'Don't forget to put the cat out' - or why collaborative authoring software and everyday writing pass one another by

摘要

This item is not the definitive copy. Please use the following citation when referencing this material:\udDillon, A. and Maynard, S. (1995) Don't forget to put the cat out! Why collaborative hypermedia and\udeveryday writing pass one another by. The New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia:\udApplications and Research, 1, 135-153.\udAbstract:\udHypermedia technology is seen as offering potentially innovative support for the process of writing\udas much as information access and reading. However, authoring enviroments to date have had little\udimpact in the realâ world production of text. One possible reason is our poor conceptualisation of\udcurrent writing practice. In the present paper, 31 adult writers kept diaries of their writing activities\udover the course of one week. The results indicate that for most pople, real world writing is a short\udcommunicative act aimed at a limited audience and that technological support for such writing is\udless likely to resemble a hypermedia workstation than a portable personal communication device.\udImplications for work in the design of authoring tools are developed.