RE: The coming predominance of user experienceandtechnicalcommunications

["Fred Ridder" <docudoc -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

OK, the real problem is that Vannevar Bush is *NOT* related to the
politcal Bushes. Look him up.


>From: Chris Borokowski <athloi -at- yahoo -dot- com>
>To: Lauren <lt34 -at- csus -dot- edu>, 'Fred Ridder' <docudoc -at- hotmail -dot- com>
>CC: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>Subject: RE: The coming predominance of user 
>experienceandtechnicalcommunications
>Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:38:06 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Sorry all, I didn't mean to be vague, but was afraid to mention the
>name out loud.
>
>"Like many developments in the history of computing, some of the ideas
>for a GUI computer were thought of long before the technology was even
>available to build such a machine. One of the first people to express
>these ideas was Vannevar Bush. In the early 1930s he first wrote of a
>device he called the 'Memex,' which he envisioned as looking like a
>desk with two touch screen graphical displays, a keyboard, and a
>scanner attached to it. It would allow the user to access all human
>knowledge using connections very similar to how hyperlinks work. At
>this point, the digital computer had not been invented, so there was no
>way for such a device to actually work, and Bush's ideas were not
>widely read or discussed at that time."
>
>http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/gui.ars
>
>Vannevar -> George Senior -> George W. -> ??? 4. Profit
>
>
>
>--- Lauren <lt34 -at- csus -dot- edu> wrote:
>
> > Could this be a reference to the president of Chris' company?  Maybe
> > "GUI"
> > is defined as "government user interface" or something.
> >
> > Lauren
> >
> >
> > > Behalf Of Fred Ridder
> >
> > <...>
> >
> > > Where in the world did you get that tidbit about "the grandfather
> > > of our current president" contributing to either the Apple or
> > Windows
> > > GUI? (And for that matter, which one was it?)
> > >
> > <...>
> > > >From: Chris Borokowski <athloi -at- yahoo -dot- com>
> > > >To: John Garison <john -at- garisons -dot- com>, jlshaeffer -at- aol -dot- com
> > > >CC: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> > > >Subject: Re: The coming predominance of user experience
> > > >andtechnicalcommunications
> > > >Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:38:12 -0700 (PDT)
> > > >
> > > >That's not entirely clear, as many people, including the
> > > grandfather of
> > > >our current president, worked on the GUI before it reached a final
> > > >form.
> > > >
> >
> >
>
>
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