Some thoughts...

In the first weeks of this project I spent considerable time doing secondary research, some thoughts of what I have find so far:

-Information Visualization. In "Linked" the author deals with the history of network theory. Graph theory is behind of this. but graph theory posses a set of visualization tools that are designed to abstract to the minimum point and simplify network structures.

The media is the message, so networking visualization is not just the structure but the embodiment that will allow the access to any intended meta data for the users. why?, because the use of different kinds of elements and information implies the use of distinctive visualization hints for the users, when mobile devices were about making calls there was just one layer of information behind: numbers. Today mobile networking deals with multiple content which implies the use of multiple and distinctive visualization layers.

Is the amount of pixels related to the amount of information and tasks that we can manage?. Recently I review the instruction card for the iPOD shuffle, and the device only has one single LED as a visual user interface (excluding the static graphics in the controls) but it has the ability to express more than 8 different status for the device. On the other hand this level of interaction relies strongly on the use of time and an external previous introduction ( the physical instructions card) to create an understandable language for the user.

-Interface Language. In "Smart mobs" Howard Rheingold presents the way people find new uses for their mobile devices with the same interfaces, something that makes me think about the ability of people to create multiple interpretations of a same set of signs and play with them.
When mobile devices just showed numbers they still allowed people to play with the visual characteristics of the user interface, like creating words from dedicated numeric displays. It makes me thing about the convenience of a literal representation system for the interface like Steven Blyth´s concept, what level of pliability does this approach allows to the user?, will you get tired soon from a limited set of representations?.

There is always the risk of annoy the user with mechanical output repetition like when we use the sound alarms in msn or skype, most of people end up turning off this feature.