1992 Bootstrap Seminar Intensive 0

Doug Engelbart 1992 Watch Doug's Introduction

About the Seminar 1

A Comprehensive Strategy for Bootstrapping Organizations Into the 21st Century - Doug Engelbart's three-day management intensive presented March 24-26, 1992, at Stanford University, facilitated by Margaret Chambers. The program featured in-depth coverage of Doug's complete strategic framework, presented in twelve sessions (four sessions per day). Video production by the Stanford Instructional Television Network (SITN), now available on our YouTube Channel and permanently archived in the Douglas Engelbart Collection at the Internet Archive.

Throughout the 1990s, the Bootstrap Institute[*] produced a number of three-day, one-day, and half-day management seminars at Stanford University, SRI International, Logitech HQ, also in Washington, DC, and Tokyo, Japan. The format and materials for this three-day seminar were originally conceived and developed in 1990 by Doug Engelbart and Christina Engelbart with grants from the Mitchell Kapor Family Foundation, Sun Microsystems, and Apple Computer.

Watch the Sessions 2

Refer to the Seminar Binder below for a Table of Contents with links to the slide handouts, corresponding footage, and recommended reading. Click on a Session's "watch icon" below to watch straight through, or click on topics within any session to watch selectively. You can also watch all twelve sessions as a playlist on YouTube.

Session Details: No matter how you choose to watch, you can access all the usual YouTube features available on your device such as setting playback speed, and right-clicking to copy a link to a specific time in the footage.

Watch Day 1

• Session 1: : Section A "Intro/Summary" | Six Hypotheses | Your Assignment | Attendee Introductions | Section B "Paradigms" | examples from history
• Session 2: : Q&A | Section B (cont.) | case examples bicycle/tricycle and mouse/keyset | Q&A
• Session 3: : Q&A | Section C "Whole-System Augmentation" | Q&A | Section D "ABC Model" | Your Assignment
• Session 4: : Group Exercise | Q&A | Your Assignment | Section D (cont.) | ABC Recap | Section E "CODIAK"

Watch Day 2

• Session 5: : Newcomer Introductions | Individual Exercise | Review Section A | Section E (cont) | Section G "OHS Architecture" | Section F "Hyperdocument System"
• Session 6: : Q&A | Section F (cont.) | Q&A
• Session 7: : Q&A | Demo OHS concepts using Augment/NLS
• Session 8: : Augment Demo (cont.) | Section H "Human System & Pilots" | Group Exercise | Q&A | Your Assignment | Section H (cont.) | Q&A

Watch Day 3

• Session 9: : Today's Lineup | Section H (cont.) | Section I "Bootstrapping" | Section J "C Community"
• Session 10: : Today's Lineup | Section J (cont.)
• Session 11: : Guest Introductions | Your Assignment | Section J (review) | Final Instructions
• Session 12: : Breakout Groups Present | Sharing Insights | Bootstrap Forum | Closing Remarks

About Augment

• To review Doug's use of Augment throughout the seminar, see "1992 Doug" under Demos | Augment. Learn more at About Augment/NLS. Historic Note: Doug used an earlier version in his 1968 'Mother of All Demos'.

Seminar Binder 3

Each participant was given a Seminar Binder complete with slide handouts and selected readings. To view any section of the binder, click the corresponding colored tab below. Or browse the complete Binder contents (PDF).