[Coming by] 2000: The first serious examples of a new kind of human computer interface, combining natural-language processing with speech recognition, social computing, and smart software (built-in expertise).
Predictor: Berst, Jesse
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article for PC Week, columnist Jesse Berst, editorial director of the Windows Watcher Newsletter, writes: ”Here’s my time line for the decade. Remember – you heard it here Berst … ”1997: The information highway becomes real for business users. After a year and a half of growing pains, The Microsoft Network gets rolling. People begin to live on the Net, with their browser as their dashboard, using distributed applications made possible by such things as HotJava and distributed OLE. Meanwhile, subnotebooks become the leading form factor, and we see our first really usable handhelds … ”2000: The first serious examples of a new kind of human computer interface, combining natural-language processing with speech recognition, social computing, and smart software (built-in expertise). ”I’ll meet you back here in the year 2000 to check my results.”
Biography:Jesse Berst was editor of Windows Watcher Newsletter. (Author/Editor/Journalist.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Language/Interface/Software
Name of publication: PC Week
Title, headline, chapter name: Check Back Next Year to Look at the Future
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web2.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/403/21/37697735w2/purl=rc1_EAIM_0_A17213677&dyn=5!xrn_1_0_A17213677?sw_aep=ncliveec
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