"Silicon Valley Story" — a Very Short Romantic Comedy by Ted Nelson

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raleighm · 2020-06 · Recommendation

On the topic of videos involving Brand and Engelbart, they make amusing cameos in the film by Ted Nelson, which I recently stumbled upon. "Silicon Valley Story -- A Very Short Comedy" [VIDEO] [note: brief NSFW moment from 2:10 to 2:25]

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DonHopkins · 2020-03 · Reference

Ted Nelson: Computer Lib / Dream Machines (1975) [pdf] (worrydream.com) [LINK] [LINK] For what it's worth, YC is helping Ted Nelson sell his "Computer Lib / Dream Machines" book: [LINK] This book is a truly unique and is worth owning in hardcopy format. [LINK] Ted versus The Media Lab [video] (youtube.com) [LINK] [LINK] Interview with Ted Nelson (notion.so) [LINK] [LINK] Ted Nelson on What Modern Programmers Can Learn from the Past [video] (ieee.org) [LINK] [LINK] Ted Nelson struggles with uncomprehending radio interviewer (1979) [audio] (youtube.com) [LINK] [LINK] Ted Nelson’s published papers on computers and interaction, 1965 to 1977 (archive.org) [LINK] [LINK] Ask HN: What is the best resource for understanding Ted Nelson's ZigZag? [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] Alan Kay's tribute to Ted Nelson at "Intertwingled" Fest (how the script of Tron was the first movie script to ever be edited by a word processing program, on the Alto computer) [LINK] "Silicon Valley Story" — a Very Short Romantic Comedy by Ted Nelson A playful story about the microcircuitry of love, with Ted Nelson as an absentminded genius, featuring Doug Engelbart as Ted's father and Stewart Brand as the villainous CEO. Closing song: "Information Flow", sung by Donna Spitzer and the auteur. With Timothy Leary as the Good Venture Capitalist! [VIDEO] Ted Nelson's Channel [LINK]

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tosh · 2017-09 · Reference

""" "Silicon Valley Story" — a Very Short Romantic Comedy by Ted Nelson A playful story about the microcircuitry of love, with Ted Nelson as an absentminded genius, featuring Doug Engelbart as Ted's father and Stewart Brand as the villainous CEO. Closing song: "Information Flow", sung by Donna Spitzer and the auteur. """ [VIDEO]

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