Post on 17-Oct-2014
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The error of contextGiles Colborne
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Normal science
Anomalies
Revolutionary science
Paradigm shift
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TimeLocationEnvironmentSocialDeviceActivityIndividual
http://thenounproject.com/noun/computer/#icon-No115http://thenounproject.com/noun/iphone/#icon-No414
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Context is information
Context can be delineated
Context is stable
Activities happen within a context
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Context is information
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C o n t e x t i s i n f o r m a t i o nContext is a relational property
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Context can be delineated
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C o n t e x t c a n b e d e l i n e a t e dContext changes dynamically
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Context is stable
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C o n t e x t i s s t a b l eContext is particular
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Activities happen within a context
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A c t i v i t i e s h a p p e n w i t h i n a c o n t e x tContext arises from activity
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C o n t e x t i s i n f o r m a t i o n
C o n t e x t c a n b e d e l i n e a t e d
C o n t e x t i s s t a b l e
A c t i v i t i e s h a p p e n w i t h i n a c o n t e x t
Context is a relational property
Context changes dynamically
Context is particular
Context arises from activity
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TimeLocationEnvironmentSocialDeviceActivityIndividual
http://thenounproject.com/noun/computer/#icon-No115http://thenounproject.com/noun/iphone/#icon-No414
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C o n t e x t i s i n f o r m a t i o n
C o n t e x t c a n b e d e l i n e a t e d
C o n t e x t i s s t a b l e
A c t i v i t i e s h a p p e n w i t h i n a c o n t e x t
Context is a relational property
Context changes dynamically
Context is particular
Context arises from activity
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Negotiate context.
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Time flies like an arrow.
Fruit flies like a banana.
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Outsource context.
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Call: Susan Hunter mobile
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Call: Susan Hunter mobile
Her phone says:Sales meeting ends 10:45
Cancel Proceed
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Call: Susan Hunter mobile
Her phone says:Sales meeting ends 10:45
Cancel Proceed
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Allow
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Do I contradict myself?Very well, then I contradict myself,I am large, I contain multitudes.Walt Whitman
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What would an ideal personal assistant do?
And how would they know how to do it?
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What we talk about when we talk about context, Paul Dourish