[ygaitonde]

The book "The Dream Machine" by M. Mitchell Waldrop was a great read if you're interested in learning more about the inspirations behind PARC itself. It covers the history of personal computing from the early 20th century to the end of the 20th century, and does a great job covering a lot of the personalities behind the tech that is so ubiquitous today.

[detourdog]

I had learned of Doug Engelbart doing my thesis in the early 90's and was struck dumb when I was able to actually watch it on YouTube. Rumor has it Stewart Brand was the A/V tech.