As many of you have noticed, you can watch what I’m doing right now.
Priscilla has been intrigued by the 24/7 blog cam I have running on my blog’s sidebar, so we got around to a friendly interview via iChat. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the video iChat interview, together with my blog’s lifestreaming widget (see my uStream.tv channel).
All this is part of my sousveillance video project, where I experiment with ways of establishing a richer sense of presence and feedback in a non-directional everyday setting. As seen in the video interview, this project has involved concepts such as:
1. Continuous Partial Presence: Loved ones feel as if I am actually close by (e.g. in the next room).
2. Live Crowdsourcing: Friends have called me based on what I’m doing (e.g. remind me to work, ask what I’m eating).
3. Public Therapy (?): The idea that I’d be mindful of bad habits since my life is visible to all.
4. Redefinition of Privacy: Privacy is a broad term, so here I am trying to find boundaries (e.g. I don’t broadcast sound).
5. Memory Prosthetic: I can opt to record moments of my life on video, and search by date, time, subject matter, etc.
Friends have made interesting suggestions on how I could further this project, but I’d love to hear your thoughts on how you’d like to see this take flight. I also encourage you to try this on your own, so feel free to ask if you have any questions.
If you’d like to know more, read her blog post entitled “It’s Live – Intrigued by Ustream“.
