http://www.chrisbrogan.com/where-matters/ Learn How Human Business Works - Beyond Social Media Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:10:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.chrisbrogan.com/where-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-948 jbleecker Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:28:00 +0000 http://grasshopperfactory.com/cbc/?p=647#comment-948 I think you're right — it's a stupid straightforward idea, for certain. It makes more than good sense, it's a great idea. Here are the challenges — there has been such a semantic investment in equating wifi + cafe with getting on the internet to surf and check email and everything else, that Cafe2.0 has become a conflicted space. It isn't just about the accretion of warm bodies in a shared space to engage in f2f activities. It's a place where that happens, but the digital version of that has not fully taken hold. It's almost not unexpected. Doing thing in front of the screen has invested with it a certain anonymity or at least a significant lack of physicality. Decanting those online screen-based activities into physical space is a challenge. It's a complicated design challenge. I belive in it, for certain. After a couple of years of thinking about and building such kinds of architectures (mobile WiFi, place-specific networked experiences, etc.), I've recognized the semantic/usage disconnect. There are many people working through the challenges with all kinds of proximity-based interaction schemes, etc. It's such fascinating work, particularly as the network leaks into all kinds of physical space. Google Sean Savage — I just spent some good chat-time with him at ETech — he has all kinds of insights about this design challenge based on his graduate work at UCB's SIMS program and his current start up, which is tackling this problem head-on, <a HREF="http://www.placesite.com/" rel="nofollow">PlaceSite</A>, same with Paul Bragiel of <a HREF="http://www.meetro.com/" rel="nofollow">Meetro.</A> I think you’re right — it’s a stupid straightforward idea, for certain. It makes more than good sense, it’s a great idea. Here are the challenges — there has been such a semantic investment in equating wifi + cafe with getting on the internet to surf and check email and everything else, that Cafe2.0 has become a conflicted space. It isn’t just about the accretion of warm bodies in a shared space to engage in f2f activities. It’s a place where that happens, but the digital version of that has not fully taken hold. It’s almost not unexpected. Doing thing in front of the screen has invested with it a certain anonymity or at least a significant lack of physicality. Decanting those online screen-based activities into physical space is a challenge. It’s a complicated design challenge. I belive in it, for certain. After a couple of years of thinking about and building such kinds of architectures (mobile WiFi, place-specific networked experiences, etc.), I’ve recognized the semantic/usage disconnect. There are many people working through the challenges with all kinds of proximity-based interaction schemes, etc. It’s such fascinating work, particularly as the network leaks into all kinds of physical space. Google Sean Savage — I just spent some good chat-time with him at ETech — he has all kinds of insights about this design challenge based on his graduate work at UCB’s SIMS program and his current start up, which is tackling this problem head-on, PlaceSite, same with Paul Bragiel of Meetro.

]]> http://www.chrisbrogan.com/where-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-231589 jbleecker Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:28:00 +0000 http://grasshopperfactory.com/cbc/?p=647#comment-231589 I think you're right — it's a stupid straightforward idea, for certain. It makes more than good sense, it's a great idea. Here are the challenges — there has been such a semantic investment in equating wifi + cafe with getting on the internet to surf and check email and everything else, that Cafe2.0 has become a conflicted space. It isn't just about the accretion of warm bodies in a shared space to engage in f2f activities. It's a place where that happens, but the digital version of that has not fully taken hold. It's almost not unexpected. Doing thing in front of the screen has invested with it a certain anonymity or at least a significant lack of physicality. Decanting those online screen-based activities into physical space is a challenge. It's a complicated design challenge. I belive in it, for certain. After a couple of years of thinking about and building such kinds of architectures (mobile WiFi, place-specific networked experiences, etc.), I've recognized the semantic/usage disconnect. There are many people working through the challenges with all kinds of proximity-based interaction schemes, etc. It's such fascinating work, particularly as the network leaks into all kinds of physical space. Google Sean Savage — I just spent some good chat-time with him at ETech — he has all kinds of insights about this design challenge based on his graduate work at UCB's SIMS program and his current start up, which is tackling this problem head-on, <a HREF="http://www.placesite.com/" rel="nofollow">PlaceSite</A>, same with Paul Bragiel of <a HREF="http://www.meetro.com/" rel="nofollow">Meetro.</A> I think you’re right — it’s a stupid straightforward idea, for certain. It makes more than good sense, it’s a great idea. Here are the challenges — there has been such a semantic investment in equating wifi + cafe with getting on the internet to surf and check email and everything else, that Cafe2.0 has become a conflicted space. It isn’t just about the accretion of warm bodies in a shared space to engage in f2f activities. It’s a place where that happens, but the digital version of that has not fully taken hold. It’s almost not unexpected. Doing thing in front of the screen has invested with it a certain anonymity or at least a significant lack of physicality. Decanting those online screen-based activities into physical space is a challenge. It’s a complicated design challenge. I belive in it, for certain. After a couple of years of thinking about and building such kinds of architectures (mobile WiFi, place-specific networked experiences, etc.), I’ve recognized the semantic/usage disconnect. There are many people working through the challenges with all kinds of proximity-based interaction schemes, etc. It’s such fascinating work, particularly as the network leaks into all kinds of physical space. Google Sean Savage — I just spent some good chat-time with him at ETech — he has all kinds of insights about this design challenge based on his graduate work at UCB’s SIMS program and his current start up, which is tackling this problem head-on, PlaceSite, same with Paul Bragiel of Meetro.

]]> http://www.chrisbrogan.com/where-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-947 Roger L. Waggener Thu, 09 Mar 2006 22:20:00 +0000 http://grasshopperfactory.com/cbc/?p=647#comment-947 Have you looked at <a HREF="http://beta.plazes.com/" rel="nofollow">Plazes</A>? Have you looked at Plazes?

]]> http://www.chrisbrogan.com/where-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-231588 Roger L. Waggener Thu, 09 Mar 2006 22:20:00 +0000 http://grasshopperfactory.com/cbc/?p=647#comment-231588 Have you looked at <a HREF="http://beta.plazes.com/" rel="nofollow">Plazes</A>? Have you looked at Plazes?

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