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Here's a column I wrote back in 2001 when Claude Shannon died. It mentions Doug Engelbart only in passing but I think extends a bit some of the ideas in this week's piece.

A short biography of Doug Engelbart.

Doug's current gig, the Bootstrap Institute, which actually occupies donated offices at Logitech, the world's largest maker of computer mice. Seems fitting, eh?

Here is history as it was being made, actual video of Doug's 1968 San Francisco demo. It requires RealPlayer to view and is in a number of short segments but it well worth watching.

Here's what used to be MIT's Artificial Intelligence Lab. A subtle redefinition of AI has taken place in recent years making it not nearly so arrogant as it used to be.