Reflections - Robert W. Lucky

The AR Greenhouse is the manuscript repository for Reflections, Robert Lucky's bi-monthly column in IEEE Spectrum.

Please note that since this archive is built from the submitted manuscripts the columns may differ from the published edition ( often a different title ) and do not include the published artwork.

Available Columns (by publication date)

July 1993 "Riding the Wave"
September 1993 "Chair Power" Published as : "Chairpower"
November 1993 "Technology isn't the problem"
January 1994 "The disappearing space crunch"
March 1994 "What happened to numbers?"
May 1994 "The Quest for Information" Published as : "Keepin up"
July 1994 "Bits are Bits" Published as : "A bit is a bit is a bit?"
September 1994 "What Happened to Leisure Time?" Published as : "No more lunch"
November 1994 "Who Gets the Credit?" Published as : "Who should get the credit?"
January 1995 "The "In" Box" Published as : "The in box"
March 1995 "Surfing the net"
May 1995 "The crypto quandary"
July 1995 "Where did the Web come from?"
September 1995 "Being clicked"
January 1996 "Have laptop, will travel"
March 1996 "Why am I here?"
May 1996 "Casualties of downsizing"
July 1996 "Bozos on the bus"
September 1996 "The glitz factor"
November 1996 "Honk if you’re for anarchy"
January 1997 "The Right Stuff" Published as : "Just right"
March 1997 "Blinking Twelve o'clock" Published as : "Blinking 12 o'clock"
May 1997 "Fatal error number 27"
July 1997 "Anytime, anywhere" Published as : "Any time, anywhere"
November 1997 "When is dumb smart?"
May 1998 "Electrical engineering -- a diminishing role?" Published as : "Electrical engineering: a diminishing role?"
July 1998 "Clock speed"
September 1998 "Moore's Law redux"
November 1998 "Job Churn"
January 1999 "What is an office?"
March 1999 "Connections"
May 1999 "Free Software"
July 1999 "Design for People -- Not"
September 1999 "Information Addiction"
November 1999 "Special Places"
January 2000 "Always On?"
March 2000 "Greatest Engineering Accomplishments"
May 2000 "Omniscience"
July 2000 "Music on Hold"
September 2000 "Monkey Business"
November 2000 "Banners for Engineers"
January 2001 "Communications Triage"
March 2001 "2001: Technology and the Movie"