LostFuturesOfComputation

That GernsbackContinuum / canon of things that we look back to as inspiration / regret as pointers to a better future that we hope may come.

https://instadeq.com/blog/posts/no-code-history-the-geometry-theorem-machine-1959/

DouglasEngelbart

SmallTalk

Xanadu

LispMachine

SpreadSheets

HyperCard

OnWiki

Project Oberon: http://www.projectoberon.com/

FutureCoding people fascinated by them.

See BretVictor on TheFutureOfProgramming