# Our ETech panel

- Author: Joichi Ito
- Date: 2004-02-01T19:04:46Z


I will be moderating a panel at ETech at 2:45pm on Feb 10 called "Untethering the Social Network or What Happens to Social Networks in the Untethered Wilds?" The panelists are danah, Scott, Mimi and Howard.

It should be one of the less geeky panels at this geek-a-thon.

And yes... Mimi is my sister and Scott is my brother-in-law. This is what happens when you talk about work at home too much. This is the first time my sister and I will be on a panel together.
Untethering the Social Network or What Happens to Social Networks in the Untethered Wilds?
Joichi Ito, Neoteny


danah boyd, U.C. Berkeley

Scott Fisher, Division of Interactive media,  USC School of Cinema-Television

Mizuko Ito

Howard Rheingold

Track: Untethered
Date: Tuesday, February 10
Time: 2:45pm - 3:30pm
Location: California Ballroom C

Users, not vendors, create communications revolutions, and
the untethering of social networks from desktops promises a user-generated
revolution over the coming decade as profound as the Internet revolution
of the 1990s and PC revolution of the 1980s. This panel addresses how
the coordinated actions of diverse connected users challenge fixed visions
of technology deployment, particularly as social software migrates from
the desktop into the mobile settings navigated by handhelds. We will
discuss how undisciplined behaviors and places push back on models of
social software and how this can and should affect technological
development. We will consider the role of social networks in the
development of and participation in mobile technology. Case studies used
in this conversation include pervasive gaming, media mixes, mobile
texting, and mobile blogging. This panel presents a good opportunity
to discuss the role of social research in technology development.





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Joi's Diary, Social Software, Wireless and Mobile