The City Is Here For You To Use: Urban form and experience in the age of ubiquitous computing

Posted: January 3rd, 2008 | No Comments »

This makes my day! Adam announces The City Is Here For You To Use… “power to the people” style. This book will seeks to understand what impact everyware will likely to have on metropolitan form and experience. It will cover questions and themes close to my heart such as:

  • How might we use these new technologies to create liveable, humane, sustainable and vibrant places?
  • Will we be able to do so while managing the inevitable new orders of frustration and inconvenience they’ll occasion – to say nothing of their unsettling, inherent potential for panoptical surveillance and regulation?