title: People are people, but technology is not technology.
abstract: Ubiquitous computing is about more than having multiple computers in our environment; it is also about computers venturing into completely new environments. In this paper, we examine the impact of computers in the developing world and look at why most interventions to date have failed to address the key needs of the users and their context. Through an analysis of existing software design techniques, and various case studies, we propose a new model for software creation, which we believe will address the issue of creating technologies for developing world nations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, Republic of South Africa. gaz@cs.uct.ac.za
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marsden
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maunder
authors.forename: Munier
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parker
mesh_terms: D040421:Cell Phone / Q000639:trends*; D013672:Technology / Q000639:trends*; D014584:User-Computer Interface