o advento do hipertexto

(fotografia de sophie calle, "Jean Yves le Grave, vingt-troisième dormeur", 1978"


"The human mind does not work that way (i.e. linearly). It operates by association. With one item in its grasp, it snaps instantly to the next that is suggested by the association of thoughts, in accordance with some intricate web of trails carried by the cells of the brain. It has other characteristics, of course; trails that are not frequently followed are prone to fade, items are not fully permanent, memory is transistory" (1)

vannevar bush

interessante vannevar bush dizer isso em 1945, muitos anos antes do advento do hipertexto e da internet. interessante o sistema que ele desenvolveu, o memex, que foi a inspiração para muitos dos futuros criadores do hipertexto e da net: Douglas Englebart, Tim Berners-Lee, etc.



(1) BUSH, Vannevar apud SIMPSON, Rosemary, e outros - 50 years after «As we may think» : the Brown/MIT Vannevar Bush Symposium [Em Linha]. Providence: Brown University, 1996. [Consult. 11 Fev. 2010 23.50]. Disponível em http://www.cs.brown.edu/memex/Bush_Symposium_Interact_2.html#As%20We%20May%20Think