Information fragments for a pervasive world

  • Authors:
  • Russell Beale

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Computer Science University of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 23rd annual international conference on Design of communication: documenting & designing for pervasive information
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

Is the second paragraph dead? Technology and users are tending to create and consume information in ever decreasing chunks, forcing content creators to create shorter fragments of text and other media. This paper examines this phenomenon, and provides examples of where and why this is happening. It examines the role of metadata, and how this can be used to provide effective, personalized communication in a fragmented digital world.