Re: [ebook-community] Dr. Michael Hart, "inventor of eBooks," March 8, 1947 – September 6, 2011

Michael and I used to correspond daily, back ten or so years ago. He was a
friend. I was just thinking of him the other day... that I should get in
touch.

My heart aches.

Dej

On Sep 8, 2011 1:21 AM, "Daniel P. B. Smith" <yahoogroups2006-wIRBk7EkA6JWk0Htik3J/[email protected]>
wrote:
> Dr. Michael Hart died today. According to Project Gutenberg as quoted by
the L. A. Times, "Hart was best known for his 1971 invention of electronic
books, or eBooks." He was at one time a regular, provocative, and wise
contributor to this mailing list.
>
> LA Times:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_S._Hart
>
> "One thing about eBooks that most people haven't thought much is that
eBooks are the very first thing that we're all able to have as much as we
want other than air. Think about that for a moment and you realize we are in
the right job."--Dr. Michael Hart
>
> What I remember is that some years ago I very occasionally exchanged
emails with him and got replies which... displayed on a then-traditional
24x80 screen, i.e. monospaced like typewriting... had a justified right
margin. Yet all spaces within the text were single spaces. He had (or
cultivated) the knack for writing unstilted, flowing English while choosing
words that would create a justified right margin!
>
> Wikipedia article:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_S._Hart
>
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