Posts Tagged ‘Tom Gruber’

Siri and the Emergence of the Virtual Personal Assistant

Computing pioneers Vannevar Bush, J.C.R. Licklider, and Doug Engelbart envisioned computers as a way to extend the human mind’s capabilities. Their ideas proposed that by delegating a portion of our tasks to computing systems, we could more effectively manage the increasing complexity of our lives. In 1997, I attended a brilliant presentation by wearable computing […]


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