Sul volgere della fine degli anni ‘80, quando l’utilizzo di un computer appariva ancora come un lusso riservato a poche persone specializzate, mentre iniziavano a farsi strada i primi... More > personal computer e il web si affacciava sul mondo per cambiarlo per sempre, Mark Weiser intuì subito l’importanza di quei cambiamenti.
Insieme ai suoi collaboratori alla Xerox PARC si interrogò sul ruolo che le tecnologie digitali avrebbero acquisito nelle nostre vite quotidiane, immaginando scenari con strumenti estremamente complessi, allora impossibili da realizzare, così facili da usare da divenire invisibili alla nostra attenzione.
L’elaborato prende in esame la teoria dell’Ubiquitous Computing, confrontando gli esplosivi progressi che sono avvenuti nel mondo dell’informatica con le ipotesi postulate venti anni fa, nel tentativo di interpretare le ultime innovazioni che si stanno affacciando nel campo della programmazione web, in risposta all’evoluzione degli smartphones con il loro sempre più vasto bacino di utenza.< Less
Sul volgere della fine degli anni ‘80, quando l’utilizzo di un computer appariva ancora come un lusso riservato a poche persone specializzate, mentre iniziavano a farsi strada i primi... More > personal computer e il web si affacciava sul mondo per cambiarlo per sempre, Mark Weiser intuì subito l’importanza di quei cambiamenti.
Insieme ai suoi collaboratori alla Xerox PARC si interrogò sul ruolo che le tecnologie digitali avrebbero acquisito nelle nostre vite quotidiane, immaginando scenari con strumenti estremamente complessi, allora impossibili da realizzare, così facili da usare da divenire invisibili alla nostra attenzione.
L’elaborato prende in esame la teoria dell’Ubiquitous Computing, confrontando gli esplosivi progressi che sono avvenuti nel mondo dell’informatica con le ipotesi postulate venti anni fa, nel tentativo di interpretare le ultime innovazioni che si stanno affacciando nel campo della programmazione web, in risposta all’evoluzione degli smartphones con il loro sempre più vasto bacino di utenza.< Less
From the early beginnings of electromagnetic waves to the discovery and widespread use of radio, the world’s use of the radio spectrum has become increasingly complex. The world has also become... More > more interconnected than ever before with the use of these technologies. The world is increasingly using a large connected network of computers. This network is known as the Internet.< Less
From the early beginnings of electromagnetic waves to the discovery and widespread use of radio, the world’s use of the radio spectrum has become increasingly complex. The world has also become... More > more interconnected than ever before with the use of these technologies. The world is increasingly using a large connected network of computers. This network is known as the Internet.< Less
Web 3.0 is a different way of building applications. Web 3.0 will ultimately be seen as applications which are pieced together. There are a number of characteristics: the applications are relatively... More > small, the data is in the cloud, the applications can run on any device, PC or mobile phone, the applications are very fast and they're very customizable. Furthermore, the applications are distributed virally: literally by social networks, by email. You won't go to the store and purchase them. Web 3.0 delivers a very different application model than we've ever seen in computing.
Web 3.0 is a great extension of Web 2.0 in that, as a true communal medium, the distinction between professional, semi-professional and consumers will get blurred, creating a network effect of business and applications.
This book that is highly recommended if you are looking to take your business to the next level of the social web: a place where being social is not merely an option but a requirement.< Less
Web 3.0 is a different way of building applications. Web 3.0 will ultimately be seen as applications which are pieced together. There are a number of characteristics: the applications are relatively... More > small, the data is in the cloud, the applications can run on any device, PC or mobile phone, the applications are very fast and they're very customizable. Furthermore, the applications are distributed virally: literally by social networks, by email. You won't go to the store and purchase them. Web 3.0 delivers a very different application model than we've ever seen in computing.
Web 3.0 is a great extension of Web 2.0 in that, as a true communal medium, the distinction between professional, semi-professional and consumers will get blurred, creating a network effect of business and applications.
This book that is highly recommended if you are looking to take your business to the next level of the social web: a place where being social is not merely an option but a requirement.< Less
The Situated Technologies Pamphlet series, published by the Architectural League, explores the implications of ubiquitous computing for architecture and urbanism: How is our experience of the city... More > and the choices we make in it affected by mobile communications, pervasive media, ambient informatics, and other “situated” technologies? How will the ability to design increasingly responsive environments alter the way architects conceive of space? What do architects need to know about urban computing and what do technologists need to know about cities? Situated Technologies Pamphlets will be published in nine issues and will be edited by a rotating list of leading researchers and practitioners from architecture, art, philosophy of technology, comparative media study, performance studies, and engineering.< Less
This explains what you need to know about dates and times in computing. Its sole purpose is to quickly get you up to speed on this ubiquitous and commonly misunderstood topic.
This is the first in a... More > series of Cromulent Guides. We produce concise, easy to read guide(s) about technical topics. The size of each guide is about the same as a chapter from a normal book, so you only have to buy what you need.
Never judge a book by its description.< Less
The number of children who have interactions with computing devices is likely to increase significantly as humanity moves into the ubiquitous computing age. Not only are these interactions likely to... More > be a part of the exploration of the world in which these children will live, but these interactions are also likely to be educational because they will assist the children to develop their cognitive abilities. Because children are not likely to explore a computing device out of a desire to use the device in order to accomplish a task as most adults will, the existing methodologies for the design of HCI interfaces for adults such as the GOMS methodology cannot be readily applied to a design for children. This paper takes a look at the software design factors associated with the design of Human Computer Interfaces for Children.< Less
The number of children who have interactions with computing devices is likely to increase significantly as humanity moves into the ubiquitous computing age. Not only are these interactions likely to... More > be a part of the exploration of the world in which these children will live, but these interactions are also likely to be educational because they will assist the children to develop their cognitive abilities. Because children are not likely to explore a computing device out of a desire to use the device in order to accomplish a task as most adults will, the existing methodologies for the design of HCI interfaces for adults such as the GOMS methodology cannot be readily applied to a design for children. This paper takes a look at the software design factors associated with the design of Human Computer Interfaces for Children.< Less
