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sousveillance and oligopticons

31 March 2008 at 17:53 » Comments (0)

Dodge, Martin, and Rob Kitchin. 2007. “‘Outlines of a world coming into existence’: pervasive computing and the ethics of forgetting.” Environment and Planning B-Planning & Design 34, no. 3: 431-45.
Abstract: In this paper we examine the potential of pervasive computing to create widespread sousveillance, which will complement surveillance, through the development of life-logs—sociospatial archives that […]



treasures of random link clicking.

23 March 2008 at 23:49 » Comments (0)

The Academic Word List (AWL) - developed by Averil Coxhead at the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. 570 word families that appear frequently in academic texts, but are not in the most frequent 2000 English words. Divided into 10 sublists based on frequency.
Effective Use of Microsoft […]



early view: new pim article

28 March 2007 at 12:23 » Comments (0)

Towards memory supporting personal information management tools
David Elsweiler, Ian Ruthven, Christopher Jones
Abstract
In this article, the authors discuss reretrieving personal information objects and relate the task to recovering from lapse(s) in memory. They propose that memory lapses impede users from successfully refinding the information they need. Their hypothesis is that by learning more about memory lapses […]



brains….

16 March 2007 at 16:07 » Comments (0)

Encyclopedia of cognitive science / editor-in-chief, Lynn Nadel.
London ; New York : Nature Pub. Group, 2003.
Description: 4 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents : v. 1. Academic achievement - Environmental psychology - v. 2. Epilepsy - mental imagery, philosophical issues about - v. 3. Mental models - signal detection theory - […]



the magical principle of contagion

12 March 2007 at 18:45 » Comments (0)

Rozin P, Ashmore M, Markwith M
Lay American conceptions of nutrition: Dose insensitivity, categorical thinking, contagion, and the monotonic mind
HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY 15 (6): 438-447 NOV 1996
Abstract: Two studies explored Americans’ tendency to simplify nutrition information. Substantial minorities of separate samples of college students, physical plant workers, and a national sample considered a variety of substances, […]