Memo from Mercury
information Technology Is Different
Edición de la obra Memo from Mercury
| Autor | Gordon B. Thompson |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Institute for Research on Public Policy |
| Fecha de publicación | June 1979 |
| Lugar | Montreal, Quebec H3V 1H8 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 62 |
| ISBN-10 | 0920380298 |
| Serie | Occasional paper - Institute for Research on Public Policy ; no. 10 |
| Número de Cutter | T471m |
Thompson, an engineer working for Bell Northern Research (Canada), argues perceptively that information technology is essentially different from industrial technologies. He proposes, long before Google, a way of connecting people to information that will prove relevant to their interests by matching information-seeking behaviours.