Wade Roush has published his article in Technology Review about social machines in continuous computing which is like pervasive or ubiquitous computing. It's an interesting read, it started first as a blog, and all the comments from various bloggers then went together to form his article. He used participatory journalism to write his article. It will appear in the August 2005 issue of Technology Review.
What do people think about continuous computing? It seems that we haven't realized Weiser's vision of computers embedded everywhere in the environment. It seems that instead of the computer anticipated and adapting towards your needs, it's the computer is not intended to replace you but to augment your human behaviour. Like for example, social software such as instant messaging and blogging. They do not replace face-to-face communication or conversations. They just enhance those natural communications into the web with others who are not within your physical proximity. They are just extensions of your personal aura or personal space.
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