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[Marie Huynh <>]

Does this sound interesting to anyone else?  I assume it's about an hour and would like to wander off for it.

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From: Nickolas Fotopoulos <>
Date: Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 9:30 AM
Subject: Fwd: CACR - Special Seminar, March 5th
To: Marie Huynh <>


Sounds very interesting.


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From: Gina Armas <>
Date: Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 09:20
Subject: CACR - Special Seminar, March 5th
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CACR Distinguished Speaker Series - Special Seminar

Monday, March 5, 2 pm, in rm. 100 Powell-Booth (CACR)

Dr. Theodor Holm Nelson
Designer-Generalist, The Internet Archive

Toward a Minimal Cosmology of Software

Abstract:  The computer world is a tangle of traditions that are
deeply entrenched: operating systems that force hierarchy on a
nonhierarchical world; tables that force regularity on an irregular
world; the PARC user interface ("GUI"), designed for secretaries in
order to sell printers, which substitutes fonts for connection.
Meanwhile, no databases are suitable for casual users who want to
manage their evolving lives.  We will discuss minimalist alternatives
to the prevailing paradigm - not to overthrow it, obviously, but
perhaps to create an island / control center of simplicity, elegance
and personal usability.

About the speaker:  Theodor (Ted) Nelson is an Internet pioneer and a
controversial figure, known for coining such words as hypertext,
micropayment, etc.  He was first to envision a personal computer
industry and world-wide publishing between computer screens.  His
designs are for an entirely different computer world to keep track of
our ever-changing lives and ideas.


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Nickolas Fotopoulos
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LIGO Laboratory, Caltech
Phone: 626-395-8740
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