> > We have published a new edition of receiver magazine, #14. > > Click the link below to read more: > > http://www.receiver.vodafone.com/14/index.html > > ------------------------------- > In #14: > ------------------------------- > > Mobile services are constantly breaching new boundaries, and will have an > enormous impact on the logistics of life both in terms of productivity and > social networking. But the one most important basic feature will always be the > ability to dynamically connect everybody with everybody else. So the question > is: What do we want to bring together, exchange or take with us, and how can > we do this when we're out in the field? This time around, receiver levels a > look at applicability issues how can we work, learn, cooperate and know > better using mobiles? > > ------------------------------- > Articles: > ------------------------------- > > Mark Pesce: > Understanding networks > Mark Pesce is a technologist, philosopher and artist whose unique ability to > tell tech stories in beautiful words fires the enthusiasm of his audience. He > brought virtual reality to the world wide web with VRML, wrote a bestselling > book called "The Playful World: How Technology is Transforming our > Imagination", and for the last few years has helped to transport film and > television into the interactive era. Right now he is in Sydney teaching > Interactive Media at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School. Pesce, > who has been a computational apostle for almost 20 years, lately converted to > the philosophy of wireless. In receiver, he tells us why wireless networking > reigns supreme. > http://www.receiver.vodafone.com/14/articles/index01.html > > ------------------------------- > > Jonathan Donner: > User-led innovations in mobile use in sub-saharan Africa Jonathan Donner is a > Researcher at Microsoft Research India, where he studies the social and > economic impacts of wireless and mobile technologies in developing countries. > Between 2003 and 2005, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Earth > Institute at Columbia University, where he participated in a project to > develop a nationwide information system to support Rwanda's HIV/AIDS care and > treatment activities. In his receiver contribution he outlines this project, > as well as other developments in mobile communication in Africa. > http://www.receiver.vodafone.com/14/articles/index02.html > > ------------------------------- > > Marc Prensky: > Mobile phone imagination - using devices kids love for their education Marc > Prensky is an internationally acclaimed thought leader, speaker, writer, > consultant, and game designer in the critical areas of education and learning. > He is the author of "Digital Game-Based Learning" and the upcoming "Don't > Bother Me, Mom, I'm Learning" (Paragon, 2006). Prensky founded Games2train, a > game-based learning company, whose clients include IBM, the US Department of > Defense and the LA and Florida Virtual Schools. He believes that especially > with kids, cell phones are the ideal platform for computer-aided learning. In > "Mobile phone imagination", Prensky gives us some idea why. > http://www.receiver.vodafone.com/14/articles/index03.html > > ------------------------------- > > James Katz: > The future of a futuristic device > Dr James Katz is a Professor of Communication and founder of the Center for > Mobile Communication Studies at Rutgers University. He was formerly the Head > of the Social Science Research Unit at Bell Communications Research > (Bellcore). Katz wrote and edited a series of award-winning books, among them > "Perpetual Contact: Mobile Communication, Private Talk and Public > Performance". His latest book, "Magic in the air: Mobile communication and the > transformation of social life", will be available in early 2006. In his > receiver contribution, he explains why so many users perceive the mobile phone > to be a futurist tool, and tells us what users will want in their phones > beyond the glittering shell. > http://www.receiver.vodafone.com/14/articles/index04.html > > ------------------------------- > > Mark Lowenstein: > The next generation of usability - re-thinking the mobile device Mark > Lowenstein, Managing Director of Mobile Ecosystem, is a veteran industry > analyst, consultant, and commentator. He founded and led the Yankee Group's > wireless practices on a global basis for ten years prior to establishing > Mobile Ecosystem in 2001. He consults with senior management across the > wireless value chain and regularly speaks at corporate events. As one of the > industry's senior thought leaders, Lowenstein writes a monthly opinion column > for Wireless Week. In receiver, he sets up ten principles for optimizing the > user experience in the face of an explosion of wireless applications and the > fast growth of both network and device capabilities. > http://www.receiver.vodafone.com/14/articles/index05.html > > ------------------------------- > > Nathan Eagle and Alex (Sandy) Pentland: > Organizational rhythms - the search for the patterns of the aggregate Dr > Nathan Eagle is a Visiting Scientist at the MIT Media Lab, where he recently > completed his PhD under Professor Alex (Sandy) Pentland. Professor Pentland is > the Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Laboratory > and Director of the Human Dynamics research group. Their research focuses on > projects that span a variety of disciplines from appropriate technology to > artificial intelligence. This contribution to receiver comes from Eagle's > dissertation on machine perception and learning of complex social systems, > which explores the intersections of mobile phones, machine learning, and > organizational behavior. > http://www.receiver.vodafone.com/14/articles/index06.html > > ------------------------------- > > Lars Erik Holmquist: > The mobile user experience - how boundaries between devices are starting to > disappear Lars Erik Holmquist is leader of the Future Applications Lab at the > Viktoria Institute in Göteborg, Sweden, where he currently focuses on research > related to mobile media and ubiquitous displays. His interests span from > human-computer interaction and information visualization to ubiquitous > computing. He chaired the UbiComp Conference in 2002 and is an associate > editor of the Springer journal Personal and Ubiquitous Computing. Holmquist > has experimented with ways to break the isolation between users of portable > computers at the Future Applications Lab for several years. Read his receiver > article to learn more about the Lab's goal to create seamless interaction > between mobile devices. > http://www.receiver.vodafone.com/14/articles/index07.html > > ------------------------------- > > Sara Price and Yvonne Rogers: > Designing new learning experiences with pervasive technologies Sara Price is a > Research Fellow at the London Knowledge Lab working on a project investigating > the impact of technology-enhanced learning on roles and practices in higher > education. Prior to this she worked at the University of Sussex' Interact Lab, > which was co-founded by Professor Yvonne Rogers who recently joined the School > of Informatics at Indiana University. As part of the Equator Project, Yvonne > Rogers and Sara Price engaged in research which explored a very special > approach to ubiquitous learning. In this joint receiver contribution they > investigate the use and design of pervasive technologies and computing devices > for combined physical/digital learning environments. > http://www.receiver.vodafone.com/14/articles/index08.html > > ------------------------------- > > Jeff Pierce: > Serendipitous sharing through personal information environments Dr Jeff Pierce > is an Assistant Professor in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute > of Technology, where he conducts research on next-generation user interfaces. > Pierce leads the Personal Information Environments research group and > co-directs the Adaptive Personalized Information Environments lab with Dr > Charles Isbell. "We are connected 24/7, but don't yet have reasonable access > to data with mobile phones", says Pierce, who is working to change that fact. > In receiver, he talks about how mobile phones can become an extension of the > PC. > http://www.receiver.vodafone.com/14/articles/index09.html > > ------------------------------- > About us: > ------------------------------- > > Vodafone's receiver magazine is a neutral space where pioneer thinkers > challenge you to discuss exciting, future-oriented aspects of communications > technologies. Started over five years ago as a platform for exchange about how > innovations in this sector affect societies worldwide, receiver is now > established as one of the industry's key idea generators. > > ------------------------------- > About this newsletter: > ------------------------------- > > You have received this newsletter because your E-mail address has been > registered to the www.receiver.vodafone.com newsletter service. 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