Back to the future: A retrospective on early predictions

Russell Beale

doi:10.1016/j.intcom.2009.03.002

Back to the future: A retrospective on early predictions

Russell Beale

Computer Science

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Abstract

Professor Brian Shackel's paper "Designing for People in the Age of Information" was published in 1984. In his paper, Shackel looked ahead to the research areas that he considered important and makes some predictions for the future. This paper provides a Current perspective on his views, assessing which areas he successfully predicted and which he did not, and contextualising his work in the field that he significantly shaped. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	331-334
Number of pages	4
Journal	Interacting with Computers
Volume	21
Issue number	5-6
Early online date	4 May 2009
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intcom.2009.03.002
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2009

Keywords

Research questions
Social perspectives
Brian Shackel
Retrospective
HCI
Usability
Information age
Design

Access to Document

10.1016/j.intcom.2009.03.002

Cite this

@article{837cc12f78c44599b3a9f67875d491e1,

title = "Back to the future: A retrospective on early predictions",

abstract = "Professor Brian Shackel's paper {"}Designing for People in the Age of Information{"} was published in 1984. In his paper, Shackel looked ahead to the research areas that he considered important and makes some predictions for the future. This paper provides a Current perspective on his views, assessing which areas he successfully predicted and which he did not, and contextualising his work in the field that he significantly shaped. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.",

keywords = "Research questions, Social perspectives, Brian Shackel, Retrospective, HCI, Usability, Information age, Design",

author = "Russell Beale",

year = "2009",

month = dec,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1016/j.intcom.2009.03.002",

language = "English",

volume = "21",

pages = "331--334",

journal = "Interacting with Computers",

publisher = "Oxford University Press",

number = "5-6",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Back to the future: A retrospective on early predictions

AU - Beale, Russell

PY - 2009/12/1

Y1 - 2009/12/1

N2 - Professor Brian Shackel's paper "Designing for People in the Age of Information" was published in 1984. In his paper, Shackel looked ahead to the research areas that he considered important and makes some predictions for the future. This paper provides a Current perspective on his views, assessing which areas he successfully predicted and which he did not, and contextualising his work in the field that he significantly shaped. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

AB - Professor Brian Shackel's paper "Designing for People in the Age of Information" was published in 1984. In his paper, Shackel looked ahead to the research areas that he considered important and makes some predictions for the future. This paper provides a Current perspective on his views, assessing which areas he successfully predicted and which he did not, and contextualising his work in the field that he significantly shaped. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

KW - Research questions

KW - Social perspectives

KW - Brian Shackel

KW - Retrospective

KW - HCI

KW - Usability

KW - Information age

KW - Design

U2 - 10.1016/j.intcom.2009.03.002

DO - 10.1016/j.intcom.2009.03.002

M3 - Article

VL - 21

SP - 331

EP - 334

JO - Interacting with Computers

JF - Interacting with Computers

IS - 5-6

ER -