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* [http://www.dougengelbart.org/firsts/dougs-1968-demo.html Doug Engelbart Institute, "Doug's 1968 Demo"]. You may want to focus on the [http://dougengelbart.org/events/1968-demo-highlights.html highlights] or the [http://sloan.stanford.edu/MouseSite/1968Demo.html annotated clips]. | * [http://www.dougengelbart.org/firsts/dougs-1968-demo.html Doug Engelbart Institute, "Doug's 1968 Demo"]. You may want to focus on the [http://dougengelbart.org/events/1968-demo-highlights.html highlights] or the [http://sloan.stanford.edu/MouseSite/1968Demo.html annotated clips]. | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_All_Demos Wikipedia's page on "The Mother of all Demos"] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_All_Demos Wikipedia's page on "The Mother of all Demos"] | ||
==Discussion Questions== | |||
* What was surprising about what was demoed at the time? Compare what was shown to the then state of the art. | |||
* What innovations are commonplace? What never caught on? | |||
* How did the video and audio integrate with the computer system? | |||
* What was the intended audience of this demo? | |||
Latest revision as of 14:19, 11 September 2019
Readings
The Mother of All Demos:
- Doug Engelbart Institute, "Doug's 1968 Demo". You may want to focus on the highlights or the annotated clips.
- Wikipedia's page on "The Mother of all Demos"
Discussion Questions
- What was surprising about what was demoed at the time? Compare what was shown to the then state of the art.
- What innovations are commonplace? What never caught on?
- How did the video and audio integrate with the computer system?
- What was the intended audience of this demo?