tonight

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6:15
View this video http://www.ubiq.com/hypertext/weiser/quicktime/UbiCompIntro.qt

Come back to class prepared to discuss the potential for UbiComp in society

6:30
Read points 1-4 from the introduction of [|Everyware by Adam Greenfield]

Discuss what "things just Work" means Discuss what the author perceives as the risks of ubiquitous computing What about your feelings on it?

7:00
View this slideshare from the UbiComp 2008 Conference (don't worry, the # of slides includes one slide for each transition and bullet) media type="custom" key="2801883"

Discuss: do you text? what role does text have in your life? What about students' life? How can we leverage that?

Poll: text

7:30
Smartphone Review: http://cell-phones.toptenreviews.com/smartphones/

What does the DigitalTV conversion have to do with Ubiquitous Computing?

[|Larry Page (Google CEO)'s blog on TV White Space] (the stuff left over after they go to all Digital TV)

Google's Alternative Access Team Product Manager Minnie Ingersoll media type="custom" key="2802861"

Creative Commons founder Larry Lessig's statement media type="custom" key="2803017"