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Situated Technologies

The reception for the new Situated Technologies pamphlet series is taking place this Friday at the Urban Center in New York City. I really wish I could be there, but with the end of the semester fast approaching, I won’t be able to get away. This looks to be an amazing pamphlet series […]

Categories: placeofmedia · iDC · augmented_place · mixed_reality · mediated urbanism · mobility · cities · ubiquitous computing

City as Social Network

I recently posted this series of prompts to the iDC discussion list.
Following Google’s acquisition of Feedburner, I want to consider how the threats to privacy that became apparent in that context extend to physical communities (neighborhood, organization, city) that are enabled/bolstered/fortified by social web media.  Many community groups and neighborhood organizations are using digital networking […]

Categories: placeofmedia · citygovernment · city · privcy · populism · iDC