Ted Nelson

Ted Nelson

male, 72 years old
hypertext, Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, Educator, Harvard University alumni, Innovator, human-computer interaction notable
Theodor Holm Nelson is an American sociologist, philosopher, and pioneer of information technology. He coined the term "hypertext" in 1963 and...
Jakob Nielsen

Jakob Nielsen

male, 52 years old (Fremont, California, United States)
usability, Nielsen Norman Group, user experience, web usability, Nielsen's Law, HCI…Multimedia and Hypertext The Internet and Beyond, Hypertext and Hypermedia, hypertext
Jakob Nielsen (born 1957 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a writer, speaker, and consultant on software and web-design usability. He earned a Ph.D. in...
Douglas Engelbart

Douglas Engelbart

male, 84 years old
computer pioneer, computer mouse, invented the mouse, GUIs, Human-Computer Interaction, mouse…hypertext
Dr. Douglas C. Engelbart (born January 30, 1925 in Oregon) is an American inventor of Swedish and Norwegian descent. He is best known for inventing...

George Landow

male
Brown University, The Victorian Web, The Cyberspace, Hypertext, & Critical Theory web, HYPERmedia, Electronic literature, Postmodern theory…hypertext
George Landow is Professor of English and Art History at Brown University. He is an early Electronic literature critic and theorist, as well as a...
Shelley Jackson

Shelley Jackson

female, 46 years old
James Tiptree, Jr. Award, Saas-Fee, Stanford University, Conjunctions, Grand Street, The Melancholy of Anatomy…hypertext
Shelley Jackson (born 1963) is a writer and artist known for her cross-genre experiments, including important contributions to electronic...
Andries van Dam

Andries van Dam

male, 71 years old (Providence, Rhode Island, United States)
Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, Computer graphics professional, Hypertext Editing System, Andries "Andy" van Dam, IEEE, Brown University faculty…hypertext
Andries "Andy" van Dam (born 1938) is a professor of computer science and former Vice-President for Research at Brown University in Providence,...
Geoff Ryman

Geoff Ryman

male, 58 years old
from the United Kingdom, World Fantasy Award, Campbell award, Philip K. Dick Award, James Tiptree, Jr. Award, Arthur C. Clarke Award…hypertext
Geoffrey Charles Ryman (born 1951) is a writer of science fiction, fantasy and slipstream fiction. He was born in Canada, and has lived most of his...

Marc Stiegler

male
science fiction writer, science fiction, software, computer software, artificial intelligence, hypertext
Marc Stiegler is a science fiction author and software developer. He co-authored "Valentina: Soul in Sapphire" with Joseph H. Delany. This is the...

Michael Groden

male
Royal Society of Canada, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, HYPERmedia, University of Western Ontario, University of Western Ontario faculty, ulysses…hypertext
Michael Groden is Professor of English at The University of Western Ontario. Groden received a B.A. from Dartmouth College (magna cum laude) in...