Life is sharable: mechanisms to support and sustain blogging life experience

Recent trend in the development of mobile devices, wireless communications, sensor technologies, weblogs, and peer-to-peer communications have prompted a new design opportunity for enhancing social interactions. This paper introduces our preliminary experiences in designing a prototype utilizing the aforementioned technologies to share life experience. Users equipped with camera phones coupled with short-range communication technology, such as RFID, can capture life experience and share it as weblogs to other people. However, in reality, this is easier said than done. The success of weblogs relies on the active participation and willingness of people to contribute. To encourage active participations, a ranking system, AgreeRank, is specifically developed to get them motivated. Categories and Subject Descriptors H5.1 [Information Interface and Presentation]: Multimedia Information Systems ? Artificial, augmented, and virtual realities; H.5.2 [Information Interface and Presentation]: Us...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: WWW
• Authors: Yun-Maw Cheng, Tzu-Chuan Chou, Wai Yu, Li-Chieh Chen, Ching-Long Yeh, Meng Chang Chen
• Keywords: Internet Technology, Keywords Mobile Phone, Peer-to-peer Communications, Short-range Communication Technology, WWW 2007