Near Future Laboratory Blog
Near Future Laboratory Blog
Thoughts, Reflections, Updates & Week Notes
Nov 30, 2005 – Dec 10, 2005
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Dec 10, 2005
So, what does it mean that yahoo has wrapped del.icio.us into its media cocktail?
del.icio.usnetworked publicsUncategorized
Dec 08, 2005
The blog post delves into the intricate web of global internet traffic, showcasing how data moves like a lively stream, connecting diverse corners of the world. With a captivating map from Telegeography, it illustrates the pathways of information and the vibrant exchanges that occur daily in our interconnected lives. This exploration invites readers to reflect on the vastness of the digital landscape and their place within it, as we navigate the streams of connection that bind us all.
General
Dec 08, 2005
A new issue of New Media and Society is out, with an essay called Cellphones in public: social interactions in a wireless era.
networked publicspervasive electronic gamesplayproximityurban spaceDesign Art TechnologyMobileTheory Object
Dec 05, 2005
Read the short essay A Certain Sense of Place: Mobile Communication and Local Orientation by Jochim R. Hoflich.
MobileProximity
Dec 03, 2005
Here’s an interview with Marko Ahtisaari that Nicolas blogged this morning. When I was at this year’s Ars Electronica, I saw his talk. He was dressed head to toe in white during the talk. When I saw him later during the festival, he was head to toe in black. So, there’s that. I mean, that’s entirely cool — it remi…
Bluetoothmotilitysocial meteorologyGeneraluser experience
Dec 02, 2005
Vodaphone’s excellent series of insightful, culturally-aware essays on the mobile society has just released Issue #14. Pick it up..it’s free!
General
Dec 01, 2005
Local chum and Protohaus boss Eduardo Sciammarella has a piece in Always On called Cell Death 2010: Good-bye, mobile phones; hello, mobile web! captures the general aspirational tenor as well as the “sigh..groan..” ruefulness of many of we who see a great future for mobile and pervasive media but are genuinely puzzl…
motilitynetworked publicspervasive mediaproximityMobilescenarioTheory Object
Nov 30, 2005
A Call for Position Papers for a workshop on the topic of Mobile Social Software (is that supposed to be in cap-case?) went out a week or so ago, and I’ve been meaning to write a few notes — I’m interested in attending and trying to sort through the various projects that are over low-heat (for lack of USC research…
Uncategorized
Nov 30, 2005
Fabien Girardin caught this one, a paper called Understanding Situated Social Interactions in Public Places, Jeni Paay and Jesper Kjeldskov.
proximityUncategorized