Bootstrapping
by Thierry Bardini · first published 2000
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There was a book written on Engelbart's work and his philosophies which I enjoyed reading many years ago: Bootstrapping: Douglas Engelbart, Coevolution, and the Origins of Personal Computing http://www.amazon.com/Bootstrapping-Engelbart-Coevolution-Pe...
on “Doug Engelbart has died” ↗…go) * The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley, by Leslie Berlin. * Richard Feynman Computer Heuristics Lecture at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKWGGDXe5MA * Bootstrapping: Douglas Engelbart, Coevolution, and the Origins of Personal Computing, by Thierry Bardini.
on “Ask HN: What are some great posts or articles about history of computing?” ↗_Bootstrapping: Douglas Engelbart, Coevolution, and the Origins of Personal Computing_ by Thierry Bardini https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0804738718/ref=nosim...
on “The Joy of Computer History Books” ↗The story of Engelbart's group and EST also appears in the very detailed history of Engelbart's life and work, Bootstrapping: Douglas Engelbart, Coevolution, and the Origins of Personal Computing by Thierry Bardini [1]. [1] https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=308
on “1968-12-09 the mother of all demos” ↗