Joe Armstrong & Jeremy Ruston - Intertwingling the Tiddlywiki with Erlang | Code Mesh LDN 18

Joe Armstrong and Jeremy Ruston discuss the history of hypertext, Ted Nelson's concept of intertwingled knowledge, and combining TiddlyWiki with Erlang.

This video was recorded at Code Mesh LDN 18 bit.ly/2P7SPII Get involved in Code Sync's next conference bit.ly/2Mcm4aS --- INTERTWINGLING THE TIDDLYWIKI WITH ERLANG by Joe Armstrong & Jeremy Ruston THIS TALK IN THREE WORDS: Hypertext Docuverse Xanadu TALK LEVEL: Beginner ABSTRACT Ted Nelson, who coined the term ""Hypertext"" also coined the lesser known word ""Intertwingled"" - this captures the idea that all there is is knowledge which is tangled up and linked together in a myriad of complex ways. Computer scientists think that we can organize knowledge in a systematic way but Nelson thought this was impossible. All there is is knowledge and links. A Tiddlywiki is a self-contained system that organizes data in a non-hierarchical manner allowing it to be read and authored in a non-linear manner. This talk will go through the evolution of hypertext, following the evolution of ideas from Vannevar Bush to Ted Nelson and thence to the World Wide Web. Our goal is to extend the boundaries of the Tiddlywiki to a larger distributed system, that's where Erlang comes in. We'll talk about the problems encountered in turning small consistent data collections of dense knowledge into larger distributed systems with sparse knowledge. Read the full abstract: codesync.global/speaker/jeremy-ruston/ --- THE SPEAKER - JOE ARMSTRONG Co-creator of Erlang Joe Armstrong is a retired computer scientist. He got his grey hairs inventing Erlang, starting a few companies, writing a few books, doing some research and teaching people to program. More on Joe Armstrong: codesync.global/speaker/joe-armstrong/ THE SPEAKER - JEREMY RUSTON Creator of TiddlyWiki Jeremy Ruston cut his teeth writing books about the home computers of the early 1980s. He has worked at several startups, an investment bank, and enjoyed a stint as Head of Open Source Innovation at BT plc after his previous company was acquired by them. Jeremy is the creator of TiddlyWiki ("a hypertext card index system from the future") and has led the community for nearly 15 years. His passion is building tools that extend the capabilities of individuals and groups. More on Jeremy Ruston: codesync.global/speaker/jeremy-ruston/ --- CODE SYNC & CODE MESH LDN 18 Code Mesh LDN is powered by Code Sync. Code Mesh LDN 18 was sponsored by WhatsApp, Toyota Connected, Erlang Solutions, TEAMango, and aeternity. CODE SYNC Website: www.codesync.global Twitter: www.twitter.com/CodeMeshIO Facebook: facebook.com/CodeSyncGlobal LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/code-sync/ Mail: info at codesync.global #CodeMesh #JoeArmstrong #HyperText #Docuverse #Xanadu #Tiddlywiki