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Continuous connectivity,handheld computers, and mobile spatial knowledgeMatthew W. Wilson, PhDAssistant Professor of GeographyNew Mappings CollaboratoryUniversity of [email protected]@wilsonism

18 March 2012

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Matthew W. Wilson, PhD 3Mother Jones Magazine by meli66a, Flickr


closed-world cyborg


closed-world cyborg


hardware < > software

DSAC by psd, Flickr

automated programming

personal ubiquitous



DSAC by psd, Flickr


personal ubiquitous



DSAC by psd, Flickr


personal ubiquitous

The body is raised to the level of hardware – as the ‘mechanics’ that underlie the practice of computing – as that which makes mobile.



What does the future hold for the calculator? In the midst of more powerful computers that are being built smaller and smaller, the calculator may change … Sometime in the future, computers may evolve into calculators or calculators may turn into computers.(Kim 1990: p. 62)

Commodore pocket calculator by farnea, Flickr

a problem-to-be-solved,a science-to-be-practiced,a nation-to-be-saved


a problem-to-be-solved,a science-to-be-practiced,a nation-to-be-saved


portable,pen-based computing,

for consumers.

?

continuous connectivity


continuous connectivity

techniquessynchronization protocols and ergonomic, hand-based user-interface design

technologiespersonal digital assistants, pen-based computing, handheld devices, connection cradles, Bluetooth and wireless synchronization

practicespractices of mobile computer usage, always-connected devices, cloud-based computing

experiencesexperiences of brining computing with you, your computer desktop in your pocket, accessing the server farm from your hand

fantasiesvisions of ubiquitous computing and wearable computing, of the fantasies of the smallest, most powerful, personal computer

languagesthe language of connectivity and transferability, of devices that are globally distinct

metaphors“The whole world in your hand”, “See the future in your hand”, “Where do you want to go today?”



connected mobility : the P D A


In the Valley of Dreams

The Zen of Palm

Crossing the Desert

The Fight for Independence

Sea Change

Uncharted Waters




Palm Connect



Palm Connect












mobility < > connectivity



histories of computing

embodiment of technology

imaginations of use


histories of computing

embodiment of technology

imaginations of use

situating the geoweb

We need a renewed commitment to the GIS & Society agenda, to interrogate the conditions of technological development as these impact a society hungry for compelling geospatial data.


Thank you.

@wilsonism
