2.2.1 Hypertext The Forgotten hero Ted Nelson

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2.2.1 Hypertext The Forgotten hero Ted Nelson¶

• Page 54: Hypertext is a key component of the web. The web was not like any other previous program, it had a revolutionary way of hyperlinking, hypermedia. Hypertext was the ideal solution to both Berners and Nelsons problems. It could tackle the problem of information loss and a way to re-organize document retrieval practices.
• Page 55: In Nelson's paper, he connected past media imaginaries to hypertext.
• Page 56: There was a social need to turn new machines into information organization, which hypertext was able to do, and that is what brought it into society.

Citational Information¶

• @boryMythWorldWide2020
• The Myth of the Web Source Note

Related Links¶

• Need for a Story
• The Capabilities of the Web
• Search Engines
• What is Hypertext → Quick rundown on what hyper text is and its history