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PART 1:
WHO WE ARE AND WHERE WE COME FROM
PART 2
THE ISSUE: DIGITAL NOMADISM
PART 3
RESEARCH FINDINGS
WHO WE ARE:
The Senseable City Lab at M.I.T.
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people + space + technology
Di it l revolution:
Digital
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human beings leave digital traces behind them
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New
observational
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l frontiers
f
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on the internet/work behaviour of human beings (-- WiFi --)
N
New
observational
b
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l frontiers:
f
ti
on the mobility behaviour of human beings (-- GPS, cameras, sensors --)
THE ISSUE:
Digital Nomadism
working
coordinating
doing business
experiencing
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WHY CARING?
REAL WORLD
EVIDENCE
ACADEMIC
VALUE
BUSINESS
COMMUNITY
Wi-Fi Sniffing SW
Increasing efficiency in
the mobility behaviour:
circular trips instead of
d
dependency
d
on one
central workplace
Increasing number of
locations due to increased
efficiency and information
Occasional
Users
Non-users
(N=31)
(N=29)
Male (%)
47
39
55
Age (ave.)
Graduate (%)
82
53
57
PhDs (%)
45
25
37
S.Engineering (%)
45
40
54
18
S.Humanities (%)
11
16
12
S.Architecture (%)
12
S.Science (%)
24
32
23
47
55
48
6.23
+/-0.32
5.75
+/-0.41
5 57
5.57
+/ 0 45
+/-0.45
6.39
+/-0.43
5.03
+/-0.68
6.28
+/-0.26
5.39
+/-0.38
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40.0
34.3
30.0
27.5
25.0
20 0
20.0
17 5
17.5
16.5
15.0
14.0
13.3
12.1
10.0
5.0
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13
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1.3
2.0 3.4
1 2 1.4 1.1
1.2
11
4.4
5.5
2.2 1.9
4.0 5.1
3.1
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0.8
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workdays (% )
20
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10
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Functional location
CAFE
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Use of Wi-Fi, via the laptop, in different functional locations (sub-dataset: 271 data points).
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(5)
Meeting Room (6), Caf/Lunch Room (7), Home (8), Off-Campus (9), Other (10)
Male
Graduate
Engineering
LiveinCam
Geographical
Condition
Motorized
YearsMIT
Rent
EmailsR
Digital
Activeness
Cellph
Office
NTrips
Comm
NClasses
Local
activeness
Predictor
Coefficient
Significance (t value)
(Constant)
5.343
4.801
LapToday
.217
4.647
Age
-.109
-1.659
Male
-.094
-2.069
Graduate
-.109
-1.364
YearMIT
-.041
-.630
Rent
-.054
-1.042
Office
.085
085
1 253
1.253
LiveonCampus
-.161
-3.043
Car
-.074
-1.460
NProjects
EmailsRec
-.038
-.757
Face2face
EmailsSent
.068
1.373
Equipm
FrequentCellPhone
.008
.165
S
SenseComm
C
.280
5.273
Nclasses
.186
2.327
1.729
Nprojects
.086
Nface2face
-.070
-1.229
equip
.079
1.403
Summary statistics
Number
479
R Square
.167
Adjusted R Square
.137
- user-situational variables
The elements of the environmental and social contexts of usage described
by Lee et al (2005), i.e. location, distraction, crowding, interaction, privacy.