The ideas keep going, you have the material, you cut because there's a limit to the space allowed to you. And the space is limited because of some other constraints that have to do with money or printing or whatever. Ted Nelson allowconstraintcut share on social
I was very intensely concerned with all kinds of new media. Ted Nelson concernintenselykind Change image and share on social
So, I was always frustrated having to write and having to cut things. Why should you have to cut anything? Ted Nelson cutfrustratething Change image and share on social
But it seemed to me that as soon as you have computer storage you could put every point you wanted in - make the ones that are less relevant to your central topic, further away or allow the central topic to move as the reader proceeded. Ted Nelson centralcomputermake share on social
In my second year in graduate school, I took a computer course and that was like lightening striking. Ted Nelson computergraduatelighten Change image and share on social
So, the point was to be able to have a medium that would record all the connections and all the structures and all the thoughts that paper could not. Since the computer could hold any structure in any form, this was the way to go. Ted Nelson computerconnectionform share on social
Computers are hierarchical. We have a desktop and hierarchical files which have to mean everything. Ted Nelson computerdesktopfile Change image and share on social
The four walls of paper are like a prison because every idea wants to spring out in all directions - everything is connected with everything else, sometimes more than others. Ted Nelson connectdirectionidea Change image and share on social
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. Ted Nelson badcomputergood Change image and share on social
They were saying computers deal with numbers. This was absolutely nonsense. Computers deal with arbitrary information of any kind. Ted Nelson absolutelyarbitrarycomputer Change image and share on social
