The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do.

Quote by Ted Nelson

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I was very intensely concerned with all kinds of new media.

I was very intensely concerned with all kinds of new media.

They were saying computers deal with numbers. This was absolutely nonsense. Computers deal with arbitrary...

They were saying computers deal with numbers. This was absolutely nonsense. Computers deal with arbitrary...

What we now call the browser is whatever defines the web. What fits in the...

What we now call the browser is whatever defines the web. What fits in the...

I thought I was going to be a filmmaker but at the same time I...

I thought I was going to be a filmmaker but at the same time I...

But it seemed to me that as soon as you have computer storage you could...

But it seemed to me that as soon as you have computer storage you could...

I am looking at it from the point of view of a harried user, which...

I am looking at it from the point of view of a harried user, which...

The four walls of paper are like a prison because every idea wants to spring...

The four walls of paper are like a prison because every idea wants to spring...

Computers are hierarchical. We have a desktop and hierarchical files which have to mean everything.

Computers are hierarchical. We have a desktop and hierarchical files which have to mean everything.

The point is that these decisions they've made are partly for your convenience and partly...

The point is that these decisions they've made are partly for your convenience and partly...

In my second year in graduate school, I took a computer course and that was...

In my second year in graduate school, I took a computer course and that was...

So, what you can do in Microsoft Word is what Bill Gates has decided. What...

So, what you can do in Microsoft Word is what Bill Gates has decided. What...

Project Xanadu is essentially my trademark. It was originally, and has returned to my arms...

Project Xanadu is essentially my trademark. It was originally, and has returned to my arms...

So in my uncertainty, I went to graduate school and there it all happened.

So in my uncertainty, I went to graduate school and there it all happened.

So, I was always frustrated having to write and having to cut things. Why should...

So, I was always frustrated having to write and having to cut things. Why should...

So, the point was to be able to have a medium that would record all...

So, the point was to be able to have a medium that would record all...

So, that notion of hypertext seemed to me immediately obvious because footnotes were already the...

So, that notion of hypertext seemed to me immediately obvious because footnotes were already the...

The ideas keep going, you have the material, you cut because there's a limit to...

The ideas keep going, you have the material, you cut because there's a limit to...