The article you're referring to I think was written by Mark Weiser. It was called "The Computer for the 21st Century" unless you were thinking of a different on

The article you're referring to I think was written by Mark Weiser. It was called "The Computer for the 21st Century" unless you were thinking of a different one. It's quite a vision for 1991: http://www.ubicomp.com/want/papers/ubi-sciam-sep91.pdf http://www.ubicomp.com/want/papers/ubi-sciam-sep91.pdf