bubblan; sedan, efter PCn & Internet, människan

business art technology

bubblan
sedan, efter PCn och Internet
människan

Presentation, December 4, 2000
by Richard Gatarski for

Imaginary Organizations

This is only the Internet part of my lecture. I will make no efforts to keep this page updated. The Internet is in constant flux. Links that this document refers to might have moved, changed or vanished. Still I hope that you will find it useful.

I welcome any comments by e-mail to richard.gatarski@bat.se

	Introduction and overview bubblan sedan, post PC & Internet människan slutsatser The presenter Richard Gatarski is currently finalizing his PhD dissertation at the School of Business, Stockholm University. More about him at his commercial and scientific sites.
	E-commerce The bubble has bursted
	E still right, but lots of: wrong needs wrong solutions wrong businesses What motivates your partners? For more explanations, see: IT-industrin på väg mot en katastrof (by me, Ny Teknik, June 1999) and my thoughts about the business models.
	Post PC & Internet Guess what, the future is to the left...
	The computer are in our homes...including the kitchen! Some kitchen information appliances: Microwave oven computer from NCR's knowledge lab. icebox from CMI. And my own kitchen with a Toshiba Equium 2000. See also Kitchengate, live test with intelligent refrigerators.
	In the future we will likely see more than Digital Television. It holds promises of intelligent appliances, wireless communication pads, personal digital assistants, multimedia cars, communicating toys, etc. WebPad from National Semiconductor The StoryBox Kids PDA from Cybiko Barcode scanner from Connectthings Cyberpen, used by ISO in Denmark GM's car computer network OnStar The iRobot My Real Baby from Hasbro Digital TV recorder from Tivo Netradio from Kerbango Itsy platform from Compaq
	The development of connecting computers in a big network (Internet) is currently turned towards connecting computers in separate network (islands).
	As I see it, right now the (IT) industry is moving away from Internet towards isolated networks. One healty opposite force is sourced by Open-IP.
	The Human side We (humans) are not alone anymore...a few examples: Olga from Centre for Speech Technology, KTH, Stockholm Toyspot, demo from Netsage, now merged with Finali BotSpot have more examples, see also: Humany Shoppingagenter
	For more research about how to improve the Human-Computer relations: InterFACE project (Harvard) Affective Computing (MIT) Interface Laboratory (Stanford), specifically Persuasive Technology Lab Media Equation
	Conclusions Nobody wanted ATMs in the 70-ies, they wanted real people...