HyperCard
Apple's 1980s software that linked cards of notes, a preview of the web.
Where HyperCard comes up1 episode or test
- 1Got hooked on HyperCard1987, Apple's linked cards of notes
- 2Built CurriculumA research program made in HyperCard
- 3Stopped going to classHe got so absorbed in it
- 4Pursued tools for thoughtA 35-year pursuit shaped by that glimpse
From Steven Johnson's own account
What was said about HyperCard
HyperCard's linked notes hooked Steven Johnson and shaped his tools-for-thought work. In 1987 Johnson got hooked on HyperCard and built a research program called Curriculum with it. He got so absorbed that he stopped going to class.
HyperCard was Apple's 1980s software that linked cards of notes, a preview of the web. Johnson says that glimpse of linked notes shaped his 35-year pursuit of tools for thought.
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In 1987 Johnson got hooked on it and built a research program called Curriculum, getting so absorbed he stopped going to class. The glimpse of linked notes shaped his 35-year pursuit of tools for thought.
HyperCard's linked notes hooked Steven Johnson and shaped his tools-for-thought work. In 1987 Johnson got hooked on HyperCard and built a research program called Curriculum with it. He got so absorbed that he stopped going to class.
HyperCard was Apple's 1980s software that linked cards of notes, a preview of the web. Johnson says that glimpse of linked notes shaped his 35-year pursuit of tools for thought.
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