That We May Live

As we may live – Real-world implications of ubiquitous computing

The young field of ubiquitous computing is steadily making progress and gaining attention in both academia and industry. While new gadgets and smart home appliances cannot appear fast enough for many technologists, such rapid introductions of new technologies often come with unexpected side-effects. Due to the unique scope of ubiquitous computing as a tool for our everyday life, these side-effe...

That we may know, Lord, your way on earth.

Metaphors we live by

Every linguist dreams of the day when the intricate variety of human language will be a commonplace, widely understood in our own and other cultures; when we can unlock the secrets of human thought and communication; when people will stop asking us how many languages we speak. This day has not yet arrived; but the present book brings it somewhat closer. It is, to begin with, a very attractive b...

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...

As we may remember