http://itp.nyu.edu/sigs/communities Just another itp.nyu.edu weblog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en TwiTerra is built on the social messaging service Twitter, which allows users to broadcast 140-character status updates for interested friends, family, coworkers and strangers. It is common for Twitter users to re-broadcast the ‘tweets’ of others, and these ‘retweets’ repeat an idea or pass on a message from a person ... http://itp.nyu.edu/sigs/communities/twiterra Cities are filled with information — every street bleeds data in every conceivable form, emanating from taxis, sirens, conversations, not to mention the data flowing from every cell phone, laptop and music device. This sort of flood can’t possibly be parsed, leaving city dwellers to develop mental walls to ... http://itp.nyu.edu/sigs/communities/ambient-amplifiers What: A physical installation in Union Square, New York City, as well as an accompanying website. The physical installation consists of an electronic display, a microphone & speakers, and a laptop running a special software application. The event will have three methods of interaction. 1) Speaking: Speakers get three minutes to ... http://itp.nyu.edu/sigs/communities/augmented-speakers-corner-union-square This thesis uses information culled from Internet users’ participation patterns to explore why individuals are motivated to take part in online communities. By viewing this data in conjunction with traditional sociological and psychological theories of group participation, I attempt to extrapolate the elements necessary to create online communities that ... http://itp.nyu.edu/sigs/communities/why-do-something-for-nothing-explaining-user-motivation-to-participate-in-online-communities I am interested in an exploration of how data about human proximity and reputation correlates to and influences a social network, and how this information is processed from both an egocentric and sociocentric perspective. Can a social area network be constructed within a physical social sphere that understands node ... http://itp.nyu.edu/sigs/communities/metaconnector Users fill out an online survey and are placed in a particular category based on their answers. When they subsequently enter a participating venue, the service initiates. If a match is nearby, both parties are alerted via their mobile device and have the option to accept or reject communication based ... http://itp.nyu.edu/sigs/communities/i-might-like-you Polivox is an online community designed to empower the people of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to envision a better future and to create an environment for collaboration and change by encouraging a cycle based on three concepts: “imagine”, “transform”, and “celebrate”. The inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro face various deeply ... http://itp.nyu.edu/sigs/communities/polivox Since well before the Hippie Trail of the 1970s, Bohemian twenty-somethings have wandered continents in search of low-budget lodging, scintillating conversation and the adrenaline rush that only exploring the unknown induces. But in addition to extra pairs of socks and the requisite Lonely Planet travel aid, today’s backpackers are devoting ... http://itp.nyu.edu/sigs/communities/wanderlust LivelyHood is a web application, where children explore perceptions of community, by drawing a map of their neighborhood, composed of the static structures and moving bodies that are a part of their day to day experience. A content uploading feature allows for the placement of relevant photos and text onto ... http://itp.nyu.edu/sigs/communities/livelyhood TeleBanter is a mobile conversation game where anonymous callers are randomly connected together to share in a conversation and then rated based on \"good\" conversation characteristics. Access to the Internet and any mobile phone are the only things needed to play. Interested participants are connected based on time availability to ... http://itp.nyu.edu/sigs/communities/telebanter-a-mobile-conversation-game