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The transformational capacity of ubiquitous and contextual computing. “Fish don’t know the existence of water until beached”. What is it – or, what could it be?. http:// www.youtube.com / watch?v =H_gLVlYOl0w&feature=related.
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The transformational capacity of ubiquitous and contextual computing
What is it – or, what could it be? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_gLVlYOl0w&feature=related
Ubicomp involves a variety of very different interactions and with that problems for users
Context aware computing http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_121798&src_vid=b64_16K2e08&v=HW9gU_4AUCA&feature=iv
Utilize information about other people’s behavior for our own navigational decisions
Golding argues that the “tools invented to seize the moment have begun to define the moment”
The changing possibilities for researching humanities and social sciences
“We can follow the imagination, opinions, ideas and feelings of hundreds of millions of people. We can see images and videos they create and comment on, eavesdrop on conversations they are engaged in, read their blog posts and tweets, navigate their maps, link to their track lists and follow their trajectories in physical space. Manovich, March 2011
“It is as if the inner workings of [our] private world’s have been pried open because their inputs and outputs have become thoroughly traceable.” Bruno Latour, 2007
1. Access2. Authenticity3. Human/machine differences4. Data analysis