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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, Swinburne University of Technology

 

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, Princeton University

 

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