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- Why Massachusetts is the Best State in the Union via @slate
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http://t.co/KKDqT6fI2012/05/16 08:14 - Joi Ito on the next 100 years of technology
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Category Archives: mobility
Community PlanIt
While it has been announced in a number of forums, I have not yet written about the Engagement Game Lab on this blog. In August 2010, the Engagement Game Lab was born as a virtual research organization at Emerson College. … Continue reading
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Paying Attention to the Local
While new mobile technologies are often characterized as distractions from the world around us – just consider the outcry over train operators texting while driving – they are, in fact, technologies of attention. They get us to pay attention to … Continue reading
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Located Publicity
It has been some time since I posted to my blog. This is primarily because I found myself quite busy working on my new book, whose title has changed to “Location Matters,” with some snappy subtitle to bring it all … Continue reading
Where is the Where?
I just got back from the O’Reilly Where 2.0 conference in Burlingame, CA this morning. As someone who attends mostly academic conferences, it was both refreshing and disturbing to spend two days with this group. Refreshing because the group was … Continue reading
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The Evolving Concept of Network Locality
Over the last few days, I’ve refined my thoughts on the concept of network locality. Up until this time, I’ve been thinking about how geographical space functions within the connectivity enabled by digital networks. But as I pursued this idea, … Continue reading
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Mobile Places
I’ve had this question running through my head for some time now: what’s the connection between mobile computing (i.e. cell phones, PDAs, GPS, etc.) and local computing (neighborhood networking, digital civic forums, etc.)? On first blush, these are entirely separate … Continue reading
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Urban Informatics
A special issue of Information, Communication and Society just hit the stands and it’s worth a mention here. Yeah, yeah, I have an article in it, but more importantly, it’s a fantastic collection of work on the topic of “Urban … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
Persistence of Presence (Twitter)
Film is based on an illusion of mobility. ‘Persistence of Vision’ is the way a number of still frames, when moving very quickly through a machine and separated by a black bar, creates the impression of movement. Cinematic movement is … Continue reading
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Networked Place
This essay, written by Kazys Varnelis and Anne Friedberg, is an introductory statement on the change role of place in network culture. They break the work up into six sections: place (simultaneous spaces), mobile place (the rise of the tele-cocoon), … Continue reading
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