As We May Read

As We May Read: The Reading Appliance Revolution

I n the 1970s, Alan Kay and his colleagues at Xerox PARC envisioned a dynamic, interactive electronic book. Now, nearly 30 years later, that vision has become a reality. A new kind of personal information appliance—the reading appli-ance—is emerging as a tool for serious readers. But is the world ready for reading appliances? Paper books are not only useful but are also a romantic icon of moder...

As We May Communicate.PDF

The purpose of this article is to critique and reshape one of the fundamental paradigms of Human-Computer Interaction: the workspace. This treatise argues that the concept of a workspace— as an interaction metaphor— has certain intrinsic defects. As an alternative, a new interaction model, the communication space is offered in the hope that it will bring user interfaces closer to the ideal of h...

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As We May Think

AS WE MAY THINK by VANNEVAR BUSH

As Director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, Dr. Vannevar Bush has coordinated the activities of some six thousand leading American scientists in the application of science to warfare. In this significant article he holds up an incentive for scientists when the fighting has ceased. He urges that men of science should then turn to the massive task of making more accessible o...