Social Machines
As the web becomes more integrated into everyday life, it seems that it increasingly reflects human beings' social machinery. This article makes some observations I'm sure many of us were thinking subconsciously, but a lot of the observations hadn't occurred to me.
One particuarly thought provoking quote, "'I feel uneasy about the word 'computing'...have we passed computing?'" I think we have. "Computing" was sooo '90's. Your biggest, most powerful web device might be your laptop, but so many other lifestyle appliances are smaller and more integral than ever before. It seems the word "computing" really doesn't come close to describing what most people are doing with the web. I agree with Hannu Leinonen when he says, "It sounds like counting." You don't have a computer just to do your taxes and make spreadsheets.
One particuarly thought provoking quote, "'I feel uneasy about the word 'computing'...have we passed computing?'" I think we have. "Computing" was sooo '90's. Your biggest, most powerful web device might be your laptop, but so many other lifestyle appliances are smaller and more integral than ever before. It seems the word "computing" really doesn't come close to describing what most people are doing with the web. I agree with Hannu Leinonen when he says, "It sounds like counting." You don't have a computer just to do your taxes and make spreadsheets.
posted by Dan at 3:13 PM
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