1. Embracing Mobile Presented by: Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D. Washington State University Vancouver April 2013 @brettoppegaard How Integrating Ubiquitous Computing Technologies Can Help to Develop New Voices, Engage With Diverse Perspectives, and Attract New Audiences

2. Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D., WSU Vancouver, brett_oppegaard@wsu.edu, @brettoppegaard, 360-546-9416 (o) Photos courtesy of, from left to right: Getty Images and National Geographic

3. Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D., WSU Vancouver, brett_oppegaard@wsu.edu, @brettoppegaard, 360-546-9416 (o) Photos courtesy of, from left to right: Getty Images, IntoMobile.com, Wired, and Textually.org

4. Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D., WSU Vancouver, brett_oppegaard@wsu.edu, @brettoppegaard, 360-546-9416 (o) Photos courtesy of, from left to right: Getty Images and Whale.To

5. Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D., WSU Vancouver, brett_oppegaard@wsu.edu, @brettoppegaard, 360-546-9416 (o) Photos courtesy of, from left to right: Getty Images and RiseAboveC ebu.blogspo t.com

6. Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D., WSU Vancouver, brett_oppegaard@wsu.edu, @brettoppegaard, 360-546-9416 (o) Photos courtesy of, from left to right: Getty Images and ImageShack. us

7. Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D., WSU Vancouver, brett_oppegaard@wsu.edu, @brettoppegaard, 360-546-9416 (o) In each of the past two years, more than 1 billion “smart” mobile devices (phones, tablets, etc., with Internet connections and the ability to run third-party apps) were sold worldwide. Source: Read-Write-Web, IDC.

8. Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D., WSU Vancouver, brett_oppegaard@wsu.edu, @brettoppegaard, 360-546-9416 (o) Mobile users with smartphones (in the U.S.): 55 percent Mobile users with smartphones, 25-34 (in the U.S.): 74 percent How does interpretation change when everyone and everything is connected via technology? How should our systems be changing to reflect that?

9. Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D., WSU Vancouver, brett_oppegaard@wsu.edu, @brettoppegaard, 360-546-9416 (o) How does interpretation change when everyone and everything is connected via technology … all of the time?

10. Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D., WSU Vancouver, brett_oppegaard@wsu.edu, @brettoppegaard, 360-546-9416 (o)

11. Worth = $1 billionWorth = $967 million In April 2012, Instagram, a company with 13 employees, which had been in business for less than two years, sold. The value that day was higher than The New York Times.

12. Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D., WSU Vancouver, brett_oppegaard@wsu.edu, @brettoppegaard, 360-546-9416 (o) In March 2013, 17-year-old Nick D’Aloisio, who still was in high school, sold his news- reading app, Summly, to Yahoo for $30 million. D’Aloisio. Photo courtesy of: Getty Images

13. Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D., WSU Vancouver, brett_oppegaard@wsu.edu, @brettoppegaard, 360-546-9416 (o) It's not just about a telephone and a calendar being in the same place, or even really the convenience of only carrying one technology device... Ubiquitous, part of us (like an appendage) Connected to the communal brain everywhere, always Sensory inputs/outputs; creates interactive possibilities Personalized, highly usable Location / Spatial / Contextual awareness Social connector, includer / Anti-social avoider, excluder Direct link to people, not places; microcoordinator Makes the otherwise inaccessible accessible Offers analytics, from self-awareness to surveillance Synthesis creates new communication options

14. Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D., WSU Vancouver, brett_oppegaard@wsu.edu, @brettoppegaard, 360-546-9416 (o) The Corner: 23 rd and Union A free mobile app, developed as a public radio documentary, based upon user-generated content. Also try: City of Memory, WhatWasThere, VozMob, Stories Everywhere, Murmur, etc. (All links available at: mobilestorytelling.net) http://23rdandunion.org/ New voices, diverse perspectives, new audiences Interactive possibilities: User-generated content

15. Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D., WSU Vancouver, brett_oppegaard@wsu.edu, @brettoppegaard, 360-546-9416 (o) Bomb Sight A free mobile app, by the University of Portsmouth, based upon original census maps and historical images. Also try: Walking Through Time, Milk, Time Shutter, Sepia Town, etc. (All links available at: mobilestorytelling.net) http://bombsight.org/ New voices, diverse perspectives, new audiences Accessible/inaccessible: Augmented reality

16. Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D., WSU Vancouver, brett_oppegaard@wsu.edu, @brettoppegaard, 360-546-9416 (o) Museum of London: StreetMuseum http://www.museumoflond on.org.uk/Resources/app/y ou-are-here-app/home.html New voices, diverse perspectives, new audiences Accessible/inaccessible: Augmented reality

17. Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D., WSU Vancouver, brett_oppegaard@wsu.edu, @brettoppegaard, 360-546-9416 (o) Cleveland Historical A free mobile app, developed by Cleveland State University, offers layered, map-based multimedia presentations, which are curated. Also try: Philly History, Shakespeare’s London, Niagara 1812, Murder at Harvard, City Sonic, etc. (All links available at: mobilestorytelling.net) http://clevelandhistorical.org/ New voices, diverse perspectives, new audiences Communal brain: Curated content

18. Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D., WSU Vancouver, brett_oppegaard@wsu.edu, @brettoppegaard, 360-546-9416 (o) Fort Vancouver Mobile www.fortvancouvermobile.net New voices, diverse perspectives, new audiences Synthesis creates new communication options

19. Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D., WSU Vancouver, brett_oppegaard@wsu.edu, @brettoppegaard, 360-546-9416 (o) “The computer in your cell phone today is a million times cheaper, and a thousand times more powerful and about a hundred thousand times smaller (than the one computer at M.I.T. In 1965)”... “So what used to fit in a building, now fits in your pocket. What fits in your pocket now will fit inside a blood cell in 25 years.” -- Ray Kurzweil

20. Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D., WSU Vancouver, brett_oppegaard@wsu.edu, @brettoppegaard, 360-546-9416 (o) What jobs do people who connect with your systems need done? How can your systems be more mobile-oriented?

21. Thank you!