Reading Note : effects of proximity on collaboration

Bookmarklets | MOVABLE TYPE Kraut, R. E., Fussell, S. R., Brennan, S. E., & Siegel, J. (in press). Understanding effects of proximity on collaboration: Implications for technologies to support remote collaborative work. In P. Hinds & S. Kiesler (Eds.) Distributed work. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. In...

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Proxemics

Bookmarklets | MOVABLE TYPE Proxemics is the term coined by Edward Hall (1957) to describe the social use of space, and personal space in particular. Personal space is the area with invisible boundaries surrounding an individual’s body. This area function as a comfort zone during interpersonal comm...

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Bon del' absurde

Bookmarklets | MOVABLE TYPE Lu ici : Vos livres de chevet pour l’été ? G. F. : Le catalogue Manufrance de 1972. Je relis les articles et compare les prix. À l’époque, on pouvait trouver une table de ping-pong pour 17,90 francs. Votre endroit préféré pour la bulle ? G. & G. : La fontaine de la place...

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Warchalking : a new form of street art ?

Bookmarklets | MOVABLE TYPE Warchalking is the practice of marking a series of symbols on sidewalks and walls to indicate nearby wireless access. That way, other computer users can pop open their laptops and connect to the Internet wirelessly. It was inspired by the practice of hobos during the Gre...

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IS this the future world we want to live in ?

Bookmarklets | MOVABLE TYPE July 28 (Bloomberg) -- Pentagon Plans Futures Market for Events in Mideast -- The U.S. military plans a worldwide on-line futures market to help it predict events in the Middle East. Traders could bet on the likelihood of events ranging from the overthrow of a government...

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Discussion with Pierre

About my literature review : I have to make a taxonomy. Three objects : Person/Artefact/Location (a fourth : activity ?). Distance/Spatial relation between those three objects : between persons (proxemics), artefacts/persons, location/artefacts, person/location (absolute or relative distance), betw...

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Computational Nostalgia

Before motherfucking PCs : sinclair zx81 > thomson to7 > nec pc engine > nintendo super famicom > nec pc engine GT > commodore amiga 500 My favorite for coding : zx81 My favorite for playing : pc engine and amiga Unfortunately liberalism killed the tremendous variety of computers we had in th...

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