[SIGCIS-Members] What inspired Bush's Memex?

[Sarah T. Roberts]

You might find aspects of this article by Linda C. Smith address the issue, in part.

https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.5555/636669.636692

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S a r a h  T.  R o b e r t s,  P h. D.

Faculty Director, UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry | 
Co-Director, Minderoo Initiative on Technology & Power
https://www.c2i2.ucla.edu/

Associate Professor
Department of Gender Studies
University of California, Los Angeles
https://gender.ucla.edu/

Department of Labor Studies
University of California, Los Angeles
https://irle.ucla.edu/labor-studies/about/

Department of Information Studies
School of Education & Information Studies
University of California, Los Angeles
https://is.gseis.ucla.edu/

Behind the Screen (Yale University Press)
https://www.behindthescreen-book.com/



> On Nov 15, 2022, at 6:56 PM, Koblentz, Evan via Members <members at lists.sigcis.org> wrote:
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> Does anyone have documentation, or good theories, about how/where Vannevar Bush was inspired to develop his ideas for the speculative Memex? I know that he was privy to the latest computer developments, but how did he make the jump from plugboards and punch cards to a virtual encyclopedia and hypertext?
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