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Comment on walkon – a networked cities project by together, in a sense : CHI Highlights: Diversity, Discussion, and Information Consumption

Tue, 17 May 2011 01:02:09 +0000

[...] feature to the traces in a city: one does not see traces left just by one’s friends, no, but traces left by other users of the space, and this gives people a chance to wander from the path they were already on. One might also [...]

Comment on pitching vs. thinking about what it is like to live with a system by together, in a sense : CHI Highlights: Persuasive Tech and Social Software for Health and Wellness

Mon, 16 May 2011 01:51:09 +0000

[...] would have led to the most interesting discussion about the paper. In many ways, it argued for a “think about what it is like to live with” rather than “pitch” approach to thinking about systems. I agree with a good bit of the potential tensions the authors highlight, [...]

Comment on pitching vs. thinking about what it is like to live with a system by sean

sean — Mon, 09 May 2011 23:26:32 +0000

I’m curious – did even the people representing Walmart and the condos take this tone when discussing the project, or did they “sell” things a bit harder?

Comment on pitching vs. thinking about what it is like to live with a system by Matt

Matt — Sun, 08 May 2011 04:29:57 +0000

The difference you’ve noted makes a lot of sense within the context of external actors and selling the project not to the client, but to the community. I’m reminded of the Big Dig case study in “Rescuing Prometheus” and of the experiences of my own mother, a member of the Housing Commission in my home town. Instead of pitching the virtues of the various projects under consideration for a set of vacant properties near our house (a Walgreens, a condo building, and transitional apartments for low income individuals), the conversations and debates have centered around external issues like building height, increased traffic flows, and the likely tenants of each project, not on the merits or benefits to the occupants. I suspect that years of such experiences have trained architects to deliver very different presentations than the “elevator pitches” of startups and designers.

Comment on Mindful Technology vs. Persuasive Technology by » What is a Mindful Technology? Design Mindfulness

» What is a Mindful Technology? Design Mindfulness — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 04:04:08 +0000

[...] as opposed to presenting goals for what someone should do. Sean Munson has a great discussion on self-reflective interfaces in mindful [...]

Comment on Mindful Technology vs. Persuasive Technology by » Sean Munson on distinction between Mindful & Persuasive Technologies Design Mindfulness

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:18:18 +0000

[...] of Information at Michigan is writing about Mindful Technology vs Persuasive Technology at the Logical Realism. His post frames an argument for reflective interfaces rather than persuasive interfaces. Overall, [...]

Comment on neartime: find flickr photos taken nearby in time and space by sean

sean — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:28:08 +0000

Hi – it’s still working for me (Safari, Firefox, and Chrome on OS X). Have you updated to the latest bookmarklet (above)? If so, please let me know more and I’ll try to track down the problem. Thanks!

Comment on neartime: find flickr photos taken nearby in time and space by Ken

Ken — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:08:13 +0000

Hey, I’ve used Neartime for a while and was able to find some good photos for my Arlington VA before 1990 FlickR group. However, FlickR must have changed its API again because it doesn’t seem to work now.

Comment on three good things by sean

sean — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:13:30 +0000

Hi Leanne – we have not quite had enough participants for meaningful results over the long term. For the data we do have, we see modest (and significantly significant) improvements the CES-D and AHI scales after one week and after one month of use. The trends are also encouraging at 3 months.

There are some issues with this, though: first, we don’t have a comparison to a set of participants who are using a purely private version. Second, it’s reasonable to think that people will look for this application when they are fairly unhappy, and thus we would see some improvement over time anyway *and* people who do not become happier (for whatever reasons) are probably more likely to quit and move on to try other activities, since 3GT isn’t working for them.

I’m hoping to get some time to make improvements to 3GT and to then do a long-term comparison with a paper version and with a personal (i.e., not social) but still electronic version, using random assignment.

Comment on three good things by Leeanne Mc Sharry

Leeanne Mc Sharry — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 14:57:19 +0000

Hi,

i am just completing a write up of a three good things task and was wondering what sort of results you got from your facebook group on the mood changes?