
@hrheingold that's a fun piece of history and brings back memories of growing up in Cupertino in the 70s and then getting into tech after working at Ames in the 90s.
Show threadSimon EnsorNov 18, 2022
@hrheingold I wasn’t a fan of ticker tape or Basic. Then I met a mouse and a Mac. Then @cogdog via #ccourses http://tachesdesens.blogspot.com/2014/09/ticker-tape-gandalf-lazarus-and-i.html
@Cogdog, Ticker tape, Gandalf, Lazarus, and I.

1970ish Ticker tape, piles of the stuff, full of holes flung out in a skip..no sense in it, if you ask me. What they called a 'computer...

Show threadSimon EnsorNov 18, 2022
@hrheingold PS I love the 1995 html it reminds me of playing with MacPaint & Robodevco.
Show threadAndy WaschickNov 18, 2022
@hrheingold I got to shake Doug’s hand at a conference in 1995.