December 18, 2013 - theodp writes "Speaking at a memorial event for the legendary Douglas Engelbart at the Computer History Museum, Ted Nelson was pissed-with-a-capital-P. Nelson in effect gave two powerful eulogies — one for his friend Dr. Engelbart, who left this Earth in July, and a second for Engelbart's care...

HOME PAGE OF TED NELSON. ... A summary of my life and work. (48 minutes.) ... My best writing ever (7 minutes)-- a eulogy for Douglas Engelbart, the world's grim situation, and whether Doug could really have solved it. (Please ignore the audience's laughter, which I find mystifying.

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December 19, 2013 - Theodor Nelson’s eulogy for Douglas Engelbart. Theodor Holm Nelson, who coined the term hypertext, has been a thorn in the side of the computing establishment for more than a half century. Last week, in an encomium to his friend Douglas Engelbart, he took his critique to Shakespearean levels. It deserves a wider audience. Dr. Engelbart and Ted Nelson became acquaintances at the dawn of the modern computing era.

December 15, 2013 - From December 9th, 2013 at the Computer History Museum. Thoughtful and intense. The audience laughs are weird? Seems to me that Ted's passionate delivery comes partially from not getting the recognition he deserves himself.

December 26, 2013 - Ted Nelson’s eulogy for his friend Douglas Engelbart.

[Recorded: Dec 9, 2013] Ted Nelson's emotional and moving eulogy for his friend Douglas Engelbart. Given at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA,... - Don't miss any posted from Bike Pittsburgh. - Join Hubbiz and connect with your local community.

December 18, 2013 - Ted Nelson, the man who coined the word “hypertext,” has delivered a moving eulogy for his friend and contemporary, computing pioneer Douglas Engelbart. Engelbart, who died in 2013 at age 88, first showed off such innovations as the interactive keyboard and mouse, text editing, Nelson’s hypertext, video conferencing, windowing, and much more, all in a 1968 presentation later dubbed “The Mother of All Demos.” But Nelson’s short talk at the Computer History Museum also condemns the computing establishment for relegating Engelbart to the sidelines after his breakthroughs.

August 8, 2016 - Ted Nelson's Eulogy for Douglas Engelbart

March 25, 2017 - Mourning the loss of one of the most pivotal stars of the new media revolution by indicting his colleagues and making them laugh (nervously), invoking the tropes of classical funeral orations and quotes from Shaw and Shakespeare, and recounting the highlights and tragedies of Engelbart’s career, Nelson’s eulogy is a tour de force in terms of form (technique) and content.

Why Nelson matters A fuller explanation of why Nelson matters is in my post from a few years ago, Digital Camelot - The Once and Future Web of Engelbart and Nelson, but here I caption its core message: If you care about modern culture and how technology is shaping it, this is worth thinking about -- A powerful eulogy for where the Web might have gone, and still may someday, and the friendship of the two people most responsible for envisioning the Web* -- Ted Nelson's eulogy for his friend Doug Engelbart, as reported by John Markoff in The Times -- with Nelson's inimitable flair.

December 23, 2013 - If you care about modern culture ... someday, and the friendship of the two people most responsible for envisioning the Web* -- Ted Nelson's eulogy for his friend Doug Engelbart, as reported by John Markoff in The Times -- with Nelson's inimitable flair....

December 31, 2016 - The robotic rigidity of institutions is also to blame -- most powerful technology companies in American relegated him to R&D. Ted Nelson, professor and inventor of the first hypertext project, delivered Engelbart's eulogy on December 9, 2013.

November 26, 2018 - A fuller explanation of why Nelson matters is in my post from a few years ago, Digital Camelot — The Once and Future Web of Engelbart and Nelson, but here I caption its core message: If you care about modern culture and how technology is shaping it, this is worth thinking about — A powerful eulogy for where the Web might have gone, and still may someday, and the friendship of the two people most responsible for envisioning the Web* — Ted Nelson’s eulogy for his friend Doug Engelbart, as reported by John Markoff in The Times — with Nelson’s inimitable flair.

Finally, the best summary of Engelbart, I think, was Ted Nelson’s eulogy in 2013 at a memorial service honoring Engelbart: