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Summary: Change the way you think!!!
Review: Michael Dertouzos has an insightful vision of the future in his book The Unfinished Revolution. His focus is around Human-Centered computing and how it will allow user to "do more by doing less". He artfully illustrates the ways that computers should work. He admonishes that, in the current state of computing, we are the ones the serve our computers and not the other way around. Computers need to be changed so that they can understand us and not the other way around.Even though this may seem like fairytales to some, Dertouzos has built this vision of the future using solid basis on the technology that either we have in prototypes today or likely to be attainable in the near future. His work at MIT has already shown that as computing resources become more plentiful, Human-Centric computing will become a possibility. My overall impression of the book is that it has some novel ideas and very persuasive author that is working hard to get you to like them. The book seem a little repetitive at times but over all it as a very interesting read.
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Summary: Another masterpiece .... all is not acheived already!
Review: The great Professor does it again. His very nice flow and simple direct writing makes the point every time. Prof Dertouzos is a legend, who has excelled at showing the way for the uses of Technology. This book is probably is 10-15 year time horizon, but for all those tech-friendly people, it helps define a plan of action on how to proceed further in the Tech arena. Read "What will be" and seeing the various insights become reality, you will go through a hair raising experience to think of the things he refers to in "The Unfinished Revolution" A must read!!.
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Summary: Another masterpiece .... all is not acheived already!
Review: The great Professor does it again. His very nice flow and simple direct writing makes the point every time. Prof Dertouzos is a legend, who has excelled at showing the way for the uses of Technology. This book is probably is 10-15 year time horizon, but for all those tech-friendly people, it helps define a plan of action on how to proceed further in the Tech arena. Read "What will be" and seeing the various insights become reality, you will go through a hair raising experience to think of the things he refers to in "The Unfinished Revolution" A must read!!.
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Summary: Explains how these computers will change our professional
Review: Unfinished Revolution focuses on human-centered computers and how they can change our lives reveals a technology which adapts to people; a new concept in how designers are producing computers. Human-centered computing uses five key technologies which will expand human capabilities: Unfinished Revolution explains how these computers will change our professional specialties and personal lives alike.
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Summary: good source of research ideas
Review: You'll be disappointed in this book if you're looking for WIRED Magazine-style "here's how much fun the future is going to be" writings. You'll also be disappointed if you're looking for the standard Don Norman or Alan Cooper suggested improvements on the personal computer. Dertuozos writes for his peers, managers charged with deploying research and development resources. If this is your job, you'll get one or two ideas from this book that will change your research agenda. That's worth 5 stars....
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Summary: good source of research ideas
Review: You'll be disappointed in this book if you're looking for WIRED Magazine-style "here's how much fun the future is going to be" writings. You'll also be disappointed if you're looking for the standard Don Norman or Alan Cooper suggested improvements on the personal computer. Dertuozos writes for his peers, managers charged with deploying research and development resources. If this is your job, you'll get one or two ideas from this book that will change your research agenda. That's worth 5 stars....
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