David Levy, a professor in the University of Washington’s School of Information, believes he may have witnessed the first-ever interruption-by-e-mail. It happened back in the ’70s, when he worked at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, a think tank at the forefront of today’s computing world.
He and about 25 other technologists were watching a visiting scientist demonstrate how to make use of multiple parts of the computer screen. The visitor was typing and talking when a text popped up on one side of the screen. “Oh look,” he said, “I’ve received a message!” He typed a response, sent it into cyberspace and went back to his presentation.
It was stagecraft intended to highlight one of those ta-da! moments. But not everyone was impressed — or even pleased. Read the rest of the article in The Seattle Times.
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