Ted Nelson
Biography
Theodor Nelson (born 1937) is an American sociologist, philosopher, and pioneer of information technology. He coined the terms "hypertext" and "hypermedia" in 1963 and published it in 1965. He also is credited with first use of the words transclusion, virtuality, intertwingularity and teledildonics. The main thrust of his work has been to make computers easily accessible to ordinary people. His motto is:
"A user interface should be so simple that a beginner in an emergency can understand it within ten seconds" [1].
Projects
"Although Ted Nelson had many projects and platonic ideals for what the web should be, many of these projects never made it through to completion"...in part because "he did not possess the technical knowledge to tell others how his ideas could be implemented, and so many people simply ignored him (and have ever since)" [2]
ZigZag® structure
An alternative form of deep non-hierarchical structure (multidimensional crossed lists).
Parallel hypertext
Fundamentally different hypertext viewing
The Xanadu® model
An alternative form of deep document
