Ted Nelson

Computer Scientist

Ted Nelson is a pioneering computer scientist known for coining the terms 'hypertext' and 'hypermedia', influencing the development of the internet.

Born
March 27, 1937
Quotes
48
Rank
#5423

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"The Web is trivially simple - massively successful and its like Karaoke - anybody can do it."

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"I have long been alarmed by people's sheeplike acceptance of the term 'computer technology' - it sounds so objective and inexorable - when most computer technology is really a bunch of ideas turned into conventions and packages."

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"Any nitwit can understand computers, and many do."

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"You can and must understand computers now."

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"A user interface should be so simple that a beginner in an emergency can understand it within ten seconds."

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"Making things easy is hard."

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