Robert Scoble

Douglas C. Engelbart, Inventor of the Computer Mouse, Dies at 88

Douglas C. Engelbart, a visionary scientist whose singular epiphany in 1950 about technology's potential to expand human intelligence led to a host of inventions - among them the computer mouse - that became the basis for both the Internet and the modern personal computer, died on Tuesday at his home in Atherton, Calif.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/technology/douglas-c-engelbart-inventor-of-the-computer-mouse-dies-at-88.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Douglas C. Engelbart, Inventor of the Computer Mouse, Dies at 88

Douglas C. Engelbart, a visionary scientist whose singular epiphany in 1950 about technology's potential to expand human intelligence led to a host of inventions - among them the computer mouse - that became the basis for both the Internet and the modern personal computer, died on Tuesday at his home in Atherton, Calif.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/technology/douglas-c-engelbart-inventor-of-the-computer-mouse-dies-at-88.html?ref=obituaries

Robert Scoble - Google+ - We lost a great one I just got word that Doug Engelbart...

We lost a great one I just got word that Doug Engelbart passed away last night. No more details are known, will pass them along when I hear more. Doug...

https://plus.google.com/+Scobleizer/posts/7NrF3k8UdDk

Doug's 1968 Demo

On December 9th, 1968 Doug Engelbart appeared on stage at the Fall Joint Computer Conference in San Francisco to give his slated presentation, titled "A Research Center for Augmenting Human Intellect," where he spent the next 90 minutes not only telling about his work, but demonstrating it live to a spellbound audience that filled the hall.

http://www.dougengelbart.org/firsts/dougs-1968-demo.html

Robert Scoble - Google+ - We lost a great one I just got word that Doug Engelbart...

We lost a great one I just got word that Doug Engelbart passed away last night. No more details are known, will pass them along when I hear more. Doug...

https://plus.google.com/+Scobleizer/posts/7NrF3k8UdDk

BART strike slams San Francisco economy

(CNN) -- The strike that shut down public transit in California's Bay Area is delivering a blow to the economy. As the shutdown enters its second day, a conservative estimate puts the cost at $73 million per day, the Bay Area Council Economic Institute said.

http://on.cnn.com/12Cajfv

How Rackspace Supports Code For America Fellows

A friend and former employee of mine was accepted as a Code for America Fellow for 2013. If you're not familiar with it, Code for America is a non-profit organization that links up skilled technologists-developers, researchers, designers and product managers-with cities that need to have their technology updated.

http://www.rackspace.com/blog/how-rackspace-supports-code-for-america-fellows/