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Ted Nelson is responsible for the term "hypertext" because of his insightful work that began in the 1960s and continues to this day. A colorful figure, he will tell you "THIS ISN'T IT" in reference to the World Wide Web and what he had in mind. The Xanadu project is legendary. Peruse the following rich set of resources that are essential elements of PCD.
From the WikiPedia:
Theodor Holm Nelson (born 1937) invented the term "hypertext" in 1965, and is a pioneer of information technology. He also coined the words "transclusion" and "intertwingularity".
Nelson is currently a visiting professor at Oxford University, and a philosopher who works in the fields of information, computers, and human-machine interfaces. He founded Project Xanadu in 1960 with the goal of creating such a system on a computer network, further documented in his 1974 book Computer Lib / Dream Machines and the 1981 Literary Machines. Much of his adult life has been devoted to working on Xanadu and advocating it.
Ted Nelson Links:
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Orality and Hypertext: An Interview with Ted Nelson
