Memex

I had read it earlier in my research, and was struck not by the idea of the Memex, which is well understood, but by Bush's explication of the problem - that knowledge and learning has become so complicated, so layered, so inefficient, that it is near impossible for anyone to be a generalist, in the sense Aristotle was.

Boing Boing: August 8, 2004 - August 14, 2004 Archives 2004

We have heard that prophecy repeated ever since the first e-book, a clunking monstrosity known as Memex, was designed in 1945.

The New Age of the Book Darnton, Robert 1999

In 1945 Vannevar Bush stated that the Memex was a proto-hypertext machine.

Masters of Media Erik Borra 2009

In 1945, conceived of a device called a Memex that would store and retrieve all information accumulated throughout one's life.

GeekLikeMe.net 2008

In the first year all the computers - whether hand-held or vehicle mounted - will give officers speedy access via the Airwave Mobile PNC and Mobile Validate applications to the police national computer; quick address and voter register details; the force's "Memex" intelligence system and satellite navigation facilities.

PublicTechnology.net 2009

It is an actual "Memex" project brought to life with Microsoft Research and Gordon Bell as the soul and main author and driver of the project.

MSDN Blogs Daniel Kornev [MSFT] 2009

But what you can see happening, slowly but surely, is the Memex and Xanadu and the Information Superhighway -- all those inspiring dreams of information utopia -- finally crossing crossing over into the vast universe of books.

Boing Boing 2009

The Memex had many features that are now familiar components of e-books: pages, page turners, annotation capability, internal and external linking, and the potential for storage, retrieval, and transmittal.

'The Oxford Companion to the Book' 2010

A Memex user would consult a book by tapping a code on a keyboard, bringing up the text.

'The Oxford Companion to the Book' 2010

The Memex had many features that are now familiar components of e-books: pages, page turners, annotation capability, internal and external linking, and the potential for storage, retrieval, and transmittal.

'The Oxford Companion to the Book' 2010