As always, great reflections by Bryan Alexander…
Is our computing environment shattering into disintegrated swarms of devices and functions?
This good article on search and hardware makes me think so, and that “disintegrated computing” describes where we’re heading. But let me back up a bit to set the stage, first.
I’ve been studying the mobile technology world for a while, ever since helping do some research for Howard Rheingold’s Smartmobs (2002). It became clear to me that we were moving away from computing focused on a single device, be it desktop or laptop. The next stage would include many competing and complementary hardware platforms.
The mobile phone was the first major step in that direction, followed by PDAs, mp3 players, ereaders, then tablets. Handheld game machines predate those.
A swarm of mobile devices **in 2009**.
Now we have added a smattering of other portable and often networked devices, including fitness trackers (I wear a Jawbone UP, my wife…
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