I have a book on J.

[ajroach42@retro.social]

I have a book on J. C. R. "Lick" Licklider. I know nothing about him and have not read the book.

The book is very pretty but also somewhat disturbing.

I might read it.

[ajroach42@retro.social]

Dude was part of the infocom team??

[ajroach42@retro.social]

Oh, he invented computers.

[ajroach42@retro.social]

Like, the parc team credits him with everything they did?

And he also designed a bunch of the concepts that became the internet, and designed a bunch of early guis?

[ajroach42@retro.social]

And oversaw multics?

[ajroach42@retro.social]

I should read the book.

[ajroach42@retro.social]

A photo of the book in question. Eye contact.

[jalefkowit@vmst.io]

@ajroach42 Jimmy Maher wrote about the connections between Licklider and Infocom in his excellent Digital Antiquarian blog, way back when.

» The Roots of Infocom The Digital Antiquarian

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