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"Silicon Valley Story" — a Very Short Romantic Comedy by Ted Nelson

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A short romantic comedy film written by Ted Nelson, featuring computing pioneers Doug Engelbart and Stewart Brand.

A playful story about the microcircuitry of love, with Ted Nelson as an absentminded genius, featuring Doug Engelbart as Ted's father and Stewart Brand as the villainous CEO. Closing song: "Information Flow", sung by Donna Spitzer and the auteur.

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What people say. Shared as a rare and amusing historical curiosity featuring key pioneers of early personal computing and hypertext.

raleighmon Hacker News • Recommends

On “Doug Engelbart’s 1968 demo”

On the topic of videos involving Brand and Engelbart, they make amusing cameos in the film by Ted Nelson, which I recently stumbled upon. "Silicon Valley Story -- A Very Short Comedy" link to this video note: brief NSFW moment from 2:10 to 2:25

toshon Hacker News • Mentions

On “Here I Stand, at Age 80”

""" "Silicon Valley Story" — a Very Short Romantic Comedy by Ted Nelson A playful story about the microcircuitry of love, with Ted Nelson as an absentminded genius, featuring Doug Engelbart as Ted's father and Stewart Brand as the villainous CEO. Closing song: "Information Flow", sung by Donna Spitzer and the auteur. """ link to this video

DonHopkinson Hacker News • Mentions

On “The Call of the Ocean: Hypertext, Universal and Open (1988)”

Ted Nelson: Computer Lib / Dream Machines (1975) pdf (worrydream.com) link link For what it's worth, YC is helping Ted Nelson sell his "Computer Lib / Dream Machines" book: link This book is a truly unique and is worth owning in hardcopy format. link Ted versus The Media Lab link to this video (youtube.com) link link Interview with Ted Nelson (notion.so) link link Ted Nelson on What Modern Programmers Can Learn from the Past link to this video (ieee.org) link link Ted Nelson struggles with uncomprehending radio interviewer (1979) audio (youtube.com) link link Ted Nelson’s published papers on computers and interaction, 1965 to 1977 (archive.org) link link Ask HN: What is the best re…