How do we behave offline?

Listen to computer scientists from around the world talk about how their projects are changing the way we communicate, learn, get around and live our lives.

Marc Smith, Microsoft Research, studies the sociology of the Internet:

"If you ever got a piece of chalk caught in your shoe and walked across the road -- there it was: The path you took behind you. Or steps in the sand that leave a footprint behind. Or footprints in the snow. I think that everything has become footprints in the snow. You can't touch anything without leaving a digital trace."

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Last updated May 20, 2008

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Marc Smith's Microsoft Research page

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