The fuzzy felt ethnography—understanding the programming patterns of domestic appliances

Authors:
Jennifer A. Rode;Eleanor F. Toye;Alan F. Blackwell
Affiliations:
University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, CB3 0FD, Cambridge, UK;University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, CB3 0FD, Cambridge, UK;University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, CB3 0FD, Cambridge, UK
Venue:
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Year:
2004

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Abstract

In this paper, we discuss domestic appliance use based on an ethnographic study of nine households. Specifically, we look at which domestic appliances users choose to “program”, and break them into two categories for analysis; those that allow users to program actions for the future and those that allow for macro creation to make repeated tasks easier. We also look at domestic programming habits based on gender.