Push Technology: Pushed to the Brink

Abstract

The arc of development of push technology has been an interesting one to chart. In 1997, it was the hot topic. In late 1998, it was pretty much trashed as tired, not useful, "a solution in search of a problem." In 1999, push, sometimes under an assumed name, found a place in companies and intranets, having metamorphosed into something people could actually use. Public libraries are beginning to use it too, as we shall see.