Desktop Computing as Paradigm : Hidden Assumptions that Suppress Mobile Information Technology

• In this paper, it is argued that what we think of as information technology in support ofmobility is related to and draws on traditional ideas of desktop computing in a multitudeof ways. A key argument made is that these dependencies are not only beneficial anddesirable-in terms of user familiarity, recognition, acceptance, and a supposedly steeperlearning curve-but also carry with them restrictions and hidden assumptions that indifferent ways come to suppress mobility. Through an analysis inspired byphenomenological inquiry, this paper sets out to recognize some of the interactionalassumptions and dependencies that mobile information technology holds in relation tothe desktop computer, and which currently suppress mobility.

Ämnesord

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap -- Systemvetenskap, informationssystem och informatik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences -- Information Systems (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Mobility

paradigm

desktop computer

phenomenology

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