Their interaction with the schemes was captured and interpreted. There are two things I want to emphasize about this little history. First of all, Hugh not only had ideas, he worked very long hours making them work on a computer. The second thing I'd like to emphasize is that he did not set out to become famous through software. He simply wanted the software as an investigatory device to prove tagmemics or burke or whatever.
Computers are practically nothing but discovery.
To my mind, heavy duty design, long-term development, and thoroughly structured processes are not only useless but dangerous. They are like long-winded responses in Interchange. They take a long time to get going and nobody reads 'em. Which is why I'm against all the calls for strategic studies, three-year plans, conscientiously developed and implemented designs, and all the other stuff that has to go into building a bridge or launching a rocket, but is deadly when presenting innovations in computer pedagogy. The Web is very light on its feet and very amendable to design on the fly.