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Radical Simplicity: Transforming Computers Into Me-centric Appliances (Hewlett-Packard Press Strategic Books)

ISBN: 0131002910
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2002
Pages: 88

Authors: Frederick Hayes-Roth, Daniel Amor

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• Main Page
• Table of content
• Copyright
• Hewlett-Packard Press Strategic Books
• Quotes
• Foreword By Ian Browde
• Foreword By Dex Smith
• Introduction
• Disruptive New Technology
• The Fourth Wave
• Moving On to a New IT-Supported Society
• Who Should Read This Book
• How This Book Is Organized
• Acknowledgments
• Part I: Introduction
• Chapter 1. From The Backroom To Everyday Life
• 1.1 A Day in Your Life (ca. 2010)
• 1.2 History of Computing
• 1.3 Trends in Computing
• 1.4 Conclusion
• Chapter 2. Contrasting the Present and the Future
• 2.1 Mobile Sales Force
• 2.2 Real Estate Agent
• 2.3 Family Life
• 2.4 Work-Life Balance
• 2.5 Construction Site
• 2.6 Holiday Break-In
• 2.7 Extended Manufacturing
• 2.8 Fleet Management
• 2.9 Conclusion
• Part II: Design Elements for Radical Simplicity
• Chapter 3. Human-Computer Interaction
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Intelligent Input Interfaces
• 3.3 Intelligent Output Interfaces
• 3.4 Context Awareness
• 3.5 Conclusion
• Chapter 4. Designing to Make You Smile
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Systems Development Methods
• 4.3 Psychological Design Aspects
• 4.4 The Interface Is the Application
• 4.5 Globalization
• 4.6 Conclusion
• Part III: Principal Technological Components
• Chapter 5. Me-Centric Architectures
• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Overview of Architecture-Driven Approach
• 5.3 Key Ideas
• 5.4 Conclusion
• Chapter 6. Web Services
• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 Web Services Networks
• 6.3 Extensible Markup Language
• 6.4 Web Services Technologies
• 6.5 Solution Stack
• 6.6 Examples
• 6.7 Conclusion
• Chapter 7. Agents: Igniting Machine-To-Machine Work
• 7.1 Software Agents
• 7.2 Mobile Agents
• 7.3 Challenges with Agents
• 7.4 Automated Web Services
• 7.5 Examples
• 7.6 Conclusion
• Part IV: New Business Opportunities
• Chapter 8. Intelligent Appliances
• 8.1 Introduction
• 8.2 Infrastructure Needs Me
• 8.3 Appliance Design
• 8.4 Examples
• 8.5 Conclusion
• Chapter 9. Reshaping Everyday Life
• 9.1 The Multifaceted Me
• 9.2 Revisiting Computing and IT
• 9.3 Conclusion
• Part V: Appendix
• Appendix A. Glossary
• Appendix B. ME-Centric Web Sites
• Smart Agents
• Smart Infrastructure
• Smart Appliances
• Usability
• Futurology
• Ubiquitous Computing
• Wearables
• Bibliography