The paper describes the idea and the structure of a mobile information system under development in the HIPS project that allows for supporting nomadic activities. Nomadic activities are a widespread class of human activities. Many activities are distributed in time, space and social groups. In contrast to print media till now electronic information and communication media did not support nomadi...

38 Computer The Cooler the Better: New Directions in the Nomadic Age T hanks to rapid progress in microelectronics technology, a new, nomadic lifestyle has become widespread these days. People, regardless of location, enjoy greater connectivity through communication networks and intelligent electronic terminals. This nomadic lifestyle will become even more common as technology frees people from...

The increasingly mobile workforce, organizations’ desire to be flexible and reactive, changing organizational structure and management style, and the wide availability of enabling technologies to support nomadic computing are gradually influencing the characteristics of an organization that eventually contribute to the organization’s culture. This study attempts to investigate the cultural impa...

In emerging ubiquitous computing, related nomadic users often perform similar tasks and share the same computing infrastructure. This means that security of the shared resources is of prime importance. Frequent delegation of tasks among users must be anticipated as most nomadic environments are hectic and very dynamic. A delegation mechanism with a slightly complicated user interface will not o...

In emerging ubiquitous computing, related nomadic users often perform similar tasks and share the same computing infrastructure. This means that security of the shared resources is of prime importance. Frequent delegation of tasks among users must be anticipated as most nomadic environments are hectic and very dynamic. A delegation mechanism with a slightly complicated user interface will not o...