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Place Makes a Comeback
The document discusses the significance of 'place' in a connected world, highlighting the evolution of computing and communication from the 1950s to the present. It emphasizes the role of mapping, mobile devices, and the integration of various data types, suggesting that individuals should experiment and adapt to these changes. The text concludes with a quote from T.S. Eliot about exploration and understanding one's place anew.
Place Makes a Comeback
- 1. PLACE Makes a Comeback Indiana Cultural Tourism Conference May 13, 2010 www.culturaltourismconference.org Andrew Taylor Wisconsin School of Business ataylor@bus.wisc.edu
- 2. SOURCE: NASA } YOU ARE HERE (or thereabouts)
- 3. SOURCE: Flickr userAdam Crowe } YOU ARE HERE (or thereabouts)
- 4. Where does “place”fit in a connected world?
- 5. A (very) little history viaKevin Kelly... SOURCE: Flickr user guldfisken
- 6. A History of ConnectedComputing & Communications in Three Acts
- 7. ACT I: Linking Computers ca. 1950
- 8. ACT I: Linking Computers ca. 1950 SOURCE: Flickr users scriptingnews (above) & cote (left)
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- 11. ACT II: Linking Pages 1990 SOURCE: Flickr user quinn.anya
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- 14. data | distance
- 16. Second Life, launchedin 2002 SOURCE: Shakespearesmonkey
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- 18. cocooning SOURCE: Flickr userJames Jordan
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- 20. PEOPLE stillhanging in (and hanging out)
- 21. SOURCE: Flickr userErica Marshall
- 22. flickr launch in2004, facebook & twitter launch in 2005
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- 24. ACT III: Linking Data mid-1990s
- 25. ACT III: Linking Data mid-1990s SOURCE: blprnt_van
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- 30. #2 Mobile Devices SOURCE: Wikipedia user Kozuch
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- 33. Greetings from Latitude:39.7742 Longitude: -86.1763
- 34. Greetings from Latitude:39.7742 Longitude: -86.1763
- 35. Now it getsinteresting...
- 36. Concerts Audio Photos Bus Stops Blogs Reviews News Now it gets interesting... Weather Friends Video Music Preferences Traffic
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- 43. So... what doI do?
- 44. SOURCE: Flickr usercourtneyBolton
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- 54. Oh, and celebratethe real.
- 56. We shall notcease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. T.S. Eliot, The Four Quartets
- 57. WE ARE HERE END
- 58. Andrew Taylor ataylor@bus.wisc.edu www.artfulmanager.com Twitter:artfulmanager Coordinates: 43.073276,-89.402016