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Subject:RE: Bubble Your Pleasure, Bubble Your Fun From:"Jim Shaeffer" <jims -at- spsi -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 6 Jun 2003 13:44:10 -0600
Consumer oriented technical documents that will be needed in the near
future:
- How to conduct and interpret DNA tests you administer in your own home.
- How to prepare genetically customized food for each member of your
family.
- Car manuals for vehicles that run on alternative fuels.
- Manuals for digital video recorders and timeshifters like TIVO.
- Instructions for downloading and playing movies (legally).
- How to clean and store the cable that connects directly from the
computer into the implant in your brain.
And that's just the beginning of the list.
Also, the technology adoption life cycle assures us that there will always
be new and unfamiliar products coming down the pipeline at us.
Jim Shaeffer (jims -at- spsi -dot- com)
Mark Baker wrote, in part:
For any given person holding any given object, the social context of
information is largely a function of two things: their own experience with
objects of this type, and the number of people in their social group with
experience with objects of this type. The stronger the social context of
information, the less the felt need for documentation.
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