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Dream World
Dream World is the second comic in the Dream Chasers trilogy. It tells the story of Douglas Engelbart, the engineer who pioneered human-computer interaction, perhaps best known for inventing the computer mouse, his contribution to modern computing goes so much further.
Douglas Engelbart saw technology as a path to augment human intellect and built a system that did just that. His demonstration of h
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"A nice book, very quick and interesting read. 10 years later, most of the ideas are still relevant, though many of the specific examples feel nostalgic nowadays, not only the dot-com bubble ones but even the ones mentioned as current. Still, they *we"
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“A place that breaks down national and cultural borders. A place that blurs the boundaries between generating and exchanging ideas. A place that has toppled regimes and created new economic models. A place that has radically changed the way we work, play, shop, socialize and otherwise participate in society. But above all, a place that is for everyone.”
― 100 Ideas that Changed the Web
― 100 Ideas that Changed the Web
“Crowdsourcing works on the basis that ‘the wisdom of the crowd’ is greater than that of an individual, even if that individual is an expert – an idea James Surowiecki devoted a whole book to. Surowiecki’s opening example in The Wisdom of Crowds dates back to 1906, when the crowd at a county fair were asked to guess individually the weight of a butchered ox. The average guess was much closer than that of cattle experts.”
― 100 Ideas that Changed the Web
― 100 Ideas that Changed the Web
“A place that breaks down national and cultural borders. A place that blurs the boundaries between generating and exchanging ideas. A place that has toppled regimes and created new economic models. A place that has radically changed the way we work, play, shop, socialize and otherwise participate in society. But above all, a place that is for everyone.”
― 100 Ideas that Changed the Web
― 100 Ideas that Changed the Web
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