TxtBoard: from text-to-person to text-to-home
CHI '05 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
CHI '05 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
"LINC-ing" the family: the participatory design of an inkable family calendar
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
The whereabouts clock: early testing of a situated awareness device
CHI '06 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
HomeNote: supporting situated messaging in the home
CSCW '06 Proceedings of the 2006 20th anniversary conference on Computer supported cooperative work
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We present our evaluation of our SMS-to-photo-frame messaging system in diverse households. We explored whether low-cost, non-interactive ambient displays were useful when applied to domestic messaging. We performed an ethnographic study with two different types of households, during which we analysed their usage of the system and conducted a series of interviews. We found that all households used the system to some degree, but that the social context and communication styles were distinctly different between households comprised of families and those with fictive kin. This highlights the importance of considering the household structure when designing domestic technology. Additionally, our preliminary study explored the minimum requirements for a useful messaging appliance for the home, particularly with respect to interactivity.