[Mod-pubsub-developer] clipit - project from coin-operated

[Asynch M. <asy...@ho...>]

http://www.mle.ie/~jonah/projects/clipit.html
Overview
ClipIt! Is a downloadable networked application that provides an ambient
connection to other people's desktops by distributing the contents of each
users clipboard. The project works as an automatic Post-It or sticky note
that is meant to allow people to catch a glimpse of the activity on other
people's machines.
Prototype
Copy and paste are ubiquitous elements of the modern computer GUI interface.
They are both infinitely useful for working with computers and are integral
elements to all computers across all platforms. Our use of these functions
is so natural that we even forget we use them and without them our methods
of computer interaction would change dramatically.

ClipIt! centers on this background activity of copy and paste. Specifically,
it looks at how we use, collect, distribute, and disseminate information.
Instead of using foreground applications like Instant Messengers and email,
where you have to actively connect to people, ClipIt! is deliberately
intended for background use. When multiple users are connected, their
clipboards are uploaded and shared with each other, thus providing an
ambient link and direct window into someone else's activities.

The project allows people to be aware of each other's computer usage and to
"get a feel" for what they are working on or thinking about in real-time.
ClipIt! follows in the footsteps of programs like Deskswap, an application
that allows you to share screenshots of desktops with other people, but is
more interested in sharing the low-bandwidth information of everyday
interaction.


System
The system works as a downloadable application for both Mac and PC that is
meant to run all day long in the background of your networked computer.
Users do not have to 'paste' anything to ClipIt!, they only have to copy
information as they would normally. The program loops through all of the
clipboards according to who logged in first and displays text and small
graphics that are copied.