Apr 3, 2022
We're
getting back to my hypertext series with a big of an obscure tale.
ZOG is a hypertext system what was first developed in 1972 at
Carnegie-Melon University. It then stagnated until the latter half
of the 1970s when it was picked back up. By 1983 it was cruising on
a US Navy aircraft carrier. ZOG presents a...
Nov 29, 2021
NLS,
or the oN-Line System, is often looked at as a mile marker in the
development of modern computing. It was the first system to use a
mouse, one of the first functional examples of hypertext, pioneered
remote collaboration, and so much more. But how much do you know
about NLS itself? In this series of episode I'm...
Nov 15, 2021
NLS,
or the oN-Line System, is often looked at as a mile marker in the
development of modern computing. It was the first system to use a
mouse, one of the first functional examples of hypertext, pioneered
remote collaboration, and so much more. But how much do you know
about NLS itself? In this series of episode I'm...
Episode 18 Notes - Inside the Mouse
Dec 5, 2019
The computer mouse is one of the most ubiquitous devices in the world. It's the primary way we interact with computers. And it's also one of the longest lived computing devices. Since its invention in the early 1960s the overall design of the computer mouse has changed very little. That being said, there has been...
Dec 2, 2019
The computer mouse is a ubiquitous device, it's also one of the least changed devices we use with a computer. The mice we use today have only seen small incremental improvements since the first mouse was developed. So how did such a long lasting design take shape, and how did it travel the decades up to now?
Like the...
