Intertwingled : : The Work and Influence of Ted Nelson.

• Superior document: History of Computing Series
• Author: Dechow, Douglas R.
• TeilnehmendeR: Struppa, Daniele C.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2015.; ©2015.
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: History of Computing Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (157 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I: Artistic Contributions -- Chapter 1: The Computer Age -- Chapter 2: Odes to Ted Nelson -- 2.1 Intertwingling -- 2.2 Playful Mayhem -- 2.3 Early Admiration -- 2.4 Second Admiration -- 2.5 Photos at Oxford Internet Institute -- References -- Part II: Peer Histories -- Chapter 3: The Two-Eyed Man -- Chapter 4: Ted Nelson's Xanadu -- References -- Chapter 5: Hanging Out with Ted Nelson -- Chapter 6: Riffing on Ted Nelson-Hypermind -- Chapter 7: Intertwingled Inspiration -- Chapter 8: An Advanced Book for Beginners -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Cybercrud -- 8.3 Interactivity -- 8.4 The Hands-On Imperative -- 8.5 Complex Texts -- 8.6 "Everything Is Deeply Intertwingled" -- 8.7 Xanadu -- 8.8 Computer Creativity -- References -- Part III: Hypertext and Ted Nelson-Influenced Research -- Chapter 9: The Importance of Ted's Vision -- References -- Chapter 10: Data, Metadata, and Ted -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Collecting and Organizing Data -- 10.2.1 Theoretical Traditions -- 10.2.2 Practical Consequences -- 10.2.3 Managing Research Data -- 10.3 Provenance and Pluralism -- 10.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11: Making Links: Everything Really Is Deeply Intertwingled -- References -- Chapter 12: Ted Nelson -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Theodor Holm Nelson -- 12.3 Limits -- 12.4 Historical Perspective -- 12.5 Limitless -- Chapter 13: History Debugged -- References -- Chapter 14: We Can and Must Understand Computers NOW -- 14.1 Three Phrases -- 14.2 We Can and Must -- 14.3 Show Biz and Writing -- 14.4 All Simulation Is Political -- 14.5 Understand Computers How? -- 14.6 Reading and Writing -- 14.7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 15: The Future of Transclusion -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Background -- 15.3 Omitting Needless Features -- 15.3.1 Data Model Omissions.

15.3.2 User Interface Omissions -- 15.3.3 Programming Language Omissions -- 15.3.4 Results of Omissions Trajectory -- 15.4 The Value of Transclusion -- 15.4.1 Benefits and Costs of Transclusion -- 15.4.2 How Can Opportunities for Transclusion Be Expanded? -- 15.4.3 Expanding the Source of Accessible Material -- 15.4.4 What Are the Types of Transformation of Transclusions? -- 15.4.5 Decreasing the Grain Size Directly Transcludable -- 15.4.6 Making Transclusions Recursive -- 15.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 16: Ted Nelson: A Critical (and Critically Incomplete) Bibliography -- 16.1 Introduction -- Theodor H. Nelson Bibliography -- Part IV: The Last Word -- Chapter 17: What Box? -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 What It Was Like from the Inside -- 17.3 Philosophy of Intertwingularity -- 17.4 Movies and the Other Presentational Arts -- 17.5 Loner -- 17.6 My Plans -- 17.7 My Epiphany -- 17.8 The Long March -- 17.9 Seeking the Magic -- 17.10 Preamble to Xanalogical Documents: What's Wrong with the Web? -- 17.11 Seeking the True Generalization of Literature: Translit/Xanalogical Structure (Trademarked Xanadu) -- 17.12 Transpointing Windows -- 17.13 Xanalogical Structure -- 17.14 Our Other Intertwingled Software -- 17.14.1 Spreadsheet and Database Intertwingled in a Single Construct (Hyperthogonal Structure, Trademarked ZigZag) -- 17.14.2 The Most Generalized Mutidimensional Graphics Engine -- 17.15 Merging the Generalizations: Generalized Documents, Data Cells, and Viewer -- 17.16 Not in the Box -- 17.17 Today's Prison -- 17.18 Conclusion -- References.