Thesis 18
In many circumstances, we can't really conceive of the human being engaging everyware as a "user."
Traditionally, the word we use to describe the human person engaged in interaction with a technical system is "user": "user-friendly," "user-centered." (More pointedly, and exposing some of the frustration the highly technically competent may experience when dealing with nonspecialists: "luser.")
Despite this precedent, however, the word stumbles and fails in the context of everyware. As a description of someone encountering ubiquitous systems, it's simply not accurate.
At the most basic level, one no more "uses" everyware than one would ...
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