Tuesday, November 25, 2003

Reeling in what you want from the Web. Glenn Fleishman, Seattle Times: “Like many news junkies, I scan headlines and read piles of industry and general reports every day. It’s an occupational hazard. Trying to find what’s new, however, used to be a tedious process...” [ranchero.com] 7:41:32 AM

Vannevar Bush and Memex. Diego has an interesting comment today on Vannevar Bush and his memex idea. He says: Two of the most influential people in the history of computing have been, without a doubt, Ted Nelson and Doug Engelbart. Big call. They were certainly infuential in the history of the internet, but in computing? I wouldn't put them in the same ballpark as Alan Turing or Claude Shannon. Would you? [justinknol.net - a stack of useful stuff] 7:33:45 AM