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Monday, December 9, 1968
The Mother of All Demos
The first personal computer, the first mouse, the first version of the internet (using microwaves), and the first hyperlinks are all demonstrated here: Doug Engelbart's demo. The videos are awesome, but they do a poor job of explaining why. It is such a ground-breaking moment that wikipedia's article about it is called The Mother of All Demos.
