I thought I was going to be a filmmaker but at the same time I was an intellectual and I felt that I could make a contribution to some field, as yet, not invented. Ted Nelson contributionfeltfield Change image and share on social
So, that notion of hypertext seemed to me immediately obvious because footnotes were already the ideas wriggling, struggling to get free, like a cat trying to get out of your arms. Ted Nelson armcatfootnote Change image and share on social
So in my uncertainty, I went to graduate school and there it all happened. Ted Nelson graduatehappenschool Change image and 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
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
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
