Hacking, Mashing, Gluing: Understanding Opportunistic Design

Pervasive
2008
Issue No. 3 - July-September
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	Bj? Hartmann, Scott Doorley, Scott R. Klemmer, "Hacking, Mashing, Gluing: Understanding Opportunistic Design," IEEE Pervasive Computing, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 46-54, July-September, 2008.

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	@article{ 10.1109/MPRV.2008.54, author = {Bj? Hartmann and Scott Doorley and Scott R. Klemmer}, title = {Hacking, Mashing, Gluing: Understanding Opportunistic Design}, journal ={IEEE Pervasive Computing}, volume = {7}, number = {3}, issn = {1536-1268}, year = {2008}, pages = {46-54}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MPRV.2008.54}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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	TY - MGZN JO - IEEE Pervasive Computing TI - Hacking, Mashing, Gluing: Understanding Opportunistic Design IS - 3 SN - 1536-1268 SP46 EP54 EPD - 46-54 A1 - Bj? Hartmann, A1 - Scott Doorley, A1 - Scott R. Klemmer, PY - 2008 KW - opportunistic design KW - hardware hacking KW - ubiquitous computing KW - mashups VL - 7 JA - IEEE Pervasive Computing ER -

Bj? Hartmann, Stanford University

Scott Doorley, Stanford University

Scott R. Klemmer, Stanford University

DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MPRV.2008.54

Opportunistic practices can accelerate and simplify ubiquitous computing systems design. Such practices may include copying and pasting code from online forums into one's own scripts or reappropriating components from consumer electronics for design prototypes. The authors introduce a framework that links opportunistic design for ubiquitous computing to hardware and software practices. They interview 14 professional and hobbyist "mashers"—Web 2.0 programmers, hardware hackers, and designers of interactive ubiquitous computing systems—to learn how designers choose between integration levels. Finally, they discover the mashups' epistemic, pragmatic, and intrinsic values for creators and how shopping becomes a central activity.

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Index Terms:

opportunistic design, hardware hacking, ubiquitous computing, mashups

Citation:

Bj? Hartmann, Scott Doorley, Scott R. Klemmer, "Hacking, Mashing, Gluing: Understanding Opportunistic Design," IEEE Pervasive Computing, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 46-54, July-Sept. 2008, doi:10.1109/MPRV.2008.54

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