HomeNote: supporting situated messaging in the home

  • Authors:
  • Abigail Sellen;Richard Harper;Rachel Eardley;Shahram Izadi;Tim Regan;Alex S. Taylor;Ken R. Wood

  • Affiliations:
  • Microsoft Research, Cambridge;Microsoft Research, Cambridge;Microsoft Research, Cambridge;Microsoft Research, Cambridge;Microsoft Research, Cambridge;Microsoft Research, Cambridge;Microsoft Research, Cambridge

  • Venue:
  • CSCW '06 Proceedings of the 2006 20th anniversary conference on Computer supported cooperative work
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

In this paper we describe a field trial designed to investigate the potential of remote, situated messaging within the home. Five households used our "HomeNote" device for approximately a month. The results show a diversity of types of communication which highlight the role of messaging both to a household and to a place. It also shows the ways in which these kinds of messages enable subtle ways of requesting action, expressing affection, and marking identity in a household -- communication types which have received little attention in the research literature. These in turn point to new concepts for technology which we describe.