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The Mother of All Demos, presented by Douglas Engelbart (1968)
Marcel · Jul 9, 2012 · 1h 40m
What this video covers
The full recording of Douglas Engelbart's 1968 demonstration, which introduced the mouse, hypertext, video conferencing, word processing, and real-time collaborative editing. It runs about 100 minutes.
Why it surfaced in Hacker News
HN treats it as an essential piece of computing history that shows how many modern interface ideas were already solved in 1968.
10.5recommendation score
- 8
- distinct recommenders
- 8
- recommendation months
- 5
- strong recommendations
Recommendation context
Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.
“If you haven't seen it, it's well worth the hour and forty minutes.”
“watching the mother of all demos once a year is a sobering reminder of that.”
“The Mother Of All Demos is an absolute classic”