Die Flatrate-Evolution

Vodafone bietet ab sofort DSL mit mobiler Erweiterung in der Heimzone an. Das Ziel der General-Flarate für Sprach- und Datendienste im Mobil- und Festnetz lässt sich damit bereits erahnen.

“Konvergenz” war eines der Lieblingswörter des Internet-Hypes. Dder Begriff ist seit dem Platzen der New Economy-Blase gründlich diskreditiert. Das ist bedauernswert, weil dieser Tage Dienste lanciert werden, die die Bezeichnung konvergent wirklich verdienen: Mobil- und Festnetz, Sprach- und Datendienste verschmelzen endlich zu konsistenten Produkten. (more…)

I read some interesting articles and studies about camera phone usage recently. To keep the most important parts in mind, I have to sum them up.
a. Tim Kindberg; Spasojevic, M. et al. (2005) “I Saw This and Thought of You: Some Social Uses of Camera Phones”

Good taxonomy of image capture.

For each of the 295 captured images (the remaining 25 were received), we recorded up to two reasons why the subject said they captured it. There were broadly two different dimensions along which subjects’ intentions at capture varied. The first dimension was whether an image was taken for an “affective” reason (e.g. emotional) or a functional reason (i.e. to support the accomplishment of a particular task). The second dimension was that of “social” (i.e. intended for sharing with others) versus “individual”, where no sharing was intended. Further, when we look more closely at social uses, these can be broadly broken down into sharing with people who were co-present at the time of image capture versus sharing with people who were not physically co-present. (social_cam_mobile.pdf)

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When I first thought about what I wanted to write in this blog, I came up with a more general approach of things I’m interested in, which can be found here. My main goal was to combine the stuff I learned at university (especially sociology) with my experience at work in an internet agency. The second step was to find a “real” topic to focus on. The framework I developed first was good enough to get me some orientation, organize this blog (esp. categories) and find a focus. It consists of five basic elements: a. theory, b. technical progress and c. social phenomena, which lead to d. a proper methodology and e. a tangible projects. (more…)

Von Frank Magdans

Die Videospielfans der ersten Generation zieht es hinaus auf die Straße. “Pac Manhattan” war nur der Anfang - die “Big Games” machen Städte zum Spielfeld. Mit Mobiltelefon und Satellitennavigation sollen Hightech-Schnitzeljagden Stadtbewohner zusammenbringen.

Kevin Slavin ist mit seinen 36 Jahren immer noch ein verspielter Bub. Einer, den es auf die Straße zieht. Mit seinem Freund Frank Lantz will er die “Big Games” professionalisieren, Hightechspiele für die Metropolen der Welt. Dabei verwandeln eigens entworfene Karten und Netzwerktechnologien das urbane Straßennetz in ein Spielbrett.

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Marek Pawlowski