See you on the subway: exploring mobile social software

Authors:
Nicolas Belloni;Lars Erik Holmquist;Jakob Tholander
Affiliations:
Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Kista, Sweden;Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Kista, Sweden;Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Kista, Sweden
Venue:
CHI '09 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2009

Citing 5
Cited 4

Design: Cultural probes

interactions
The familiar stranger: anxiety, comfort, and play in public places

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
An ubiquitous approach to mobile applications

SIGGRAPH '05 ACM SIGGRAPH 2005 Web program
From awareness to repartee: sharing location within social groups

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Aesthetic journeys

Proceedings of the 7th ACM conference on Designing interactive systems

Designing for interaction immediacy to enhance social skills of children with autism

Proceedings of the 12th ACM international conference on Ubiquitous computing
Geolocation in the mobile web browser

Proceedings of the 12th ACM international conference adjunct papers on Ubiquitous computing - Adjunct
A study of mobile mood awareness and communication through MobiMood

Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Extending Boundaries
Visual ethnography in game design: a case study of user-centric concept for a mobile social traffic game

Proceedings of the 15th International Academic MindTrek Conference: Envisioning Future Media Environments

Quantified Score

Hi-index	0.00

Visualization

Abstract

This project explores the social possibilities of mobile technology in transitional spaces such as public transport. Based on a cultural probes study of Stockholm subway commuters, we designed a location-based friend finder that displays only people in the same train as the user. We aim at reaching a critical mass of users and therefore decided to make the system compatible with as many phones as possible, thus it was designed as a simple web application. An initial informal study pointed out consequences of certain design decisions on the user experience and highlighted social tensions created by presence awareness.