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rusk
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So Long and Thanks for All the Words: A Toast to D...
Does anyone know was Tim Berners Lee a fan and was he influenced or did he have any inkling he was manifesting the infrastructure for the guide?
zabzonk
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I think both Adams and Berners Lee were influenced/inspired by Ted Nelson and Project Xanadu.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Xanadu
predictsoft
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Ted actually collaborated with Adams on Hyperland TV show.
mike-the-mikado
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It's quite likely that he heard the original radio broadcasts in 1978. Entertainment choices were much more limited then and it was very popular, particularly among young people with technical interests.
hinkley
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“As We May Think”, Vannevar Bush, 1945
Mother of All Demos, Douglas Engelbart, 1968
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