Interrelativity

Interrelativity: musings about interrelatedness

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Poetry, Courage and Change

    In my last post, I wrote about Susan Jeffer‘s No-Lose Model for making decisions, the last step of which — after the decision is made — is Don’t protect, correct (commit yourself to any decision you make and give it all you’ve got … but if it doesn’t work out, change it!) On the flight…

  • 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…

  • Football and Community in Woodinville

    Last weekend, I wrote about the efforts of the Bainbridge Island Junior Football League to create a healthier community by offering healthier food at football games.  The next day, I received an email from one of the parents on our team, who is also building community around football, though in his own special way. Bruce…

  • Participation in the Blogosphere: Reading, Writing and Commenting

    Shel Israel, co-author of Naked Conversations, noted that Charlene Li, of Forrester Research, reported that 24% of Gen Yers read blogs (where Gen Y is comprised of 18-26 year-olds).  I was surprised that the number wasn’t far higher, given earlier studies I’d read from the Pew Internet & American Life project.  I posted a comment…

  • Blogging for Better Business: In Community with Customers

    The central message of Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers, by Robert Scoble and Shel Israel is best summarized in the following quote: The revolution is about the way businesses communicate, not just with customers but with their entire constituencies — partners, vendors, employees, prospects, investors and the media.…

  • 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…

  • No One Can Terrorize Us Without Our Consent

    As we approach the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, some politicians and members of the media are promoting and perpetuating terror, consciously or unconsiously.  I’m reminded of a famous quote from the former First Lady of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt: No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. I would…

  • Building a Community around Football and Food on Bainbridge Island

    Evan’s team, the Woodinville Falcons (Cubs division), played their first regular season game today against the Bainbridge Island team at Strawberry Hill Park.  The team played very well, and Evan was excited about getting his first "real" tackle, on the second defensive play of the game [photos below courtesy of our star team photographer, and…