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I messaged his daughter Christina a few years back about what influenced his work:

Here are two key links to his thinking on what's missing in today's information technology that would be very important to integrate in a seamless environment:

About Open Hyperdocument Systems - http://www.dougengelbart.org/about/ohs.html short description and links to resources

Toward High-Performance Organizations: http://www.dougengelbart.org/pubs/augment-132811.html A Strategic Role for Groupware. 1992 Engelbart article [print-version] (AUGMENT,132811,). And here's a bit about what he himself pioneered and why: http://dougengelbart.org/events/1968-demo-highlights.html Video highlights of Doug's 1968 Demo

And lastly his historic work is captured in this repository for your browsing pleasure: http://dougengelbart.org/library/engelbart-archives.html Engelbart Digital Archive




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