Proxemics is the way people use space to communicate. Is is possible to coin a new term to express the way people use space to solve problem jointly? ...
[Research] autopoeisis short definition
Maturana and Varel (1987) propose the concept of "autopoeisis" for emphasizing the self-producing and self-maintaining properties of social systems resulting from the interaction of their constitutive elements. ...
[Research] Is dyad a social structure ?
Hare, Borgatta and Bales (1966) claims that dyady should not be considered as groups: since the secession of either participants would result in the destruction of every relationship, dyads do no constitute a social structure per se. On the contrary, groups of three and more people allow their memb...
[MyResearch] Use of Space in Problem Solving: David Kirsh
David Kirsh studies is of interest with regard to my idea of analyzing how space is used in collaboraitv eproblem solving: How do humans reduce cognitive complexity? How do we maintain control over the structure of our workplaces? How do we encode information in arrangements? How do we lay down cue...
[TheWorld] If you're looking for statistics
National Institute of Statistics propose a nice website that propose statistics and indicators about data from 224 countries. Those data ranges from countries inhabitants to more fuzzy things like the following on I like: Cats and Dogs in Belgium: Survey we know that in 2000 Belgian households kept...
[TheWorld] Course on Google
Via boingboing, there is now a course on Google: Google--it's not just a search engine any more. Now the most popular way to search the web, Google has become a cultural phenomenon. In this course, we'll look at how it started and how it works, compare it to other search mechanisms (web-based and o...
[Weird] Prefab Life
People into prefab should look at fabprefab (no connection with fab though). I like the statement "Modernist prefab is still more of a meme than a marketplace" but it appears to be interesting and innovative to live in a prefab. prefab = prefabricated This term is wide open to interpretation. pref...
[Space and Place] Nice Project in Grenoble
La Ville Foret in Grenoble, France is a nice project of S333 architecture bureau. They won the international competition for the re-development of a 14 hectare industrial site: ...
[Video Games] Outdoor Gaming !
Via CNN.com:: A GameBoy Advance title "Boktai" uses sunlight as an essential part of the game. The amount of light determines the amount of power your hero has to defeat his enemies. There is a solar sensor ! The game contents changes also with the intensity or amount of sunlight that the solar se...
[TheWorld] Creative Class the next economic sector
Thank you Fab for giving me the last Wired issue (about India as the future hub/offshore place) and pointing at this statement: Send the maintenance to India and, even after costs, 20 percent of the budget is freed up to come up with the next breakthrough app. The result: more workers focused on re...