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Leonardo's laptop : human needs and the new computing technologies

This text aims to raise computer users' expectations of what they should get from technology. It shifts the focus from what computers can do to what users can do
Print Book, English, 2003, ©2002
1st MIT Press pbk. ed View all formats and editions
MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2003, ©2002
xi, 269 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780262194761, 9780262692991, 0262194767, 0262692996
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1. Inspiration for the New Computing
2. Unusable at Any Bandwidth
3. The Quest for Universal Usability
4. New Methods, New Goals
5. Understanding Human Activities and Relationships
6. The New Education: E-Learning
7. The New Commerce: E-Business
8. The New Medicine: E-Healthcare
9. The New Politics: E-Government
10. Mega-Creativity
11. Grander Goals
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