SIG Communities


Andrea Dulko, JaIn Koo, Sanjay Papinazath
Location-based service that connects people with similar interests.

http://imightlikeu.com/


Robert Moon
A mobile conversation game where anonymous callers are connected randomly to share in a conversation and then rated based on \"good\" conversation characteristics.

http://www.telebanter.com


Tamara Olson
An online social networking space for backpackers providing a way to manage, plan and document trips while connecting and reflecting with friends both home and abroad.

http://www.wanderlustlive.com


Scott Varland
A Metaconnector is a machine that transcends purely algorithmic attempts at defining human connections, in order to provide more meaningful feedback about the state of our real world relationships.

http://metaconnector.net


Patricia Oakim
Polivox.org is an online community designed to empower the people of Rio de Janeiro to create an environment for collaboration and change by encouraging three basic ideas: \"imagine\", \"transform\" and \"celebrate.\"

http://www.polivox.org


Keith Conway
Why are people motivated to participate in online communities?

http://www.algirhythm.net/blog/pmwiki.php/Main/Thesis


Tim Stutts
User-generated mapping as social commentary

http://www.livelyhood.us


Michael Dory
The mental walls we develop to protect ourselves from the sensory data we\'re flooded by every day can leave us deaf to the details of our own lives. Ambient Amplifiers are devices which seek to bring attention to what we miss in a calming and useful way.

http://www.ambientamplifiers.com


Steven Lehrburger
TwiTerra reveals how people use Twitter to share and re-share ideas, building connections that encircle the world.

http://twiterra.com


Felipe Ribeiro
The Augmented Speakers\' Corner is political rally for amateurs that uses cell phone interaction to bridge a real time public conversation across physical and digital spaces.

http://www.AskUnionSquare.org