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19 Ungluers have Faved this Work
Nelson writes passionately about the need for people to understand computers deeply, more deeply than was generally promoted as computer literacy, which he considers a superficial kind of familiarity with particular hardware and software. His rallying cry "Down with Cybercrud" is against the centralization of computers such as that performed by IBM at the time, as well as against what he sees as the intentional untruths that "computer people" tell to non-computer people to keep them from understanding computers. In Dream Machines, Nelson covers the flexible media potential of the computer, which was shockingly new at the time.

Why unglue this book? Have your say.

(Aug. 6, 2012, 11:52 a.m.)
Ted Nelson's e-mail address is on his home page at http://xanadu.com.au/ted/
(July 26, 2012, 10:53 a.m.)
If I can get Ted Nelson's contact info, I'll be happy to follow up with a query from us to Ted Nelson, unless MathewMurphy has heard from him. This book seems really intriguing history of tech.
(May 7, 2012, 2:59 p.m.)
I e-mailed Ted Nelson asking about a new e-book version of this. It has been out of print for years, and copies reach ridiculous prices, which is a shame as everyone working on software or web sites should read it. I'd be glad to help with the scanning and digitizing process too.

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