phatic technologies - are devices that serve to express the non-verbal emphatic, emotive and paralinguistic elements of communication

construct points of communication and connection between people (and places) through a diverse set of technical and sensory arrangements

ACM - brings together computing educators, researchers, and professionals to inspire dialogue, share resources, and address the field's challenges.

our living digitally

vision of the network society

panacea(Heilmittel) of our communicatin problems - networked technologies such as video communication

critically reflect upon the role of technology in supporting mobile workers lives

domestic computing (Heimcomputer)

design ethnograph - Ethnography is the study of culture

HCI

two new phatic technologies

observations on techniques for supporting remote workers

We illustrate a case-study(Fallstudie) of bespoke design combining critical technical practice and provotyping as strategies for HCI design;

Bespoken Design(massgeschneidertes Design) - a product that has been created and crafted to meet you or your companies specific needs

work-life balance - digital technologies make porous the boundaries between home and work

Dichotomy refers to a structure consisting of two parts that face each other without intersection.