Ted Nelson on Zigzag data structures

[boltar2003]

Why do the lights get brighter when he takes his glasses off at 1.53. Is he really Jesus revealing himself and who has come back to earth to save us via new data structures and better office applications? :)

[yadayadayyada2006]

@boltar2003 : the video camera adjusted the sensor gain once his head moved out of the way to be replaced by the glowing monitor.

[windigo77]

Is this constructed using linked lists? How would it be addressed?

[heikohaller]

“We should not impose regularity where it does not exist.” Very nice quote (at 3:08).

[zarjesve2]

is it possible to obtain this software somewhere?

[photonhunter]

@zarjesve2 I've put a link to the page with more details in the video description. You'll find a download link there.

[zarjesve2]

@photonhunter thank you very much!!!

[iu2687]

@zarjesve2 not from a Jedi...

[hakware]

It's great that Nelson is still pushing the Xanadu ideas. Too many current technologies (the web comes immediately to mind) are based on perversions of poor understandings of Xanadu designs; even Nelson has begun to in some cases make alterations to existing designs for the sake of realpolitik. However, the benefit that XOC and its spinoffs have, oddly, is one that springs from their main criticism -- spending thirty years on design and demos means you have a damn solid design.

[cyborgtroy]

hey, it's a graph.

[Magnetohydrodynamics]

What. This is some pointer spaghetti.

[tovadaq]

Jan Willem, prince of Orange? don't believe that man ever existed...

[ikethekike]

Surname: von Nassau-Dietz-Orange Given Names: Jan Willem Prefix: Prince of Orange

[ehsanul]

Interesting, seems pretty much like an object-oriented or perhaps even document-oriented database.

[jbartz]

huh? lol

[baldingeagle666]

Here he goes again, bringing up those few mainstream apps and ignoring the thousands of little special case apps to represent structures another way for special uses.

As if serfs who use Excel et al don't have enough trouble using it right. Let's force n-dimensional thinking on'em, see how that goes!

I see even the good doctor doesn't quite manage, so perhaps time to move on to usability tests.