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Auteur(s) : Tinnell, John (1985-....)
Titre(s) : The philosopher of Palo Alto [Texte imprimé] : Mark Weiser, Xerox PARC, and the original Internet of things / John Tinnell
Publication : Chicago, [Illinois] : The University of Chicago Press, copyright 2023
Description matérielle : 347 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"As a pioneer of ubiquitous computing-the embedding of technology in everyday objects
from thermostats to doorbells-computer scientist Mark Weiser's descriptions of smart
homes, now thirty years later, might seem to approach our reality. Weiser's views
certainly influenced our technology's developers-his 1991 Scientific American article
"The Computer for the 21st Century" was flagged a must-read by Microsoft's Bill Gates
and then circulated among the day's digirati, including those Silicon Valley insiders
who crowded his beer garden-based "office hours". Unlike many of his contemporaries,
Weiser's vision was motivated by the philosophies of Michael Polanyi and Martin Heidegger,
collaboration with anthropologists such as Lucy Suchman, and insights from artists
including Natalie Jeremijenko. He hoped to realize "tacit computing" as an escape
from a single attention-grabbing screen as a portal to work, entertainment, and education.
When rivals such as Nicholas Negroponte at MIT's Media Lab championed the development
of smart agents (the ancestors of Siri and Alexa) or pervasive sensing in wearable
technologies (proto-Fitbits or Apple Watches), Weiser balked. Weiser wanted computers
to be something closer to the white cane a person with low vision might use to navigate
the world. Good technology, he argued, should not mine our experiences for data to
sell or demand our attention. Technology should not rob its users of the hardships
that establish their expertise, but instead give them the ability to conceive of the
world in new ways. In this compelling biography of a person and idea, digital studies
scholar John Tinnell shows Weiser, who died of cancer at 46, would be heartbroken
if he had lived to see the ways we use technology today. Informed by deep archival
research and interviews with Weiser's family and Xerox PARC colleagues, this book
uses Weiser's life to offer a new history of today's technological reality, an inside
view of Xerox PARC during its heyday, and a compelling vision of what computers failed
to be"
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Mark Weiser, Xerox PARC, and the original IoT
Sujet(s) : Weiser, Mark (1952-1999)
Internet -- Société
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Indice(s) Dewey :
004.092 (23e éd.) = Informatique - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780226757209. - ISBN 022675720X. - ISBN 9780226757346 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47242533f
Notice n° :
FRBNF47242533
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction Googleville ; Messy Systems ; The Innovator as a Young Seeker ; Asymmetrical
Encounters ; Tabs, Pads, and Boards ; One Hundred Computers per Room ; Retreat
; Tacit Inc. ; The Dangling String ; Smarter Ways to Make Things Smart ; A Form
of Worship.
