“For thirty years most interface design, and most comptuer design, has been headed down the path of the "dramatic" machine. Its highest idea is to make a computer so exciting, so wonderful, so interesting, that we never want to be without it. A less-traveled path I call the "invisible"; its highest idea is to make a computer so imbedded, so fitting, so natural, that we use it without even thinking about it.”
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Mark Weiser
Mark Weiser was a renowned computer scientist known for his pioneering work in distributed computing, mobile computing, and ubiquitous computing. He held professorships at institutions such as Carnegie Mellon University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and served as a consultant for several startups in Silicon Valley. Weiser's work had a profound impact on modern computing technology. more
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