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10.10.23
What they say
about Ted Nelson--
whose new book is available at Lulu.com, hither--
A truly first-class mind ... one of the dozen or so most
brilliant people I've met in a lifetime of hanging out with geniuses and the
highly gifted.
-- Eric Raymond, Open
Software Initiative
Ted was a great inspiration to many, myself
included. ... Very few do I hold in such
high esteem as Ted Nelson.
-- Steve Wozniak,
co-founder of Apple
Ted Nelson is the greatest computer visionary of our
time.
-- Belinda Barnet,
All of the web is in essence a pale shadow of just one of Ted
Nelson's dreams. Now do I have your attention?...
-- Mitch Kapor, founder of Lotus
Ted Nelson is the Bucky Fuller
of software.
-- Bill Duvall, PARC
veteran and veteran of the Engelbart group
A bit crabby but what a clear thinker.
-- Bridget Agabra
The word "visionary" gets thrown around quite a
bit when one talks about computers and the Internet: Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos ... all visionaries.
And then you read [Computer Lib], which originally appeared in the 1970s, based
on ideas Nelson developed in the 1960s, and you discover what visionary really
means.
-- John Harris
Stevenson
Nelson's work is monumental, giving hope and confidence
to a generation of developers and entrepreneurs who made a huge difference.
-- Dave Winer
He has been a man of the hour mistaken for a man ahead of
his time. ... a mad genius; "mad" meaning
angry rather than insane.
-- Gilbert Harman,
Department of Philosophy,
Ted Nelson is the Thomas Paine of the Information
Revolution.
-- Stewart Brand,
creator of the Whole Earth Catalog
A thoughtful, brilliant rebel.
-- Tom Bradley
About three weeks ago... I landed on some work by Mr.
Nelson. I was astounded by the brilliance of his work. ... In some of Mr.
Nelson's ideas, I see a far better world than the one I live in today.
-- Kenneth Stein
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