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WebWord Weblog Posting Posting Date: August 15, 2003 Researchers delve into the human factor -- "A team of computer scientists, academics and others gathered this week at IBM's Almaden Research Center to swap ideas on how to better understand the ways in which humans interact with machines. Specifically, they met to compare notes on different ways to make sense of how technology is being consumed." (Comments: Thanks Gabriel!)
Reader Comments...
"Intel, for example, has hired anthropologists to travel the globe, exploring how computing differs in various cultures." And here I am working at a desk in cubeland like a sucker. Posted by: fajalar on August 15, 2003 09:23 AM
Intel's just looking for ways to create greater demand for their chips (greater demand for chips, and greater demand for higher performance chips). Posted by: Ron Zeno on August 16, 2003 06:20 PM
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