Ted Nelson Quotes
In my second year in graduate school, I took a computer course and that was like lightening striking.
Topics
Technology
Graduate School
Graduation
Learning Curve
Programming
Computer Science
Illumination
Education, Knowledge & Training
Academic Discovery
Aha Moment
Career Turning Point
Cognitive Development
Educational Experience
Eureka Moment
Instant Insight
Knowledge Acquisition
Life Changing Event
Personal Epiphany
Citations
Nelson, Theodor Holm. Possiplex: Movies, Intellect, Creative Control, My Computer Life and the Fight for Civilization. Mindful Press, 2010.
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Theodor Holm Nelson is an American pioneer of information technology, philosopher, and sociologist. He coined the terms hypertext and hypermedia in 1963 and published them in 1965. Nelson coined the terms transclusion, virtuality, and intertwingularity (in Literary Machines). According to a 1997 Forbes profile, Nelson "sees himself as a literary romantic, like a Cyrano de Bergerac, or 'the Orson Welles of software'."