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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 (full!)
next Oct’13
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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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… let alone
http://hcicourse.com/
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what I will talk about ...
... Alan Walks Wales ...
context
vision
inspirations
baseline
challenges
invitation
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contextWales coast path
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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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vision – the walkAlan Walks Waleswhy and what for
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Alan Walks Wales
18th April – 28th 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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inspirationsTireethe amazing cycling programmera childhood globe
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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
making a differenceTiree Mobile Heritage App.Tiree Connect
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the amazing cycling programmer
at TTW 3 after10 months on the road
sorry no piccies
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and my childhood globe
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baselinepaths and patchesmarginality and the electronic village shopmobile connectivity and data synchronisation
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paths and patches
links between:
• spatial cognitionand concept formation
• stories and journeys
• boundaries and thresholds
• trans-articulation
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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,simple SMS
an old dream ... the electronic village shop
what now?
www.hole-in-the-wall.com
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connectivity & synchronisation
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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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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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data integraton
mashups, APIs, RDF,linked data, schema.org
ingest ...or
relate?... heterogeneity
https://developers.google.com/maps/visualize
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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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