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Social Mobility and the 3 Cloud
David P. Reed
MIT Communications Futures Program
MIT Media Laboratory
Viral Communications Research Group
dpreed@mit.edu
12 May 2008
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- 2. In the Public Spaces of the
Future...
People will be:
more aware of their context
well connected, directly with
each other
People will need:
To feel safe
to establish trust with familiar
strangers
To share and collaborate with
their neighbors
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- 3. Living within computing
Vannevar Bush, As we may think, 1945
John McCarthy -> F.J. Corbató, An experimental time-
sharing system, 1961
Doug Englebart, A conceptual framework for the
augmentation of man's intellect, 1962
J.C.R. Licklider, R. Taylor, The computer as
communications device, 1967
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- 4. Internet ... a connectivity
utility
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- 5. Cloud computing ... a
resource utility
Cloud 2
Cloud 1
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The 3 cloud – mobile, social
interaction utility
Cloud 2
Cloud 1
Cloud 3
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- 7. 3 cloud: qualities
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Context-based
Mobile
Mobility of people, not devices
Social
Communications centers on relationships
and memberships which define identity
Interoperability, Open participation
Clouds grow via standardization of
interfaces & evolving protocols
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- 8. Public Interactive Surfaces
Wall displays that serve visitors (and perhaps
their owners, too)
Sensors and computing support interaction
Amulet provides identity and context
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- 9. Among the Crowd
• Each person at the center
Shared
of his/her own networks Setting
of relationships
• Relationships are “real-
time” and “persistent”
• Cooperation based in,
requires instantiation of
relationship
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- 10. The Amulet
• In-pocket computing and wireless
communications device
• Secure mediation of identity
• Organizes and establishes personal
context
• Composes ambient computing
systems
• Multiple radio -> software adaptive
radio
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- 11. A “Social Dashboard”
Show user 's social
context
Express and
manipulate
relationships
Multiple
Perspectives
based on context
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- 12. Awareness and Discovery
• Sensing:
– presence/activity in neighborhood
• Signaling:
– intent/interest/disinterest to neighbors
• Neighborhood:
– Physical neighborhood (user centered)
– Social neighborhood (user centered)
• Search:
– Cooperative exploration using neighbors
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- 13. Creating a common platform
• Communications embedded in context
• Enabled by identity
• Centered around awareness and
discovery
• Cooperative use of common resources
• Negotiation
• Open interfaces (APIs)
• Open negotiation protocols
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Expression in the 3 cloud?
Experience metaphors
– Cloud 1: Browsable content
– Cloud 2: MMORPG, Second Life
– Cloud 3:
• Intimate personal art
• Environmental expression
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