"Silicon Valley Story" — a Very Short Romantic Comedy by Ted Nelson
Why Hacker News recommends it
Mentioned in Nelson and Engelbart threads as a curiosity with amusing cameos by computing pioneers.
What it is
A short romantic comedy by Ted Nelson about the 'microcircuitry of love', with Doug Engelbart as his father and Stewart Brand as the villainous CEO.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2017 to 2020.
What Hacker News said
Recommends raleighm · 2020-06 · on “Doug Engelbart’s 1968 demo”
On the topic of videos involving Brand and Engelbart, they make amusing cameos in the film by Ted Nelson, which I recently stumbled upon. "Silicon Valley Story -- A Very Short Comedy" [this video] [note: brief NSFW moment from 2:10 to 2:25]
Cites tosh · 2017-09 · on “Here I Stand, at Age 80”
""" "Silicon Valley Story" — a Very Short Romantic Comedy by Ted Nelson A playful story about the microcircuitry of love, with Ted Nelson as an absentminded genius, featuring Doug Engelbart as Ted's father and Stewart Brand as the villainous CEO. Closing song: "Information Flow", sung by Donna Spitzer and the auteur. """ [this video]
Cites DonHopkins · 2020-03 · on “The Call of the Ocean: Hypertext, Universal and Open (1988)”
Ted Nelson: Computer Lib / Dream Machines (1975) [pdf] (worrydream.com) [LINK] [LINK] For what it's worth, YC is helping Ted Nelson sell his "Computer Lib / Dream Machines" book: [LINK] This book is a truly unique and is worth owning in hardcopy format. [LINK] Ted versus The Media Lab [video] (youtube.com) [LINK] [LINK] Interview with Ted Nelson (notion.so) [LINK] [LINK] Ted Nelson on What Modern Programmers Can Learn from the Past [video] (ieee.org) [LINK] [LINK] Ted Nelson struggles with uncomprehending radio interviewer (1979) [audio] (youtube.com) [LINK] [LINK] Ted Nelson’s published papers on computers and interaction, 1965 to 1977 (archive.org) [LINK] [LINK] Ask HN: What is the best re