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Posting Date: August 30, 2003
 

What lies ahead? NECs advanced designs may come soon (gizmodo.net) -- "Thankfully, NEC is looking to breathe new life into the industry. Although these new-age devices are currently in the design phase and hold no immediate plans for production, they prove that not every one is content with the current standstill."

 

  

Reader Comments...
 

If engineers would just observe users in their native habitat the next PC would have a spill-proof keyboard with a built-in snack tray and beer cozy.

Posted by: Jim Tule on August 31, 2003 10:08 PM


 

Users are abstractions, living there, doing unfathomable "stuff." The computer sitting in front of the techie, that's real. It gives immediate, urgent (if trivial) "feedback." The stuff the techie's company is also real. Users are simply the abstract notions which exist outside the project.

Posted by: on September 1, 2003 09:03 AM


 

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