The microprinter is an experiment in physical activity streams and notification, using a repurposed receipt printer connected to the web.
I use it for things like reminders, notifications, and my day at-a-glance, but anything that can be injected from the web and suits text only, short format messaging, will work.
T. Anderson, and J. Dron. Handbook of Research on Social Software and Developing Community Ontologies, page 1-17. Information Science Reference, (2009)
M. Böhringer, and S. Barnes. Proceedings of the 17th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Verona, Italy, June 08-10, 2009, page in press. (2009)
W. Hesse, D. Müller, and A. Ruß. Poiesis & Praxis: International Journal of Technology Assessment and Ethics of Science, 5 (3):
159-183(September 2008)
C. Honeycutt, and S. Herring. Proceedings of the Forty-Second Hawai’i International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-42). Los Alamitos, CA., page 1-10. Los Alamitos, CA, USA, IEEE Computer Society, (2009)