FW: [WEB4LIB] RE: Reader-Designated HyperLinking In/Between/Among

Gimon, Charles A CAGimon at mpls.lib.mn.us
Mon Feb 12 10:43:11 EST 2001



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerry Mckiernan [mailto:GMCKIERN at gwgate.lib.iastate.edu] 
> Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 11:08 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: Reader-Designated HyperLinking In/Between/Among
> 
> Hello Richard/
> 
> >>> Richard Wiggins <wiggins at mail.com> 02/10/01 11:08PM >>>
> >Vannevar Bush pioneered the notion of user-defined links -- 
> only he called >them "trails" -- and he came up with the 
> notion in the 1940s.  His essay "As >We May Think" is a 
> remarkable vision for its time. 
> 
>    Yes, Indeed! I should have also noted Bush's vision in my posting
> 

And he was supposedly the first head of Majestic-12. When the UFO conspiracy
folks latch onto your name, you know you've hit the big time. 

--Charles Gimon
  Web Coordinator
  Minneapolis Public Library


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