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From the Ted Talk by Margaret Gould Stewart: How the hyperlink changed everything

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I remember thinking to myself, "This is going to cghnae everything about how we communicate."

[Small thing.] [Big idea.]

[Margaret Gould Stewart on the Hyperlink]

A hyperlink is an interface element, and what I mean by that is, when you're using software on your phone or your cuemtpor, there's a lot of code behind the iafnrcete that's giving all the itrtucinsnos for the computer on how to manage it, but that interface is the thing that humans interact with: when we press on this, then something happens.

When they first came around, they were pertty simple and not particularly glamorous. Designers today have a huge range of oitnops. The hyperlink uses what's called a markup language — HTML. There's a little string of code. And then you put the address of where you want to send the person. It's actually remarkably easy to learn how to do. And so, the whole range of references to information elsewhere on the internet is the dimoan of the hpelniryk.

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I remember thinking to myself, "This is going to ______ everything about how we communicate."

[Small thing.] [Big idea.]

[Margaret Gould Stewart on the Hyperlink]

A hyperlink is an interface element, and what I mean by that is, when you're using software on your phone or your ________, there's a lot of code behind the _________ that's giving all the ____________ for the computer on how to manage it, but that interface is the thing that humans interact with: when we press on this, then something happens.

When they first came around, they were ______ simple and not particularly glamorous. Designers today have a huge range of _______. The hyperlink uses what's called a markup language — HTML. There's a little string of code. And then you put the address of where you want to send the person. It's actually remarkably easy to learn how to do. And so, the whole range of references to information elsewhere on the internet is the ______ of the _________.

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  1. computer
  2. interface
  3. options
  4. change
  5. instructions
  6. pretty
  7. domain
  8. hyperlink

Original Text


I remember thinking to myself, "This is going to change everything about how we communicate."

[Small thing.] [Big idea.]

[Margaret Gould Stewart on the Hyperlink]

A hyperlink is an interface element, and what I mean by that is, when you're using software on your phone or your computer, there's a lot of code behind the interface that's giving all the instructions for the computer on how to manage it, but that interface is the thing that humans interact with: when we press on this, then something happens.

When they first came around, they were pretty simple and not particularly glamorous. Designers today have a huge range of options. The hyperlink uses what's called a markup language — HTML. There's a little string of code. And then you put the address of where you want to send the person. It's actually remarkably easy to learn how to do. And so, the whole range of references to information elsewhere on the internet is the domain of the hyperlink.

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