Accidental machines: The impact of popular participation in computer technology.
Presents a history of the personal computer and the differences in its understanding by commercial innovators and consumers. Implications of popular response to new and complex technologies as corporate concerns; Perception of the developers of `front end' products such as user interfaces and hardw...
| Published in: | Design Issues Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 54 - 81 |
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MIT Press
Spring98
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| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |
| Summary: | Presents a history of the personal computer and the differences in its understanding by commercial innovators and consumers. Implications of popular response to new and complex technologies as corporate concerns; Perception of the developers of `front end' products such as user interfaces and hardware; Implications in the future of the entertainment industry. |
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