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Watch the intro video first.

The Mother of All Demos - and my how the world changed - week 6 - intro lecture notes

• Read

  Sketchpad: A Man-Machine Graphical Communication System (1963)

  Just read the introduction of the Thesis document.

  Man-Computer Symbiosis (1960)

  The People's History of Computing

  Read the introduction and Chapter 4

• Watch

  Videos - Week 6

  • The Mother of All Demos (1968) (parts 1,2,3) - please make sure to at least watch part 1.
  • The History of IBM personal computer to Watson

• Write After watching the Mother of All Demos and the History of IBM - think about the original computers - large rooms, punch cards and lack of ability to see results for awhile and then write a paragraph of two about how profound the concept prototype that Doug Englebart and the team from Stanford demoed would be to the future practice of interaction design. What did they get right? What did they get wrong? Use the category The Mother of All Demos on your post so that it shows up in the right category in the navigation.

• BONUS WRITING 5 Why is the essay by Licklider so important to understand today. Post your thoughts in the class blog. If you do the bonus writing - use the category Silicon Age – Bonus Writing

• Biography 2 Due The second biography should be posted to the class blog by Tuesday October 13, 11:59 pm Use the category Biography when you post.

Deadline for postings: Tuesday, October 13, 11:59pm