“Mechanics of the Information Highway” Moderated by

Conference:

SIGGRAPH 1994

Type(s):

• Panels

Entry Number: 01

Title:

Mechanics of the Information Highway

Course Organizer(s):

• Denise Caruso

Presenter(s)/Author(s):

• Peter Barrett
• Michele di Lorenzo
• Vinnie Grosso
• Dave Kaiser
• Patrick Naughton

Abstract:

Marketers of the digital future overlook one crucial fact: software is hard, That’s why the interactive TV trials are already behind schedule. And that’s why, if they ever materialize, their content is 95 percent certain to be boring and stupid. This panel is a pre-mortem for the overhyped information infrastructure and a debate on the actual role of programmers in the digital future. 

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SIGGRAPH 1994: Panels