Lately, there has been a lot of discussion on Wi-Fi access sharing. This is not a new topic but it has probably found a new life with FON building a business model around people sharing their Wi-Fi access and FON getting major funding from both Skype and Google. I probably have to thank Martin Varsavsky […]
Entries Tagged as 'Ubicomp'
Wi-Fi: Sharing, Piggybacking and the legal implications
March 22nd, 2006 · No Comments
Tags: Information Systems · Law · Mobile Computing · Privacy · Research · Thesis · Ubicomp · Wireless
Wi-Fi Survey - How do you use Wi-Fi (wireless Internet) technology?
March 10th, 2006 · 7 Comments
As part of the research project for my master, I am conducting an online survey on how people understand and use Wi-Fi technologies.
The goal of the survey is to help improve the design of Wi-Fi by collecting various user experiences.
Whether you have used it only once or use it everyday, every experience you had with […]
Tags: Information Systems · Law · Mobile Computing · Privacy · Research · Thesis · Ubicomp · Wireless
Fon Wi-Fi gets support from Google and Skype to build a (sort of) wireless freenet
February 6th, 2006 · 2 Comments
As I am doing research on the interaction design issues with wireless networking, I have been particularly interested in seeing how the story with Fon will evolve. I first reported on Fon in October before they launched and I have seen that the movement was gaining some momentum even before being officially launched. but then, […]
Tags: Information Systems · Mobile Computing · Research · Thesis · Ubicomp · Wireless
IT@Home: Unraveling Complexities of Networked Devices in the Home
February 3rd, 2006 · No Comments
My position paper has been accepted for a second Workshop at CHI: IT@Home: Unraveling Complexities of Networked Devices in the Home .
I will present the interaction design side of my research on end-user networking and the issues and opportunities with multiple channels to access information.
How can we move from a device (or connectivity) centered approach […]
Tags: Information Systems · Mobile Computing · Research · Thesis · Ubicomp · Wireless
CHI Workshop on Public Policy
February 2nd, 2006 · No Comments
My position paper “Public policy impact on interaction design in networked environments” has been accepted for the workshop organized by the SIGCHI US Public Policy Committee (SIGCHI is the Computer- Human Interaction special interest group (SIGCHI) of the ACM). I need to make some changes to the paper but it basically talks about the possible […]