Mark Kerrigan wrote: > > It's interesting they chose to include memex in their title. It reminds me > a lot of the same lofty goal Ted Nelson had with Project Xanadu. The sense > is if you choose a name referencing an unimplemented project, it sort of > becomes a bad omen. That's what I think of here. I have no doubt this > project will succeed, but how long will it last? >
Right. It's slightly pompous too as "Memex". It's not as if its features are new discoveries. But it has merit in seeking an explicit integration of them I think. Could be seen as a kind of "roadmap" to emulate/implement in TW too. File that under "what's in a name" Briefly, "MEMEX <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memex>" concept (basically an *extension brain with good memory*) was introduced by Vannevar Bush <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vannevar_Bush> in the 1940's. Vannevar may well have had more influence on the development of the net than Ted Nelson, starting later, did. Only a decent history of the net will decide that. Vannevar was a seriously important decision maker in the USA systems thinking, and involved in big projects like the Manhattan Project. He was also a major promoter of analogue computing. Side notes TT -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/6a2ed9d6-8ac0-4073-a45e-852ecd36d765%40googlegroups.com.
