A “killer app” for human-human interaction will emerge. This interface will be a well-done graphical user interface to text conferencing.
Predictor: December, John
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article in the journal Computer-Mediated Communications, John December writes: ”A ‘killer app’ for human-human interaction will emerge. This interface will be a well-done graphical user interface to text conferencing, perhaps growing out of MU* interfaces melded with Web interaction (synchronous interchange) or a ‘killer’ Usenet interface (asynchronous interchange).”
Biography:John December’s publications include articles and books about the World Wide Web, Internet and Java. From 1985 to 1989, he developed software and graphical user interfaces to analyze aircraft requirements for military missions at Boeing. He later became president of December Communications, an online Web-publishing, presentations, and consulting company based in Milwaukee, Wis. (Research Scientist/Illuminator.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Language/Interface/Software
Name of publication: Computer-Mediated Communication
Title, headline, chapter name: Transitions in Computer-Mediated Communication
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.ibiblio.org/cmc/mag/1995/jan/december.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Stotler, Larry