"The Computer for the 21st Century" by Mark Weiser

It's amazing how over 20 years ago, researchers had the knowledge to predict and profess media and technology that would be vital to our everyday lives today. This article discussed the technological advancements that would need to take place to prepare society for the many gadgets and gizmos that would come to consume our attention.

The article was written in September of 1991, so many of the computers and tablets that we consider normal components of live now were still ideas in the works then. The article stated that computing would become ubiquitous, mean capable of being everywhere at the same time. It gave insight to the use of technological advances such as computers, tabs, and pads would become compiling or visual invariants. Essentially this means that the acknowledgment of usage would disappear in a way that freed us to use them without thinking and allow us to focus on other things around us at the same time.

By making computers ubiquitous, this would allow them to be used in different shapes and sizes in any location. The article discussed tabs, pads, and boards that would vary and size with portable computing capabilities. Although they were nonexistent in 1991, in today's time we refer to them as tablets, iPads, and iPad minis as well as cell phones with computer like formatting. Through research, trial and error these future predictions have become present day ways of life. Sometimes I wonder, would less technological advancements allow us to take advantage of our resources instead of resorting to google and siri? How will the increase in technology effect the "standard" way of living life; what will become the new normal?