Category: Web/Tech
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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…
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Joining Nokia: Connecting People … and Helping People Relate
On Monday, I embark on a new chapter in my career, as a Principal Scientist at Nokia Research Center, Palo Alto [Update: I rather prefer Principle Scientist, the title ascribed to me by Anne Galloway]. I'm excited about the opportunities to contribute to a number of strategic initiatives NRC is exploring, and to help this…
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My Google Sidebar Thinks I’m a Sports Fan
Saturday, as I was writing a blog post about Building a Community around Football and Food on Bainbridge Island after my son’s first football game, I noticed that the News pane of my beloved Google Desktop Sidebar started showing me sports headlines. In a short space of time, I learned of a number of developments…
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Influence in Digg Nation: Democracy, Meritocracy or Aristocracy?
There appears to be rising indignation in Digg nation over the perception that some users have undue influence in the ranking of articles posted in this popular "user driven social content website" (cf. articles at InformationWeek, Wired Blog, and Wikipedia, the last of which also notes that "diggnation" was one of the names originally considered…
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Why Wiffiti? Wi Not?
Sean sent me a link to the Wiffiti blog last week, and I was immediately intrigued with this new twist on an interactive display in a "third place". Users can send text messages to a large plasma display installed in a restaurant or bar via mobile phone (SMS) by specifying the screen identifier. Real-time approximations…
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The Pervasiveness and Permeability of Games Worlds
The Microsoft Research Social Computing Symposium this week highlighted the pervasiveness of games and raised a number of questions (for me) about the thin membrane between games worlds and so-called real life. I was also reminded of a number of themes I first encountered years ago in a delightful and insightful book, Finite and Infinite…
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Workspace Personalization: Physical, Digital and In-Between
I’ve encountered a number of articles lately about organizational and personal aspects of ubiquitous cubicles (UbiCubes?), and these have brought to mind a number of ways that people have explored personalizing their workspaces with atoms and/or bits. Fortune recently posted an article, Cubicles: The Great Mistake, providing an historical overview and future predictions for the…
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Co-promotional Considerations: Customerization and The Brand “Us”
Peter van Stolk, founder, president and CEO of Jones Soda, gave an energetic, inspiring and irreverent presentation at this month’s NWEN Venture Breakfast on being relevant and real to, for and with your customers. The official title was "Creating Meaningful Relationships with Customers", but the unofficial title might be better expressed as "Marketing in a…
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Bizniking at the BalMar with a Proactive Display
Biznik is "an urban tribe for business, a supportive business network that encourages creativity, radical thinking, and community" … The BalMar brings "cocktails, conversation and comfort" together in "a unique space with exceptional service and adventurous food and drink" … It’s hard to imagine a group or place that could be better aligned with the…