The Social Fabric social network visualization for cellphones
By Donald Melanson 
posted June 13th 2005 7:00PM
posted June 13th 2005 7:00PM
Steven Blyth's thesis project, The Social Fabric, attempts to create a visual representation of your social network
on your cellphone or handheld device. It uses a series of avatars in various states of attentiveness based on
"the frequency of all digital communications between you and each person." So if you've just
talked to someone, they'll be standing upright and alert, but if you've been ignoring someone's emails for the past few
weeks, they'll turn their back on you. Ouch, that hurts.
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So people without friend will be reminded constantly.
If you go to the site and read the thesis, it is poorly written.
and girl avatars in various stages of undress to remind me how far i got or how much more i need to go. when consumated they'll then become invisible. i'd buy that for a dollar!
How long do you have to ignore people before you see little Tombstones? Just curious... And if you tick somebody off, do you get to see a little arm outstretched with a tiny 1 pixel middle finger pointing straight up? Or maybe pants down with some pixalated butt cheeks to let you know how they feel?
#2 I agree. In one paragraph around the middle of the paper has the same sentance twice.
On top of that, the picture shown here is just a prototype mockup. It doesn't sound like he has intentions of making this into a working model.
#3 Why make them invisible? Booty call!
It seems weird that they'd show off the software on a deviceas old as the Clie NX-80v. Weird. It doesn't even have built in wireless. Who's gonna stick in a wi-fi card just touse this software?
#2 . I think the program (IDII) puts more emphasis on the actual design work and is less about the thesis writing and i think the designer is well aware of the grade of the paper that is by all accounts still in it's draft form. As you might guess I know the designer. Its a conceptual prototype with some great thinking behind it. #6 The reason it's on a PDA is that it was quickly prototyped in Flash 6. Peace.