Micro-Blog is a people-centric app with sensors capable of aggregating participatory as well as sensory inputs from local surroundings. These inputs can be visualized in different dimensions, such as space and time. When plugged into the Internet, the collaborative inputs from phones may enable a high resolution view of the world.
| Application metadata | |
|---|---|
| Area of expertise | Enrichment of social media |
| Application name | Micro-Blog |
| Website | |
| Platforms | Nokia Symbian: Nokia Symbian |
| Sensors | Camera, GPS |
| License of source code | Open |
| Cost for use | Free |
| Engaging level | Participatory |
| Incentive techniques | Give and take, Social Interaction |
| Type of access | Authenticated |
| Proposition paper | |
|---|---|
| Title | Micro-Blog: sharing and querying content through mobile phones and social participation. |
| Url | http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~15-821/CDROM/PAPERS/gaonkar2008.pdf |
| Citation | Shravan Gaonkar, Jack Li, Romit Roy Choudhury, Landon Cox, and Al Schmidt. 2008. Micro-Blog: sharing and querying content through mobile phones and social participation. In Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Mobile systems, applications, and services (MobiSys '08). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 174-186. DOI=http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1378600.1378620 |
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