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Ted Nelson quotes: In my second year in graduate school, I took a computer course and that was like lightening striking.

In my second year in graduate school, I took a computer course and that was like lightening striking.

Ted Nelson quotes: Any fool can use a computer. Many do.

Any fool can use a computer. Many do.

Ted Nelson quotes: Right now you are a prisoner of each application you use. You have only the options that were given you by the developer of that application.

Right now you are a prisoner of each application you use. You have only the options that were given you by the developer of that application.

Ted Nelson quotes: You can and must understand computers NOW.

You can and must understand computers NOW.

Ted Nelson quotes: I was very intensely concerned with all kinds of new media.

I was very intensely concerned with all kinds of new media.

Ted Nelson quotes: They were saying computers deal with numbers. This was absolutely nonsense. Computers deal with arbitrary information of any kind.

They were saying computers deal with numbers. This was absolutely nonsense. Computers deal with arbitrary information of any kind.

Ted Nelson quotes: The technicalities matter a lot, but the unifying vision matters more.

The technicalities matter a lot, but the unifying vision matters more.

Ted Nelson quotes: So in my uncertainty, I went to graduate school and there it all happened.

So in my uncertainty, I went to graduate school and there it all happened.

Ted Nelson quotes: Making things easy is hard.

Making things easy is hard.

Ted Nelson quotes: Power corrupts, and obsolete power corrupts obsoletely.

Power corrupts, and obsolete power corrupts obsoletely.

Ted Nelson quotes: We live in media, as fish live in water.

We live in media, as fish live in water.

Ted Nelson quotes: Computers are hierarchical. We have a desktop and hierarchical files which have to mean everything.

Computers are hierarchical. We have a desktop and hierarchical files which have to mean everything.

Ted Nelson quotes: Most people are fools, most authority is malignant, God does not exist, and everything is wrong.

Most people are fools, most authority is malignant, God does not exist, and everything is wrong.

Ted Nelson quotes: So, I was always frustrated having to write and having to cut things. Why should you have to cut anything?

So, I was always frustrated having to write and having to cut things. Why should you have to cut anything?

Ted Nelson quotes: The purpose of computers is human freedom.

The purpose of computers is human freedom.

Ted Nelson quotes: The objective of hypertext research is to save the planet.

The objective of hypertext research is to save the planet.

Ted Nelson quotes: The problem is not software 'friendliness'. It is conceptual clarity. A globe does not say, 'good morning'. It is simple and clear, not 'friendly'.

The problem is not software 'friendliness'. It is conceptual clarity. A globe does not say, 'good morning'. It is simple and clear, not 'friendly'.

Ted Nelson quotes: The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do.

The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do.

Ted Nelson quotes: Any nitwit can understand computers, and many do.

Any nitwit can understand computers, and many do.

Ted Nelson quotes: A user interface should be so simple that a beginner in an emergency can understand it within ten seconds.

A user interface should be so simple that a beginner in an emergency can understand it within ten seconds.

Ted Nelson quotes: Learning to program has no more to do with designing interactive software than learning to touch type has to do with writing poetry

Learning to program has no more to do with designing interactive software than learning to touch type has to do with writing poetry

Ted Nelson quotes: The Web is trivially simple - massively successful and its like Karaoke - anybody can do it.

The Web is trivially simple - massively successful and its like Karaoke - anybody can do it.

Ted Nelson quotes: How is MS-DOS like MSG? Both raise your blood pressure and give you a tightening sensation around your forehead.

How is MS-DOS like MSG? Both raise your blood pressure and give you a tightening sensation around your forehead.

Ted Nelson quotes: Project Xanadu is essentially my trademark. It was originally, and has returned to my arms as that.

Project Xanadu is essentially my trademark. It was originally, and has returned to my arms as that.

Ted Nelson quotes: If computers are the wave of the future, displays are the surfboards.

If computers are the wave of the future, displays are the surfboards.

Ted Nelson quotes: Everything is deeply intertwingled.

Everything is deeply intertwingled.

Ted Nelson quotes: Telling computer guys that they need to have permission to quote things is like having to tell little children about Death.

Telling computer guys that they need to have permission to quote things is like having to tell little children about Death.