I have known Edith since MIT... 6 years almost. I have really enjoyed working under Edith's guidance (she saw through my messy creative mind ;) during my MIT SMarchS thesis and my Harvard DDes thesis... Edith's website is up and running :) Check it out!!!

A neo-nomad scenario developed in my thesis... Neo-nomads embody spaces remotely. Via the Internet they customize their hotel room in advance, bringing in the complementary piece of home, the last piece of the “home” puzzle, with them, their luggage, and transitional objects.
In the HOmeTEL, a user can by Internet choose the color of the walls, the configuration of the room, the food he can get in his in-room fridge. The room will not go back to its neutral state once the user is gone. The other user will improvise based on the previous configurations. One can thus say that the space is dynamic, based on chance, and fosters the emergence of new spatial configurations. The next users could reconfigure it on the basis of how it had been left by the previous user. Hence space can hold traces. This relates to a certain “memory” of the place. The new technologies augment the dynamism of the space by offering a greater possibility of change, thus the potential to satisfy more individuals. What these technologies do is enable a greater combination of elements.
On that note, I would like to point at an article fowarded to me by Eléonore (I have really amazing supporting friends!!!): Le monde virtuel d'Habbo Hotel devient en partie réel






Illustrations produced for the Doctor of Design defense presentation, held May 15, 2006. The illustrations have been created manipulating material found online (by Googling “blinky-thumb” and “Mac Icon”)

It arrived this morning (Thank you Isabelle M.)!!! J'ai contribué au cahier de tendances "Mobilités : la clé des villes" (Merci Bruno M.). Une conférence de presse sera organisée le 14 Juin 2006 à 9h30 au Palais de Tokyo. Je cite: "La conférence de presse sera introduite par Jean-Charles Decaux, co-directeur général et président du directoire de JCDecaux. Nous présenterons ensuite "Mobilités : la clé des villes" aux journalistes et terminerons par une séance de questions/réponses."

Arrived this morning :) :)

I missed it... Daisy saw it and says it is great! electronic city, a play "first produced October 4, 2003, Schauspielhaus Bochum, Germany, under the direction of Matthias Hartmann." If you happen to be in London... check it out ;)

Now I have a nano - black - (Thank you Jean!), and that I have all the time in the world (and no excuse not) to go running ;) I shall pay attention to the next gear to come: the Nike+iPod!!! Jean also pointed out the Wired article: "Making the iPod more sensitive"... We could even be changing the tempo of the music according to our pace! How much virtual power does this give us?!

Also because of a friend’s enthusiasm, I am going to watch An Inconvenient Truth… As I was looking at the Climate Crisis website, I have found few advices to REDUCE YOUR IMPACT WHILE ON THE MOVE!