I call it “Liberated Computerism”

“Ubiquitous computing names the third wave in computing, just now beginning. First were mainframes, each shared by lots of people. Now we are in the personal computing era, person and machine staring uneasily at each other across the desktop. Next comes ubiquitous computing, or the age of calm technology, when technology recedes into the background of our lives. Alan Kay of Apple calls this “Third Paradigm” computing.” - Original PARC researcher who came up with channeled the concept.


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  1. #USR04
    Posted January 2, 2009 at 2:22 pm | Permalink

    A strong call emerged to design things from a user’s point of view. Ambient intelligence is influenced by user-centered design where the user is placed in the center of the design activity and asked to give feedback through specific user evaluations and tests to improve the design or even co-create the design together with the designer (Participatory design) or with other users (End User Development).

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambient_intelligence

  2. Ian
    Posted January 4, 2009 at 5:39 pm | Permalink

    Reality gets hyperlinked

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