A very interesting paper, given how long ago it was written. Though informal, this was inspiring. The examples of possible pervasive systems — the vast majority of which have not yet been implemented — seem to have had a large impact on future ‘thinkers’.
“The Computer for the 21st Century,” by Mark Weiser.
@article{213017,
author = {Mark Weiser},
title = {The computer for the 21st century},
book = {Human-computer interaction: toward the year 2000},
year = {1995},
isbn = {1-55860-246-1},
pages = {933--940},
publisher = {Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc.},
address = {San Francisco, CA, USA},
}
[…] Almost eleven years after Mark Weiser’s classic paper, we’re beginning to see some real implementations of some of his suggestions. […]
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