This is the summer roadmap (what we want for September 1st 2004) of CatchBob!, the mobile game I use as a tetsbed for studying collaboration: ...
[Prospective] Seminal paper about NetWar
Networks and Netwars: The Future of Terror, Crime, and Militancy, a report for RAND Corporation: Netwar is an emerging mode of conflict in which the protagonists - ranging from terrorist and criminal organizations on the dark side, to militant social activists on the bright side - use network forms...
[Weird] The shortest scfi-fi novel
This aim to be the shortest scfi-fi novel: "From dusk till dawn, the robot caughs" ...
[Weird] Incredible Texas Chainsaw Massacre Atari Screenshots
Great stuff found here. This is a spinoff of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, by Wizard Games in 1983, running on an Atari console. I especially like how the chainsaw is depicted! ...
[LifeHack] Backchannel tools modifying conferences activity
The topic of "backchannel" is more and more tackled these days. I appreciate this because since it is impossible to go to all the conference that could interest me, I still could access to some valuable information. Apart from IRC chat channel and AIM/MSN/ICQ/Yahoochat, backchannel tools more and m...
[Tech] Parsing FOAF/RDF with PHP
Thanks JJ fir this reference: how to parse foaf/rdf file with php. This article set out to show you how PHP can be used to explore FOAF social networks. Two simple idioms were explored: pattern matching and iteration. Together, these two techniques are at the heart of any application that involves ...
[Research] New York Times on Cell Phone Behavior
New York Times on Cell Phone Behavior. The authors shows how artefacts meant to connect us also end up isolating us. Sociologically speaking, mobile phones pit the priorities of the "in" group - those on the phone - against those in the "out" group, or people in close proximity to the talkers. ...
[Research] Ubiquitous Computing Event
UbiComp in the Urban Frontier 7th September 2004, Nottingham, England It is a one day workshop to be held at the 6th Annual Ubiquitous Computing Conference in Nottingham, England. This workshop will be focused on understand how the rapidly emerging fabric of mobile and wireless computing will influ...
[Research] Locative event!
Hybrid Realities:Digital PartnersExplorations in Art, Heritage, Science & the Human Factor, The 10th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia. Date: 17-19, Nov., 2004. Place: Softopia Japan, Ogaki City, Gifu, JAPAN. VSMM 2004 will present traditional technical sessions in the resp...
[Prospective] Danah Boyd's talk about social softare, sci-fi and mental illness
Danah Boyd's talk about social sowftare, sci-fi and mental illness at Supernova. As technologists, we often frame technological use rather than build technology based on users' practices and needs. In this talk, i step back and offer a different framing for what we have done and what kinds of value...