Datacloud: expanding the roles and locations of information

ABSTRACT

This presentation traces the locations and roles of computer documentation over the latter half of the twentieth-century in order to construct a model of information/knowledge space as it relates to different forms of work. The paper then provides suggestions about future forms of documentation and interface based on ethnographic research of workers in recently emerging forms of work, including nonlinear audio/video production and videogame playing. The final section of the paper provides concrete suggestions about forms of documentation and interface that will be required to support these new forms of work.

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INDEX TERMS

General Terms:
Design, Documentation, Economics, Experimentation, Human Factors, Legal Aspects, Performance, Theory, Verification

Keywords:
history, interface design, labor, postmodernism, research