Ambient Intimacy
Monday, June 8th, 2009 by Leisa Reichelt
 There are lots of people for whom being social is very much a real life activity and technology is about getting stuff done. Ambient intimacy makes us feel closer to people we care for but in whose lives we're not able to participate as closely as we'd like. Knowing the details creates intimacy. It's a particular way of communicating, phatic communication, that we've used in off-line life since we first evolved language. Phatic communication is not about conveying meaning; it's just about making a connection, being in touch. |
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