Hypermedia allows the user to decide how and when they will interact with the information given. The user can navigate through information, play or turn off audio, videos and look at pictures without having an author tell you how and when you will be doing so.
After watching the video I found it kind of bizarre how Otlet was able to think these ideas almost as accurate to where the internet has become. The way that information is gathered together and how an individual can search and sort through this information so easily online is very similar to how Otlet had envisioned. I understand in todays world we think of futuristic ideas and say how awesome it would be. Then ten or twenty years later the idea has come to life. However, back in 1934 I can’t imagine an individual even thinking of such advanced technology.
As for the article As We May Think, I found it most impressive that Bush was so advanced in his way of thinking. Bush lived in the past, but was thinking for the future. Many individuals today do just what Bush did years ago.
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