minitex ill conference 2008
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My keynote talk from the Minitex conference. The slides on happiness are taken directly from Jane McGonigal's recent talk at GDC 08.TRANSCRIPT
Forecasting the FutureForecasting the Futureof Social Computingof Social Computing
Elizabeth Lane LawleyElizabeth Lane Lawley
Director, RIT Lab for Social ComputingDirector, RIT Lab for Social Computing
5 May 20085 May 2008
1717thth Annual Minitex ILL Conference Annual Minitex ILL Conference
Gopher, ca. 1992Gopher, ca. 1992
The Web, 1993The Web, 1993
ICQ, 1997ICQ, 1997
Social Networking Sites, 2002Social Networking Sites, 2002
Social Bookmarks, 2003Social Bookmarks, 2003
Social Photos, 2003Social Photos, 2003
Continuous Partial Attention, Continuous Partial Attention, 20042004
IRC and “Backchannels” 2004IRC and “Backchannels” 2004
World of Warcraft, 2005World of Warcraft, 2005
Gaming in Libraries, 2006Gaming in Libraries, 2006
Hyper-Personal ‘News Feeds’Hyper-Personal ‘News Feeds’
What’s coming?What’s coming?
they.misled.us/dark-room
hogbaysoftware.com/product/writeroom
Continuous Complete Continuous Complete Attention Attention
Ambient DisplaysAmbient Displays
Ambient PresenceAmbient Presence
Mobile Phone Magic: Mobile Phone Magic: Grand CentralGrand Central
Mobile Phone Magic: GOOG-Mobile Phone Magic: GOOG-411411
Mobile Phone Magic: JottMobile Phone Magic: Jott
Mobile Phone Magic: BarcodesMobile Phone Magic: Barcodes
Backlash to the TangibleBacklash to the Tangible
RIT’s LibraryRIT’s Library
Tech KnittersTech Knitters
Reclaiming Public SpacesReclaiming Public Spaces
Pervasive Games/ARGsPervasive Games/ARGs
Passively MultiplayerPassively MultiplayerOnline GamingOnline Gaming
http://www.42entertainment.com/see.html
context is king, not content
it’s about unfettered experience
what’s the immersive experience we’re creating in public libraries?
- Stephen Abram
(via Jenny Levine)
(photo by Michael Sauers)
(from Andrew Hinton’s wonderful presentation on information architecture)
What Makes Us Happy?What Makes Us Happy?
• satisfying work to dosatisfying work to do
• the experience of being good at the experience of being good at somethingsomething
• time spent with people we liketime spent with people we like
• the chance to be a part of the chance to be a part of something bigger than something bigger than ourselvesourselves
Yes, you can have my slides!Yes, you can have my slides!
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