Andy van Dam and Paul Kahn's presentation at the
The Brown/MIT Vannevar Bush Symposium in 1995, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Bush's groundbreaking article "
As We May Think". Event MC Andy van Dam kicks off the program with an historical overview, short video footage of a Vannevar Bush interview (11:29), timeline and awards (13:52), and a brief history of hypertext (19:27).
Paul Kahn follows with a pictoral overview of Bush's many inventions (27:15), footage from a 1964 interview of Bush (36:12), a demo of the Memex Animation (39:58), ending with Q&A. Andy returns to share how he was first introduced to Bush's work, and then begins introducing the first guest speaker, Doug Engelbart (44:40).
See the
Video Archives - Bush Symposium page on the Doug Engelbart Institute website for links to all 11 sessions of this Symposium, and more.