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I went to the Creative Crossings (very nicely organised and paid for by the Arts Council, Banff and M-cult) and Mobile Connections "locative media" workshops a couple of weeks ago.

I scribbled down some stuff and have sifted it a fortnight later according to whether I can read my own handwriting or remember why I wrote it down (and thinking about it, decay of information was something that came up):

active and passive metadata and observations. someone's camera phone as opposed to RFID chip record of purchase - Jo Walsh

How people react to data in the system becomes metadata in itself - Mauri Kaipainen

pdpal.com - Michelle Kasprzak

repetition. maps and traces - ?

"self defined location" - Marc Tuters

idea of privacy is culture and history bound - Anne Galloway

fun is activism of the best possible kind - me ;-) (and reminded of it again seeing wifi hog presented)

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This story, from Jen Southern, deserves an entry of its own, just because it says everything about everything really.

Jen has been doing some research into GPS use among hikers in the Lake District. She went into some hiking supply shops and asked if they'd been selling any GPS units. Oh yes, said the shop owners, they're very popular with walkers because they think it means they'll never get lost.

Of course the hikers do get lost, but then when they ring for help on their mobile phones they can give the emergency services their GPS coordinates, which makes it easy for the mountain rescue teams to come and get them.