Investigation
The goal for my personal project is to educate people on the evolution and history of personal computing. I want to make it fun for them to learn, because when most people think of workings with computers, they think that it’s difficult and boring. It is a fine line between having enough information and boring people, and i need to walk it carefully. The final product will be a website. I picked a website because it is the most flexible way to display information. I can display it how i want it to be shown, and i can customize the experience for each page. A website also makes it possible to present all kinds of devices with the experience, rather than an operating system specific application. More people will be able to access it. I chose personal computing because not only is it a big part of my life, but everyone’s. The large majority of the developed world uses personal computers everyday, whether it be for personal or work. No one can ever really appreciate how monumental the feats of engineering that are used …show more content…
It contains a lot of info for 3 sections, the PC, the GUI and today. Although Apple is not always the most popular, they’ve been a part of almost every major technical innovation since the start of the PC era. The book talks about the history of him and his best friend, Steve Wozniak, who together, started Apple Computers, the first company to release a successful personal computer. The book contains lots of extracts about everything leading up, all the development and research. The great thing is that Apple is still a current company, so it progresses through history, with all the different game changes, which is exactly what I need. The book is credible because its an authorized biography, and Steve Jobs is not someone to authorize something unless he’s 110% happy with it. At the same time this might bias the book by portraying Apple in a better light than it actually is, since it’s his
The goal for my personal project is to educate people on the evolution and history of personal computing. I want to make it fun for them to learn, because when most people think of workings with computers, they think that it’s difficult and boring. It is a fine line between having enough information and boring people, and i need to walk it carefully. The final product will be a website. I picked a website because it is the most flexible way to display information. I can display it how i want it to be shown, and i can customize the experience for each page. A website also makes it possible to present all kinds of devices with the experience, rather than an operating system specific application. More people will be able to access it. I chose personal computing because not only is it a big part of my life, but everyone’s. The large majority of the developed world uses personal computers everyday, whether it be for personal or work. No one can ever really appreciate how monumental the feats of engineering that are used …show more content…
It contains a lot of info for 3 sections, the PC, the GUI and today. Although Apple is not always the most popular, they’ve been a part of almost every major technical innovation since the start of the PC era. The book talks about the history of him and his best friend, Steve Wozniak, who together, started Apple Computers, the first company to release a successful personal computer. The book contains lots of extracts about everything leading up, all the development and research. The great thing is that Apple is still a current company, so it progresses through history, with all the different game changes, which is exactly what I need. The book is credible because its an authorized biography, and Steve Jobs is not someone to authorize something unless he’s 110% happy with it. At the same time this might bias the book by portraying Apple in a better light than it actually is, since it’s his