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Mobile phone access for Cubans: the ‘mobile’ as rhetorical force
Another interesting item: The BBC reports that Cubans get access to mobile phones, as Raul Castro lifts the ban on possessing them: Cubans are to be allowed unrestricted access to mobile phones for the first time, in the latest reform announced under new President Raul Castro. … Some Cubans already own mobile phones, but they…
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Hackers attack epileptics forum: crossing digital borders
Just a few more or less recent items that I find interesting (cutting it up in multiple posts): Wired reports that hackers have attacked an online forum for epilepsy patients. They placed fast-moving images on the forum, which resulted in a number of epilepsy patient getting a seizure. Internet griefers descended on an epilepsy support…
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Videos (and slides) of keynotes available
Dear all, We have put *.mp4 encoded video registrations of the keynote speakers online, together on one page with the presentation slides. The video registrations are made by Tomaat.org (TOdays Magazine About ArchiTecture) and published under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. The videos are hosted by Ourmedia.org and Archive.org and can also be…
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Results of survey available
Dear all, We have digested the results of the survey, and made them available here. We thank all of you who have taken the effort to give us feedback. We really appreciate it! ==The Mobile City organization== Executive summary of the results: Some 39 people have given feedback about the conference. Overall, the feedback has…
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Design of Urban Computing:ambient or foregrounding?
While attending The Mobile City, panelist Nicolas Nova wandered through Rotterdam and made some interesting observations: Beyond “urban computing” notions such as location-based services or touch-interactions, it’s rather when I encounter street signage about “automation” that I feel the digital city. In film theory there is a term called ‘foregrounding’ – this means that the…
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Mobile City Conference Wrap-up
The conference is over, and Michiel and I are very happy with the result. We had a great turn out, highly interesting key notes, inspiring presentations of locative and mobile projects and lots of discussion. Many thanks to all our speakers, our sponsors, our hosts at the NAi and our volunteers. And of course: thanks…
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The Mobile City Conference (Rotterdam 2008)
The Mobile City Conference (Rotterdam 2008) In 2008, The Mobile City organized its first conference in collaboration with the Netherlands Architecture Institute, and the research groups New Media, Public Sphere and Urban Culture at the University of Groningen & Playful Identities at the the Erasmus University Rotterdam & University of Utrecht. The conference was realized with the…
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The Mobile City is FULLY BOOKED!!
The Mobile City conference is NOW FULLY BOOKED!! At this point, registration is no longer possible. All registered participants should have received a confirmation from the conference organization via email. == The Mobile City organization ==
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Conference program, maps, workshop documents online
Dear all, Only a few days left! We’ve put a number of documents online: * The conference program (PDF 3.5 MB. You will get this program in print upon registering). * Printable map of the conference venue, and the restaurant on Feb. 27 (PDF 180 KB). For more info about how to get there, please…
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Tracking pizza and blurry information
This post at Pasta and Vinegar got me wondering. Some pizza delivery companies are starting to let you track the delivery of your pizza online, giving you up-to-date information on the location, and thus arrival time, of your pizza. I personally try not to think about the status of a pizza I ordered because it…
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Ecopet
In the weeks leading up to The Mobile City Conference, we will feature a number of art works, research projects and (commercial) applications created and carried out by some of the participants of The Mobile City. Today: Eco-Pet is a research project developed at the MIT Mobile Experience Lab, in collaboration with the Province of…
