HyperCard Changed Everything

March 11, 2026

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This video traces the history of Apple’s HyperCard from Vannevar Bush’s idea of the Memex to the Mother of All Demos to the Xerox PARC Alto to Bill Atkinson, the inventor of HyperCard, who said:

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I, like many folks I know in technology was profoundly influenced by Hypercard–so whether that was you, or you’re “hyper what?” have a watch!