[vcf-midatlantic] past, present and future

Eric Rangell erangell at gmail.com
Wed Jul 7 09:42:39 UTC 2021


Hi Dean,
Thank you for your reply.  Can you tell me more about the weekly chat you have with Ted?
I would be interested in stories about how his 1979 team came together and worked on Xanadu Classic.
I prepared this video of my current thoughts on Ted’s ideas: https://youtu.be/MfedQqzJ434 <https://youtu.be/MfedQqzJ434>
Some feedback I got is that it would require 15 projects working together in an interoperable manner to make it happen with current technologies.
Feel free to share this with Ted.
Thanks, Eric

> On Jul 6, 2021, at 9:29 PM, Dean Notarnicola <dean.notarnicola at vcfed.org> wrote:
> 
> Eric,
> Sorry for the delayed response, life has been hectic! I love the idea of showing the Jot and SWYFT! I'm going over to Ted Nelson's tomorrow for our weekly chat. He is willing to do a talk at VCF this year and he's asking what subject he should do. I'd love to get your opinion on that.
> Please let me know your thoughts, thanks!
> 
> As well, your PC Transporter woul;d go great with the IBM theme this year!
> 
> Regards,
> Dean
> 
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 5:43 AM Eric Rangell <erangell at gmail.com <mailto:erangell at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Thanks, Dean.
> Here is a twitter thread with some of my recent thoughts: https://twitter.com/RatifyArticle1/status/1405659720023789575 <https://twitter.com/RatifyArticle1/status/1405659720023789575>
> 
> This video walks thru my exhibit: https://youtu.be/eiHFn-biAFc <https://youtu.be/eiHFn-biAFc>
> Enjoy, Eric
> 
> On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 2:55 PM Dean Notarnicola <dean.notarnicola at vcfed.org <mailto:dean.notarnicola at vcfed.org>> wrote:
> Eric,
> I’ll contact you off list regarding these subjects, thanks!
> 
> Regards,
> Dean
> 
> On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 8:33 AM Eric Rangell via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org <mailto:vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> I plan to bring the exhibit I intended to show last year about Ted Nelson
> to VCF as well as my current exhibit of the PC Transporter for the Apple
> //e.  I will also be able to show demos of Ted Nelson's JOT and Jef
> Raskin's SWYFT systems for anyone interested.  Ted and Jef had great ideas
> that were ahead of their time.  The potential uses for them I see in the
> decentralized internet space (which is already being crowded out by
> corporate interests).  After corresponding with others who have done more
> extensive research I do not see them practically seeing the light of day in
> any product, other than specialized applications, like molecular biology
> which uses ZigZag.  If you have different opinions, or stories about Ted to
> share, please contact me off-list at erangell at gmail.com <mailto:erangell at gmail.com>.
> Thanks, Eric



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