Category: Research
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Mobile Persuasion 2007: Triggering Changes in Attitudes and Behavior
BJ Fogg and his colleagues brought together an interesting and diverse collection of researchers, developers, designers, entrepreneurs and [other] activists at the Mobile Persuasion conference at Stanford University recently to discuss and debate the use of mobile technology to change people’s beliefs and behaviors. The twelve pages of notes I took are evidence that I…
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Cyberbullying: Prevalence, Preventability and Politics
Perhaps due, in part, to things I’ve read, thought and blogged about recently regarding cybershaming and accountability, and the fearful overreactions of parents and other authorities over teens’ use of MySpace, I had a more skeptical reaction to a Wall Street Journal article this week on "Schools Act to Short-Circuit Spread of ‘Cyberbullying’" than the…
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Computer Supported Cooperative Whatever: Reflections on Work, Play and Passion at CSCW 2006
As I reflected upon the reflections that were offered during the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2006) last week — and some of my notes on CSCW 2006 — a promiment theme that emerged [for me] was the tension between professionalism and playfulness. The conference, which celebrated its 20th year anniversary this…
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CSCW 2006: Notes on the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
The ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2006) was held in Banff, Alberta, Canada, last week. The conference, which celebrated its 20th year anniversary this year, included 62 papers and notes, dozens of demonstrations and interactive posters, three panels and a pair of keynotes, and was attended by approximately 400 people. Unfortunately, due…
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Nokia Research Center’s 20th Anniversary: Cultivating Freedom, Accountability and Risk
Last week marked the 20th anniversary of the founding of Nokia Research Center. I happened to be in Helsinki to attend a strategy workshop on Thursday, and arriving a day early enabled me to attend the festivities at the main office of NRC. Antti-Jussi Suominen was the master of ceremonies in an event that featured…
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Techno-Spiritual Practices and New Technologies of Enlightenment (A UbiComp 2006 Postscript)
Genevieve Bell, of Intel Research, was unable to attend UbiComp 2006, and so, unfortunately, her paper on "No More SMS from Jesus: Ubicomp, Religion and Techno-spiritual Practices" was not presented at the conference. I read the paper on my return flight, and it was so inspiring I wanted to post a few notes about it.…
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UbiComp 2006: Day 3
Today was the final day of the 8th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2006). I'm going to include some notes from today's presentations (continuing a series of notes I've posted from day 1 and day 2 of the conference), and finish off with a few reflections on the conference as a whole. Mark Corner,…
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UbiComp 2006: Day 2
It was another engaging day at UbiComp 2006, with a number of good paper presentations (of which, again, I only saw half), videos, an innovative open session and a town hall meeting. Tim Sohn, from UCSD, started things off with a nice presentation on "Mobility Detection Using Everyday GSM Traces". Nearly every talk I’ve seen…
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UbiComp 2006: Day 1
Yesterday was my first day at Nokia Research Center, Palo Alto, and today was my first day at a ubiquitous computing conference since UbiComp 2003 (for which I was General Chair). It feels like a homecoming of sorts — reconnecting with many people I haven’t seen in a long time, and finding many themes being…