Submitted by Richard Smith on May 18, 2006 - 8:35am.
Good morning. I suggested that the bloggers on mobilemuse.ca introduce themselves, so I had better get started and do my own introduction.
My name is Richard Smith. I am a professor in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University, and I work from the downtown campus. I have been interested in 'technology and society' issues for a long time - at least 15 years or so. For the last decade I have been working on internet issues and for the last five years or so on mobile technology and society.
I have a particular interest in how mobile technology affects social inclusion - helping (or hindering) people's ability to feel a part of the social world around them. I am interested in the role of mobiles as surveillance devices, and I am keen to discover new ways of understanding "user experience" of new technology.
