Divining a digital future : mess and mythology in ubiquitous computing / Paul Dourish and Genevieve Bell.
Ubiquitous computing (or ubicomp) is the label for a "third wave" of computing technologies. Following the eras of the mainframe computer and the desktop PC, ubicomp is characterized by small and powerful computing devices that are worn, carried, or embedded in the world around us. Compute...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
[2014].
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| Summary: | Ubiquitous computing (or ubicomp) is the label for a "third wave" of computing technologies. Following the eras of the mainframe computer and the desktop PC, ubicomp is characterized by small and powerful computing devices that are worn, carried, or embedded in the world around us. Computer scientist Paul Dourish and cultural anthropologist Genevieve Bell explore the vision that has driven the ubiquitous computing research program and the contemporary practices that have emerged--both the motivating mythology and the everyday messiness of lived experience. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-243) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0262015552 9780262015554 0262525895 9780262525893 |