Comments on: Join us at Doug Engelbart’s house http://scobleizer.com/2008/01/03/join-us-at-doug-engelbarts-house/ Exploring the 2010 Web Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:21:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ibooster http://scobleizer.com/2008/01/03/join-us-at-doug-engelbarts-house/comment-page-1/#comment-115697 ibooster Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:14:49 +0000 http://scobleizer.com/2008/01/03/join-us-at-doug-engelbarts-house/#comment-115697 the data says 70% of homes and office have drop call problems the data says 70% of homes and office have drop call problems

]]> By: FastCompany Launches Online Video Channel Under Scoble http://scobleizer.com/2008/01/03/join-us-at-doug-engelbarts-house/comment-page-1/#comment-91508 FastCompany Launches Online Video Channel Under Scoble Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:44:42 +0000 http://scobleizer.com/2008/01/03/join-us-at-doug-engelbarts-house/#comment-91508 [...] serious options were Fast Company, and us running our own thing,” he said. “What brings me joy is interviewing people, hanging out with geeks and blogging. Doing my [...] [...] serious options were Fast Company, and us running our own thing,” he said. “What brings me joy is interviewing people, hanging out with geeks and blogging. Doing my [...]

]]> By: Valerie Landau http://scobleizer.com/2008/01/03/join-us-at-doug-engelbarts-house/comment-page-1/#comment-91504 Valerie Landau Sun, 06 Jan 2008 05:56:14 +0000 http://scobleizer.com/2008/01/03/join-us-at-doug-engelbarts-house/#comment-91504 Where do I find the Engelbart interview video? Where do I find the Engelbart interview video?

]]> By: Sina http://scobleizer.com/2008/01/03/join-us-at-doug-engelbarts-house/comment-page-1/#comment-91503 Sina Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:44:10 +0000 http://scobleizer.com/2008/01/03/join-us-at-doug-engelbarts-house/#comment-91503 What an excellent opportunity for me to plug my company. It sounds like Doug needs a cell phone repeater? http://www.repeaterstore.com What an excellent opportunity for me to plug my company. It sounds like Doug needs a cell phone repeater? http://www.repeaterstore.com

]]> By: Don http://scobleizer.com/2008/01/03/join-us-at-doug-engelbarts-house/comment-page-1/#comment-91507 Don Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:36:10 +0000 http://scobleizer.com/2008/01/03/join-us-at-doug-engelbarts-house/#comment-91507 I read his wiki you link. Very interesting reading and I did not know of him. I found this most interesting <blockquote>Engelbart slipped into relative obscurity after 1976 due to various misfortunes and misunderstandings. Several of Engelbart's best researchers became alienated from him and left his organization for Xerox PARC, in part due to frustration, and in part due to differing views of the future of computing. Engelbart saw the future in timeshare (client/server) computing, which younger programmers rejected in favor of the personal computer. The conflict was both technical and social: Engelbart came from a time in which only timeshare computing was achievable, and also believed in joint effort; the younger programmers came from an era where centralized power was highly suspect, and personal computing was just barely on the horizon.</blockquote> Basically he foresaw the dawn of web 2.0 and it turns out he was right and they were wrong over the long haul to a large degree perhaps. When one uses client/server, and the controller of the server doesn't like how you are using it (say running a script on facebook) then they were right to be suspect of centralization even though it will continue to happen as we move forward to allow collaboration and socialization. Happy New Year Scobles and Scoble Fans alike. I read his wiki you link. Very interesting reading and I did not know of him. I found this most interesting
Engelbart slipped into relative obscurity after 1976 due to various misfortunes and misunderstandings. Several of Engelbart’s best researchers became alienated from him and left his organization for Xerox PARC, in part due to frustration, and in part due to differing views of the future of computing. Engelbart saw the future in timeshare (client/server) computing, which younger programmers rejected in favor of the personal computer. The conflict was both technical and social: Engelbart came from a time in which only timeshare computing was achievable, and also believed in joint effort; the younger programmers came from an era where centralized power was highly suspect, and personal computing was just barely on the horizon.

Basically he foresaw the dawn of web 2.0 and it turns out he was right and they were wrong over the long haul to a large degree perhaps. When one uses client/server, and the controller of the server doesn’t like how you are using it (say running a script on facebook) then they were right to be suspect of centralization even though it will continue to happen as we move forward to allow collaboration and socialization.

Happy New Year Scobles and Scoble Fans alike.

]]> By: Eric Engleman http://scobleizer.com/2008/01/03/join-us-at-doug-engelbarts-house/comment-page-1/#comment-91511 Eric Engleman Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:55:47 +0000 http://scobleizer.com/2008/01/03/join-us-at-doug-engelbarts-house/#comment-91511 It's cool and ironic that this happens with one of the people who defined the PC experience decades ago. It's a reminder that we've come so far, yet have so much further to go. Good luck. Can't wait to see the video. ee It’s cool and ironic that this happens with one of the people who defined the PC experience decades ago. It’s a reminder that we’ve come so far, yet have so much further to go.

Good luck. Can’t wait to see the video.

ee

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