Group dynamics and ephemeral experience

A very good paper addressing the fact that we are physically built to operate in groups in certain ways and that technology needs to be designed to support those existing behavior tendencies. An analysis of ways in which groupware changes interaction is given. The point is made that technologies allow experiences to be recorded and replayed in very different contexts, which may make interpretation of the original intent very difficult. It ends with the question of how we will find opportunities for ephemeral experience in the future.

Group Dynamics and Ubiquitous Computing: From “Here and Now” to “Everywhere and Forever”, 2002
Jonathan Grudin
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