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Treading out Technology theory meets praxis during a
thousand mile walk round Wales
Alan Dix
Talis & University of Birmingham
http://alandix.com/alanwalkswales/
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University ofBirmingham
Tiree
TalisTiree Tech Wave14-18 March ’13 (TBC)
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today I am not talking about …
• intelligent internet interfaces• visualisation and sampling• situated displays, eCampus,
small device – large display interactions• fun and games, virtual crackers,
artistic performance, slow time• physicality and product design• creativity and Bad Ideas• modelling dreams and regret
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… or even lots of lights
http:/www.hcibook.com/alan/projects/firefly/
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what I will talk about ...
... Alan Walks Wales ...
context
vision
inspirations
challenges
invitation
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contextWales coast pathTiree
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Welsh Coast Path
opened May 2012linking existing pathsa single way marked routewith Offa’s Dyke encircles Walestwo full traversals in 2012 (one running)
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About Tiree
poor mobilephonecoverage
750 residents20,000 summer visitors
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Tiree
at the edges ...750 people, 20 square miles, 4 hour ferry
Tiree Tech Wavefor the attendee and for the community
Tiree Mobile Heritagelater ...
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visionAlan Walks Waleswhy and what for
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Alan Walks Wales
April/May – July 2012
complete periplus
with IT focus
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vision
personalencircling, encompassing, pilgrimage, homecoming,
practicalIT for the walker & IT for local communities
philosophicalreflections on walking and space, locality and identity
researchpersonal agenda and living lab
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inspirationspaths and patchesmarginality and the electronic village shopTiree mobile archivemobile connectivity and data synchronisation
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at the margins
social marginality:poor, old, rural
information marginality:poor connectivity, old
devices
IT deepens the divide... but can IT help in the
margins?
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IT in the margins
lessons from the developing worldhole in the wall, Matt simple SMS
an old dream ... the electronic village shop
what now?
www.hole-in-the-wall.com
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An IodhlannTiree Historical Centrefounded 1992housed in old ‘reading room’
staffed by volunteers and P/T archivist
12,000 catalogued itemsmaps, land records,photos, audio tapes, ...
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cultural heritage problem
information at An Iodhlann noton the ground in the island
20,000 summer visitors to Tireeonly ~ 1000 pa enter An Iodhlann... and demographic ... mature ...
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idea! ... mobile access
better availability for thosewho already visit An Iodhlann
offer information to people, where they are, on the ground
new availability for
those who don’tesp. younger!
attract fresh visitorsinto An Iodhlann
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challenges ... density of visitors
Edinburgh Castle
Tiree crowds
=> no special installations no guides on the ground
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challenges ... mobile signal!
cannot stream data => downloaded app => limited content
good news – no hills, no buildings => GPS good
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design solution
preparationand reminiscence
when WiFi connected@ hotel/B&B and @ home
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technical solution – data centric
...00101101...
...1010011010...
web dataservices
REST, JSON, SPARQL, RDF
(LOD) linkedopen data
other forms of novelinteraction
mobileapps.
digitalhumanities
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challengestechnicalinteractionalsocial
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mapsreclaiming the local map within technological space
mapping never easier ... so long as it is ‘standard’
“Post-Renaissance maps cover the surface of the world with an homogeneous Cartesian grip”
Barbara Bender
local maps – local concerns
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linear maps too
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linear maps too
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maps – issues
coordinate transforms – rubber sheeting
transitions – morph or discontinuous
linking trails and localities
authoring and data
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always connected?
mobile signalabsent or weak
broadband ...not so broad
=> offline accessand synchronisation
https://explore.ee.co.uk/coverage-checker
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data synchronisation
well studied in early 1990sfor disconnected operation and synchronous editing
... but still poorly implemented e.g. Apple iOS
almost always items are:homogeneousindependent
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data integraton
mashups, APIs, RDF,linked data, schema.org
ingest ...or
relate?... heterogeneity
https://developers.google.com/maps/visualize
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syncing heterogeneous data
problem of lossinessone solution – create the über format :-/
exploit neo-Galois connectionsf o g o f = f g o f o g = g
f
g
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ruler length (log miles)
coast length (log miles)
P.S. is Welsh coast fractal ...
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oops!
P.S. is Welsh coast fractal ...
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invitationcommunity connectionswalk with meliving lab
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