• DocumentCode
    762009
  • Title

    Toward Empowered Design

  • Author

    Marsden, Gary

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Cape Town, Cape Town
  • Volume
    41
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    6/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    42
  • Lastpage
    46
  • Abstract
    Pragmatic design requires no radical alterations to the existing digital ecology and has successfully provided many viable solutions. Given the skills limitations within the developing world, however, developers also need a new design focus that views the user as designer.
  • Keywords
    design; digital ecology; empowered design; pragmatic design; Africa; Digital cameras; Displays; Environmental factors; Government; Hardware; Home computing; Internet; Moore´s Law; Telephone sets; Bluetooth; Moore´s law; Wi-Fi; empowered design; image-sharing software; pragmatic design; software development;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MC.2008.207
  • Filename
    4548171