The ongoing interactions in the community are visualized in the party room. The behavior of each icon reflects the current activity of the corresponding person in the following manner. In order to determine how mobile computing is used in conferences and how its use differs from that of desktop computing, we analyzed a large amount of log data. It appears that mobile computing is used whenever needed . People sometimes retrieved related information via PDAs while listening to a presentation.
People use PDAs even after the conference, especially in their hotels after dinner.
The highest peak in use, the midnight of December 10th, shows that PDAs are actively used just before the technical program starts. Mobile Computing Track, pp.