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From Analog to Digital, from the Office to the Living Room: Why I Happily Worked in a Media Space but Don't Live in One

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I first got interested in media spaces in 1995 when I was asked to design the user interface of an analog audio-video system at Paris-Sud University. Having since designed, implemented and used various other systems inspired by early media spaces, I have witnessed the transitions from analog to digital, and from office settings do domestic ones. This chapter describes what I learned from media spaces in this context, how I built upon them, and what I think remains to be done.

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Roussel, N. (2009). From Analog to Digital, from the Office to the Living Room: Why I Happily Worked in a Media Space but Don't Live in One. In: Harrison, S. (eds) Media Space 20 + Years of Mediated Life. Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-483-6_15

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