Join us from May 22-25 in Edinburgh for an exploration of the intersection between art and technology at the Poker Club. With discussions led by Usman Haque and Julian Bleecker, we’ll delve into the fascinating realms of the ‘internet of things’ and ‘open source architecture’. Set in the cozy atmosphere of the Beehive Inn, this event encourages lively debates and the sharing of ideas, reminiscent of the Scottish Enlightenment. Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of a vibrant conversation that promises to stir your imagination.

This Ubicomp 2006 workshop looks to be asking questions related to networked objects and the digital environments that would obtain when you have physical space inhabited by informatically chatty Things. It would be fun to attend this one!

The Ubicomp conference’s Demonstrations Program offers an excellent way to showcase tangible results of ubiquitous computing research and development to over 500 attendees from academia and industry. A successful demo communicates ideas and concepts in a powerful way that a regular presentation cannot. We invite y…

I’m at the Microsoft Research Social Computing Symposium today and tomorrow. A live video feed is here:

Professional Statement

Susana Ruiz’s MFA thesis project – one of the projects from the 2nd class of thesis graduates to complete their MFA’s from the interactive media division’s, is an embodied explication of the intractable, miserable, life diminishing products of what happens when difference – political, ethnic, religious, skin color –…

Some remarks on Friday and Saturday’s “Networked Publics” conference.

Great post-ironic documentary from the future on The Network as it may be.

Else/Where Mapping edited by Janet Abrams and Peter Hall is one of the most loruvilous books I’ve wrapped my paws around in a long time. I just lurve books that are full of gorvilous rich color illustrations and photos and with enough writing around them that I can dip in and dip out without feeling I have to go fro…