The Mother of All Demos A Lecture by Douglas Engelbart en.wikipedia.org A name retroactively applied to a landmark computer demonstration, presented by Douglas Engelbart on December 9, 1968. The 90-minute presentation essentially demonstrated almost all the fundamental elements of modern personal computing: windows, hypertext, graphics, efficient navigation and command input, video conferencing, the computer mouse, word processing, dynamic file linking, revision control, and a collaborative real-time editor Menus, Metaphors and Materials: Milestones of User Interface Design interfacestechnology
Lawn Order In communities across America, lawns that are brown or overgrown are considered especially heinous. Elite squads of dedicated individuals have been deputized by their local governments or homeowners’ associations to take action against those whose lawns fail to meet community standards. Call them—lawn enforcement agents. Roman Mars & Kurt Kohlstedt, 99% Invisible 99percentinvisible.org The American lawn