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

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Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D., WSU (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.

Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D., WSU (o) Mobile users with smartphones (in the U.S.): 55 percent Mobile users with smartphones, (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?

Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D., WSU (o) How does interpretation change when everyone and everything is connected via technology … all of the time?

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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.

Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D., WSU (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

Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D., WSU (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

Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D., WSU (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) New voices, diverse perspectives, new audiences Interactive possibilities: User-generated content

Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D., WSU (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) New voices, diverse perspectives, new audiences Accessible/inaccessible: Augmented reality

Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D., WSU (o) Museum of London: StreetMuseum on.org.uk/Resources/app/y ou-are-here-app/home.html New voices, diverse perspectives, new audiences Accessible/inaccessible: Augmented reality

Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D., WSU (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) New voices, diverse perspectives, new audiences Communal brain: Curated content

Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D., WSU (o) Fort Vancouver Mobile New voices, diverse perspectives, new audiences Synthesis creates new communication options

Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D., WSU (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

Brett Oppegaard, Ph.D., WSU (o) What jobs do people who connect with your systems need done? How can your systems be more mobile-oriented?

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