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The Engelbart Hypothesis

by Valerie Landau, Eileen Clegg, Douglas C. Engelbart · first published 2009

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  • ivanzhao · Jul 4, 2013 · Recommends

    I think this is a better book on him. Less history, more ideas: http://www.amazon.com/The-Engelbart-Hypothesis-dialogs-Dougl...

    on “Doug Engelbart has died” ↗
  • DonHopkins · May 21, 2018 · Mentions

    …early work developing the Chorded keyboard. They also released an application for the iPhone for chorded texting called "TipTapSpeech". Engelbart and Landau also collaborated on writing the book "The Engelbart Hypothesis: Dialogs with Douglas Engelbart" along with co-author Eileen Clegg. Landau is also a co-founder of Program for the Future, a non-profit organization that promotes Engelbart's vision of Collective Intelligence.…

    on “Doug Engelbart's advice to a young software developer [video]” ↗
  • DonHopkins · May 21, 2018 · Mentions

    Valerie Landau recommends this web site about Douglass Engelbart's life and work, with chapters from her book: The Engelbart Hypothesis: Dialogs with Douglas Engelbart https://engelbartbookdialogues.wordpress.com/ Valerie Landau and Eileen Clegg spent years in dialog with Douglas Engelbart and wrote a book distilling those dialogs.…

    on “Doug Engelbart's advice to a young software developer [video]” ↗
  • DonHopkins · Mar 23, 2025 · Mentions

    …https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17122581 DonHopkins on May 21, 2018 | prev | next [–] Valerie Landau recommends this web site about Douglass Engelbart's life and work, with chapters from her book: The Engelbart Hypothesis: Dialogs with Douglas Engelbart https://engelbartbookdialogues.wordpress.com/ Valerie Landau and Eileen Clegg spent years in dialog with Douglas Engelbart and wrote a book distilling those dialogs.…

    on “A USB Interface to the "Mother of All Demos" Keyset” ↗
  • DonHopkins · Mar 23, 2025 · Mentions

    …early work developing the Chorded keyboard. They also released an application for the iPhone for chorded texting called "TipTapSpeech". Engelbart and Landau also collaborated on writing the book "The Engelbart Hypothesis: Dialogs with Douglas Engelbart" along with co-author Eileen Clegg. Landau is also a co-founder of Program for the Future, a non-profit organization that promotes Engelbart's vision of Collective Intelligence.…

    on “A USB Interface to the "Mother of All Demos" Keyset” ↗
  • yosoyubik · May 22, 2018 · Mentions

    There seems to be some controversy over the book that's mentioned in the video (Engelbart Hypothesis) http://www.dougengelbart.org/library/books-unauthorized.html "This book is unauthorized. Douglas Engelbart was not an author on this book. Eileen Clegg and Valerie Landau were the sole authors of this…

    on “Doug Engelbart's advice to a young software developer [video]” ↗

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