mercurious » video http://www.mercurious.com/wordpress A memex, a sketchpad of research. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:58:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Sketchpad, The World’s First http://www.mercurious.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/sketchpad-the-worlds-first/ http://www.mercurious.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/sketchpad-the-worlds-first/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:54:19 +0000 mercurious http://www.mercurious.com/wordpress/2007/07/16/sketchpad-the-worlds-first/ Sketchpad, A Man-Machine Graphical Communications System. Between 1962 and 1964, Dr. Ivan Sutherland created Sketchpad: A Man-Machine Graphical Communications System, arguably the world’s first computer graphics system, and non-procedural programming system. Ivan Sutherland at the TX-2 using Sketchpad]]> Sketchpad, A Man-Machine Graphical Communications System.

Between 1962 and 1964, Dr. Ivan Sutherland created Sketchpad: A Man-Machine Graphical Communications System, arguably the world’s first computer graphics system, and non-procedural programming system.

Ivan Sutherland at the TX-2 using SketchpadSketchpad Light Pen InterfaceSketchpad Object Oriented System

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Alan Kay lectures on Sketchpad

In this video, Dr. Alan Kay, from PARC, discusses Sketchpad and its significance in determining the nature of Object Oriented graphical interfaces.

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Geneology

Computing Family TreeIn this Computing Family Tree diagram◊, note how Sketchpad is considered the origination point for the modern operating system, as we know it.

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See Also

Lecture Title Origins and FuturesLecture: The Origins of Interactive Media ↑

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