Douglas Engelbart Quotes

Douglas Engelbart — American Inventor born on January 30, 1925,

Douglas Carl Engelbart was an American engineer and inventor, and an early computer and Internet pioneer. He is best known for his work on founding the field of human–computer interaction, particularly while at his Augmentation Research Center Lab in SRI International, resulting in the invention of the computer mouse, and the development of hypertext, networked computers, and precursors to graphical user interfaces. These were demonstrated at The Mother of All Demos in 1968. Engelbart's Law, the observation that the intrinsic rate of human performance is exponential, is named after him... (wikipedia)

The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.

The digital revolution is far more significant than the invention of writing or even of printing.

In 20 or 30 years, you'll be able to hold in your hand as much computing knowledge as exists now in the whole city, or even the whole world.