Celebrating Doug's 85th Birthday
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To celebrate Doug Engelbart's 85th birthday on January 30, 2010, we cooked up the Doug Engelbart Birthday Greetings site at http://engelbart85.posterous.com as a joint collaboration with our friends and colleagues at the New Media Consortium. Well wishers were invited to send an email to the site, which was posted as a blog entry automatically, complete with any attached photos, video, etc.
We were all incredibly thrilled and touched by the response! Heartfelt greetings from long-time friends and colleagues, grandchildren, top executives, and admirers, from Switzerland, Brazil, Germany, Sweden, Netherlands...
A birthday party for Doug was held at The Tech on January 30th – you can read all about it in this San Jose Mercury News article.
See also Gardner Campbell's very special birthday tribute blogpost, a heartfelt gift to Doug.
Following is a table of contents view (please let us know if we missed yours, check the Unsigned posts and let us know if one of those is yours):
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Selected Quotes
"You have changed my life, Doug. [...] I still can't put into words how much your life and work continue to mean to me, but I won't stop trying." (read more)
– Gardner Campbell, Baylor University
"Dear Doug,
You are the best. You positively changed the way the world works, thinks, and improves. Few achievements have been more significant. As important is the way you developed your innovations. [...] Over time the world will learn more about your ideas and, again, increasingly change the way it works, thinks, and improves." (read more)
– Curt Carlson, President & CEO, SRI International
"Doug,
on your 85th
birthday, I wanted to let you know how fondly I recall our many conversations in my Logitech office. No matter how far the topic seemed from my day-to-day duties and preoccupations, every time, and I mean every time, I found nuggets in what you said that were relevant, applicable, creative, and inspiring.
Your legacy is everywhere at Logitech, and I am grateful to have had the opportunity to meet you." (read more)
– Guerrino De Luca, Chairman, Logitech International SA
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