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  1. Jul 2022
    1. started tinkering

      He was awarded a contract to study pointing devices or display workstations. ELABORATE

    2. memo

      Not a memo ELABORATE

    3. an idea that eventually turned into an obsession.

      Common myth that encountering this article led to his driving vision - this is not the case. See how he recounts his epiphany, and how he was influenced by the article. xxLINKxx

    4. new South Pacific station.

      Not a station, they were docked at Leyte waiting to be stationed in Manila Bay

  2. Mar 2022
  3. Sep 2021
    1. That payoff will come when we make better use of computers to bring communities of people together and to augment the very human skills that people bring to bear on difficult problems

      This quote by Doug Engelbart was selected for the IBM THINK Poster 2015 http://bit.ly/1DHBLYI. For more on the IBM THINK Exhibit see http://bit.ly/1oZu1RN.

      The quote is from Engelbart's paper "Improving our Ability to Improve" http://bit.ly/1po1K7p which he presented at the World Library Summit in Singapore in 2002.

  4. Aug 2019
  5. Feb 2019
    1. the “Joe” section
    2. section describing the framework
    3. Section I A & B
    4. Hi I'm Christina Engelbart - I worked with my father for many years as Associate Director of the Doug Engelbart Institute. I studied his work in backwards, i.e. I jumped in 1989 helping him refine his message and organize management seminars about his strategy for the future, and only years later did I ever sit down to read this 1962 document. Wow - the opening paragraphs are still so prescient, concise, and compelling! I'm looking forward to collaborating with all on this project!

  6. Dec 2018
  7. Nov 2018
    1. DEC 20 mainframes

      operating systems. [note Ken Harrenstien wrote a TOPS-20 emulator to run on modern servers; Augment runs on that!]

    2. thinking

      , for advancing our individual and collective thinking quickly toward our goal.

    3. clerical

      administrative

    4. I found myself stumbling over my own thoughts. My mind outpaced the machine.

      Suggest adding a callout quote


      "I found myself stumbling over my own thoughts. My mind outpaced the machine."


    5. at SRI

      in his lab

    6. . He is the

      --

    7. is

      was

    8. help secretaries edit a series of characters on paper. They help

      help write and

    9. .

      , studying, or exploring

      • Incorporate input, feedback, commentary
  8. Aug 2018
    1. Spring Joint Computer Conference

      Doug Engelbart chaired a session at the conference - this folder has the correspondence for arranging, and a letter from DCE to Lick

    2. List of Unclasslfied Research Project Reports

      Photographed in full - a multi-page list and a brochure - to be posted and linked here

    3. 2-17

      This is a thick folder of contents from a binder with binder dividers retained: ATTENDANCE | MEMOS | RECORDER NOTES | NOTES | MAG PROG This is an excellent picture into his thinking in late 1960 and at the same time picture of him initiating his first bootstrapping activity with his peers as apparently willing participants!

    4. SRI Correspondence on Patent Matters

      Re: Patents filed by Bill English and others related to other CS projects?

    5. Assorted Worker Files

      First item is Steve Paavola's FJCC Expense form; all the rest are re: Patents filed by E. van de Reit, Bill English, and David Bennion related to other CS projects?

    6. E. K. Van De Riet

      Employee # 3290 | Organization: # 710 | Projects: same as above | Trvl Expense FJCC 1968 - up for the day Fri+Sat with team to prepare; up Sun-Tue in room for use of AHI staff preparing and conducting technical session; on 11/16/68 drove to Grass Valley to pick up electronic parts

    7. William H. Paxton

      Employee # 10110 | Organization: # 710 | Parttime 30hrs/wk beg 6/8/68 | Fulltime beg. 6/8/68 | Trvl expenses FJCC 1968 Tue-Wed 8am-9pm $0.10/mile plus Expense for lunch in honor of Dr. Glaser, MIT with JFR, SHP (Paavola), and WHP (Paxton)

    8. John F. Rulifson

      Employee # 8471 | Organization: # 710 | Projects: same as above | Trvl Expense FJCC 1968 inc. meal Wed 12/12 with Prof. Van Dam of Brown Univ. and meal Fri 12/13 with Dr. Wilkes

    9. Ann Geoffrion

      Employee # 5118 | Organization: # 611<= was she in Doug's group? |

    10. Stephen Paavola

      Employee # 10250 | Organization: # 710

    11. Dean Meyer

      Correction: N. Dean Meyer | Employee # 10613 | Organization: # 710

    12. Charles H. Irby

      Employee # 10639 | Organization: # 710

    13. Douglas C.Engelbart

      Employee # 3156 | Organization: # 710 (beg.w.8/3/68), prev # 743 | Time spent on projects # 5919, 5890, 6631 (5-10hrs/wk beg 6/67), 7016 (beg 1/68), 7079 (beg 3/68), 7071 (beg 3/68), 743-551 (beg 4/68), 710-XXX (beg 9/68) | for Trvl see Folder 7-7

    14. Jon D. Hopper

      Employee # 7870 | Organization: # 710 (beg.w.8/3/68), prev # 743

    15. Martin Hardy

      Employee # 7000 | Organization: # 710 (beg.w.8/3/68), prev # 743 and 813 before that | Time spent on projects # ...

    16. David E. Evans

      Correction: David A. Evans | Employee # 8543 | Organization: # 710 | Time spent on projects # | Fullbright Travel Grant extend thru August 1969 | Resume attached to front flap

    17. William E. English

      Correction: W.K. English | Employee # 3537 | Organization: # 710 | Time spent on projects # 5919, 5890, 7016 (beg 1/68), 7079 (beg 3/68), 7071 (beg 3/68), 743-551 (beg 4/68), 710-XXX (beg 9/68) |

    18. David Casseres

      Employee # 8412 | Organization: # 710 | Time spent on projects # 7079, 7071, 5919, 5890 | Trvl to FJCC 1968, and FJCC 1967, and to DC for editing Defense conf proceedings

    19. Donald I. Andrews

      Employee # 9024 | Organization: # 710 | Time spent on projects # 7079, 7071, 6631, 6016, 5919, 5890, 710542, 710551, 543541 (school) | Trvl to Irbana to speak at conference on Pertinent Concepts in Computer Graphics, also FJCC 1968 or 1969

    20. Roberta A. Carillon

      Employee # 10130 | Organization # 710 | Time spent on projects # 7079, 7101, 7016 (infrequently) | Trvl to FJCC 1968

    21. V.R. Baughman

      Correction: J.R. Baughman | Employee # 1035 | Organization # 710 | Time spent on projects # 7079, 7101

    22. Box 7:

      One folder per employee -- clipped onto inside flap are their travel records for that period; the time sheets only show hours by project #, and Holiday or sick time etc.

    23. SRI Travel Expense Reports

      Photographed forms itemizing DCE's trips for a given month - to be posted and linked to

    24. Official Correspondence

      Photographed assorted letters and memos from this file - to be posted and linked to soon

    25. THINK PIECE - Possible Intellect- Augmentation Research

      Available Online: THINK PIECE - Possible Intellect- Augmentation Research (11-Nov-1965) ARNAS

    26. Roman Monthly Letter Report No.15.
    27. Patent matters

      Mislabelled - this file contains TWO UNRELATED ITEMS: 1) - "Games that Teach Fundamentals (1961)" article published in IRE 2) - Block Diagram of a Serial-Binary Adder System

    28. 1-2

      1.2 TWO UNRELATED ITEMS: 1) - "Games that Teach Fundamentals (1961)". It contains reprint of Doug's 1961 article “Games That Teach the Fundamentals of Computer Operation” published in IRE Transactions on Electronic Computers, 1961, p.31-41 (made avail online at Internet Archive). For context see Christina Engelbart's blog about her father's games at How Doug Engelbart taught students about how computers think

      2) - DCE 26 Feb, 1964 "BLOCK DIAGRAM OF A SERIAL-BINARY ADDER SYSTEM"

  9. Sep 2017
    1. "In 20 or 30 years, you'll be able to hold in your hand as much computing knowledge as exists now in the whole city, or even the whole world."

      Quote by Doug Engelbart at his 1997 Lemelson-MIT Prize award ceremony, as reported here by Christine Peterson, Foresight Institute.

    1. Augmented Knowledge Workshop
    2. Series 7. Accession 2007-269

      Series 7. Accession 2007-269

    3. Series 6. Accession 2007-197

      Series 6. Accession 2007-197

    4. Series 4. Hardware

      Series 4. Hardware

    5. Series 3. Media

      Series 3. Media

    6. Series 2. Accession 1998-094

      Series 2. Accession 1998-094

      This subcollection is divided into subsections as follows

    7. Series 1. Accession 1986-030

      Series 1. Accession 1986-030

    8. A technical session presentation at the Fall Joint Computer Conference

      Series 3. Media

      Box 3, object 1-3: In other words, it's the 1968 demo (aka "Mother of All Demos") on VHS format 90 min. in three parts (hence 3 VHS tapes). See DEI's 1968 Demo portal to watch and learn more.

    9. Subseries 3.1. Demonstrations

      Accession # for this Subseries is Accession 1988-013

    10. ARC Feedback Journals

      Series 5. Accession 1999-191

      Subseries 5.3. ARC Feedback Journals

      Boxes 48-51: User feedback was actively engaged. The online user support function, manned by non-technical staff on rotating basis. This role was nicknamed FEED. Issues or questions were posted to the Feedback Journal, the Journal catalog utility would assign a permalink ID, and link all replies and commentary to that ID.

    11. 1991-191

      CORRECTION.

      The Accession number is 1999-191

    12. listing available

      Itemized Listing:

      Seminar/Workshop Tapes (1992-1998)

    13. gift to DCE

      Presented by Jim Clark at Tymshare, on behalf of Xerox

    14. Misc. Publications

      All the papers are online, see Bibliography

    15. Knowledge Workshop Dev

      108-06. Knowledge Workshop Development (1976) <- check to see if this is it

    16. Series 5. Accession 1991-191

      Subseries 5.1. ARC Journals 1971-1977

      Boxes 18-47: These are listings from the ARC Journals - where all thinkpieces and documents posted to the ARC's Journal server 1971-1977 were cataloged and assigned permalink Journal Numbers. The complete printouts of all postings were stored in distinctive red binders.

    17. Subseries 3.5 Miscellaneous film & video

      Subseries 3.5 Miscellaneous film & video

      These are old 35mm films of demos produced in the ARC lab. The Eidophon reel is of particular historical signifcance, all should be digitized if at all possible!

    18. VHS Tapes (6)
    19. Bootstrap Seminars

      Subseries 3.6 These videos are available online:

    20. Augmentation Systems and Information Science

      Box 1, object 4-7: This box contains original film from Doug's 1969 demo presented one year after the 1968 Demo. See DEI's Videography to view this demo.

    21. Alphabetical Files 1962-1991

      Series 2. Accession 1998-094 (cont)

      Alphabetical Files 1962-1991

    22. Journals 1958-1986

      Accession 1998-094 Box 1A Doug Engelbart Lab Notebooks (1958-1986) - his hand-written lab journals and pocket notebooks where he captured his thoughts

      • Lab Notebook (1959-1963) 60 pages - begins on Day 1 of his AHI Study thru research startup phase - these were scanned in one jpg file per page, if you can consolidate into single pdf and send to info@dougengelbart.org much appreciated!
    23. Papers on Man-Machine Communication

      17-07. Assorted papers including:

      • Memo: Individual's Information Handling, from DCE (Jul 1960) - his plan for the next few months toward developing a plan for "seeking to improve the intellectual capability of humans" includes (1) offering a seminar at Stanford this fall, (2) delivering paper on 'special considerations of storage and retrieval for the idividual' at upcoming conference of the American Documentation Inst in Berkeley
  10. Aug 2017
    1. General Introduction to the Additive Assembler

      (JFR) Memos and design documentation by Jeff Rulifson

    2. Introducing our Thinkpiece on Man-Machine Communication means and automatic physical-skill training

      15-09. Introducing our Thinkpiece on Man-Machine Communication means and automatic physical-skill training, by DCE (Mar 1961) this two-pager serves to introduce "the attached sixteen-page thinkpiece"... Q: Is the Attached included in this folder?

    3. Augmented Human Intellect

      46-05. Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual Framework (Oct 1962) REPORT. Also avail on DEI as navigable/linkable version: Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual Framework (Oct 1962)

    4. Text Manipulation Symposium

      15-07. Text Manipulation Symposium (Apr 1964)

    5. Rough-Form Think Piece regarding research possibilities at SRI in areas of Man-Machine Communication Means, and automated Psycho-Moter skill training
    6. A possible research activity toward a technique for teaching coordinate physical skills
    7. Possibilities for Teaching Machine Activity at SRI
    8. box 15,

      ALERT Box 14 Folders 1-29 are MISSING from this Finding Aid. Refer to MouseSite: Finding Aid for Box 14.

      Of particular interest:

    9. box 12

      ALERT Box 13 Folders 1-25 are MISSING from this Finding Aid. Refer to MouseSite: Finding Aid for Box 13.

    10. Microelectronics, And The Art Of Similitude
    11. Jack C. Staller: Shrinking the Giant Brains for the Space Age

      10-03. Available Online:

    12. Project 2821. Early Papers by Engelbart

      10-31. Project 2821: Research on the Philosophy of Logic Realization"

    13. folder 15

      6-15. Very thick folder of individual letters and memos.

      • Includes Engelbart's Travel Expense Reports detailing where he travelled and why; also internal communications with his team re: design next steps etc.

      The following have been scanned (currently in one pdf):

      The first page of these items have been photographed

      • [list items here]
      • ...

    14. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Advisory Committee

      6-05. AFOSR Program on Information Complexes - BROCHURE from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, plus "Long Range Research in the Information Sciences," an ABSTRACT by Dr. Harold Wooster, AFOSR Directorate of Mathematical Sciences

    15. Augmented Human Intellect

      6-02. Augmented Human Intellect Study (Dec 1960) - Research Proposal - Extension of Contract AF 49(638)-1024 for Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Project Title: The Augmented Human Intellect: Search for a Framework

    16. A New Magnetic Logic System Using Simple Cores

      5-09. A New Magnetic Logic System Using Simple Cores (Feb 1959). Folder also includes earlier reprint of same article dated Dec 1958 (REQUEST THIS)

    17. Augmented Human Intellect Program

      4-13. Augmented Human Intellect Program (Jul 1961) - DRAFT - superseded Mar 1962 in 6-01 below.

    18. Augmented Human Intellect Program

      5-01. Augmented Human Intellect Program (Mar 1962) - duplicate in 5-01 above.

    19. Augmented Human Intellect Program

      5-01. Augmented Human Intellect Program (Mar 1962) - duplicate in 6-01 below.

    20. Augmented Human Intellect Study

      6-01. Augmented Human Intellect Study (Jun 1961) - DRAFT - superseded Oct 1962 - see 5-07 above.

    21. A Conceptual Framework For The Problem of Augmenting Man's Intellect

      5-18. REQUEST THIS "A Conceptual Framework For The Problem of Augmenting Man's Intellect" (2 Oct 1962)

    22. Memo on Program at SRI on "Individual Information-Handling Problems
    23. Memo: The Current Picture of Program Development for "Augmenting Human Intelligence"
    24. Augmented Man, And A Search For Perspective
    25. Microelectronics, And The Art Of Similitude

      5-06. Microelectronics, And The Art Of Similitude (1959). ABSTRACT. Engelbart presents results of his study dimensional scaling in electronics, which he undertook to satisfy himself that miniaturization of digital technology would be inevitable, and therefore become increasingly affordable and pervasive. Roger Moore attended Doug's talk in 1960, and published Moore's Law in 1965.

    26. A Project-promotion Possibility: Research on Information Storage and Retrieval
    27. Vote-Interrupt Equipment
    28. Seminar Minutes

      5-11. Seminar Minutes (1961)

    29. List of Participants in Augmented Human Seminar

      5-10. List of People Attending Thursday Seminars (circa 1961). These "Seminars" were Doug's earliest efforts in customer-centered design, enlisting colleagues in SRI's Computer Techniques Dept in his iterative concept development efforts.

    30. folder 7

      5-07. This folder also contains 2 copies of Program on Human Effectiveness printed on SRI Masthead with a 4-page brochure attached detailing the hardware acquisition.

    31. Proposal for Research: Augmented Human Intellect Study

      5-07. Augmented Human Intellect Study (Oct 8, 1962) - Research Proposal

    32. Correspondence American Documentation Institute Papers
    33. Networking (Reports on Meetings)
    34. Memos and correspondence
    35. Doug Engelbart talking about his papers and related anecdotes with Henry Lowood

      1-01. This is the Oral History taken at Stanford as part of the History of Silicon Valley project. You can browse the complete transcripts at Stanford University Oral History: Doug Engelbart

    36. Games That Teach the Fundamentals of Computer Operation

      1-02. Games That Teach the Fundamentals of Computer Operation. For context see Christina Engelbart's blog about her father's games at How Doug Engelbart taught students about how computers think

    37. ARNAS Quarterly Report No.1

      2-05. ARNAS Quarterly Report No.1 (May 1966)

    38. ARNAS Quarterly Report No.2

      2-06. ARNAS Quarterly Report No.2 (Aug 1966)

    39. ARNAS Quarterly Report No.3

      2-07. ARNAS Quarterly Report No.3 (Nov 1966)

    40. ARNAS Quarterly Report No.4

      2-08. ARNAS Quarterly Report No.4 (May 1967)

    41. ARNAS Quarterly Report No.5

      2-09. ARNAS Quarterly Report No.5 (May-Aug 1967)

    42. ARNAS Quarterly Report No.6

      2-10. ARNAS Quarterly Report No.6 (Aug-Nov 1967)

    43. Computer Lab Memorandum

      3-11. Active Projects of the SRI Computer Techniques Laboratory (July 1961) - itemizes projects by group, PI, project name, $funded, etc. - includes funding for Engelbart, Crane, Rosen, Bennion, Goldberg, Kautz, Nitzan, ...

    44. Program on Human Effectiveness

      4-07. Program on Human Effectiveness [Dec. 1961]

    45. Automated Psycho-Motor Skill Training
    46. Proposal for Participation in the Program on Human Effectiveness
    47. Proposal for Participation in the Program on Human Effectiveness
    48. Proposal for Participation in the Program on Human Effectiveness
    1. 6-15 SRI Correspondence of Douglas C. Engelbart. [Jan. 1962 - Dec. 1963]

      6-15. Very thick folder of individual letters and memos.

      • Includes Engelbart's Travel Expense Reports detailing where he travelled and why; also internal communications with his team re: design next steps etc.

      The following have been scanned (currently in one pdf):

      The first page of these items have been photographed

      • [list items here]
      • ...

    2. 5-18 "A Conceptual Framework For The Problem of Augmenting Man's Intellect. [Oct. 2, 1962]"

      5.18. REQUEST THIS ITEM. This links to the REPORT Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual Framework. The title of this folder's contents is a different document.

    3. Microelectronics' And The Art Of Similitude

      5-06. Microelectronics, And The Art Of Similitude (1959). ABSTRACT. Engelbart presents results of his study dimensional scaling in electronics, which he undertook to satisfy himself that miniaturization of digital technology would be inevitable, and therefore become increasingly affordable and pervasive. Roger Moore attended Doug's talk in 1960, and published Moore's Law in 1965.

    4. A Project-promotion Possibility: Research on Information Storage and Retrieval
    5. 5-10 List of Participants in Augmented Human Seminar.

      5-10. This list has been scanned. List of People Attending Thursday Seminars (circa 1961). These "Seminars" were Doug's earliest efforts in customer-centered design, enlisting colleagues in SRI's Computer Techniques Dept in his iterative concept development efforts.

    6. 5-9

      Also includes 1959 reprints of the article as appears in the Conference Digest A New Magnetic Logic System Using Simple Cores (Feb 1959)

    7. Program on Human Effectiveness. [Dec. 1961]

      Online in MouseSite: Program on Human Effectiveness [Dec. 1961]

    8. 3-11 Computer Lab Memorandum. [13/7/61]

      Available Online: Active Projects of the SRI Computer Techniques Laboratory (July 1961) - itemizes projects by group, PI, project name, $funded, etc. - includes funding for Engelbart, Crane, Rosen, Bennion, Goldberg, Kautz, Nitzan, ...

    9. 2-10 ARNAS Quarterly Report No.6. [Aug.- Nov.1967]

      Available Online: ARNAS Quarterly Report No.6 (Aug-Nov 1967)

    10. 1-1

      This is the Oral History taken at Stanford as part of the History of Silicon Valley project. You can browse the complete transcripts at Stanford University Oral History: Doug Engelbart

    11. The total collection comprises some 107 boxes of materials.

      The total collection at the time this Finding Aid was created in the mid 1990s, refers to their first 'Accession' of Engelbart's papers donated in 1986. In later years more materials were donated -- these were the 1998, 1999, and 2007 Accessions.

  11. May 2016
    1. Trevor Noah

      Wow - Trevor Noah

    2. The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma

      Yo-Yo Ma!

    3. "Weird Al" Yankovic - The Mandatory World Tour

      Weird Al is coming to SSU

  12. Apr 2016
    1. Without realizing it, we have been ceding ground for some years now to cats and dogs

      Oh, I have realized it...

    1. Making annotations:

      Follow instructions for Making Annotations

    1. I clicked on the [note] iconbutton on the sidebar left edge, and it scrolled to the bottom of the annotation sidebar to offer me a place to enter my notes. My question is, What is this pointing to?

    1. a quick, easy way for you to link directly to any numbered item on any page in our website

      Now you can link directly to any point in most files on the web using hypothes.is as well!

  13. Mar 2016
    1. 5-7

      This folder also contains 2 copies of Program on Human Effectiveness printed on SRI Masthead with a 4-page brochure attached detailing the hardware acquisition.

    2. This document available online http://stanford.io/1QPR9bZ. Also photocopied (21-Jan-2016)

    3. 2-11

      Handouts(?) for the class "Below is described a complete general-purpose computer (complete but small)." As an educational tool for introducing interested people to the organization of digital computers and how programmed.

    4. 2-10

      These ARNAS reports detail the quarterly progress of the team during these years -- great source for developing a Timeline of firsts.

    5. 17-7

      Doug's thinkpieces and Memos ranging from considerations for Individual and Small Group Information-Handling, Physical Skill Training, Intelligent-Team Research, etc.; Costs; correspondence

    6. 17-3

      (JFR) Memos and design documentation by Jeff Rulifson

    7. 6-1 "Augmented Human Intellect Program. [March 1, 1962] Augmented Human Intellect Study. [June 12, 1961]"

      CORRECTION: This listing should read simply:

      6-1 "Augmented Human Intellect Study. [June 12, 1961]"

      The March 1962 Document is in folder 5-1 listed above.

    1. payoff will come when we make better use of computers to bring communities of people together and to augment the very human skills that people bring to bear on difficult problems

      This quote by Doug Engelbart was selected for the IBM THINK Poster 2015 http://bit.ly/1DHBLYI. For more on the IBM THINK Exhibit see http://bit.ly/1oZu1RN.

      The quote is from Engelbart's paper "Improving our Ability to Improve" http://bit.ly/1po1K7p which he presented at the World Library Summit in Singapore in 2002.

  14. Feb 2016
    1. To use the finding aid

      Note: You can request to see/study the actual papers in the Engelbart Collection at Stanford University Green Library, in a special reading room following these instructions. Refer to "Accession 1986-030" for any of the 17 boxes listed below, in "Collection M0638 "Douglas C Engelbart Papers"".

  15. Jan 2016
  16. Jun 2015
    1. He's talking about the importance of a "coordinated working system" which is at once our environment and our subject of research.

  17. May 2015
    1. By "augmenting human intellect" we mean increasing the capability of a man to approach a complex problem situation, to gain comprehension to suit his particular needs, and to derive solutions to problems. Increased capability in this respect is taken to mean a mixture of the following: more-rapid comprehension, better comprehension, the possibility of gaining a useful degree of comprehension in a situation that previously was too complex, speedier solutions, better solutions, and the possibility of finding solutions to problems that before seemed insoluble. And by "complex situations" we include the professional problems of diplomats, executives, social scientists, life scientists, physical scientists, attorneys, designers--whether the problem situation exists for twenty minutes or twenty years. We do not speak of isolated clever tricks that help in particular situations. We refer to a way of life in an integrated domain where hunches, cut-and-try, intangibles, and the human "feel for a situation" usefully co-exist with powerful concepts, streamlined terminology and notation, sophisticated methods, and high-powered electronic aids.

      More prescient than ever...