Giorgio De Michelis Uppsala INTERACT 2009 Designing Interaction for Next Generation Personal Computing

Giorgio De Michelis

Uppsala

INTERACT 2009

Situated action from an individual viewpoint

After 1984: attention switched from personal to social computing Communication Knowledge Sharing Communities Collaboration

Communication

Knowledge Sharing

Communities

Collaboration

At least within CSCW, social computing has been driven by the situated action paradigm Frequently combined with the language-action perspective A new paradigm

At least within CSCW, social computing has been driven by the situated action paradigm

Frequently combined with the language-action perspective

Social life The complexity of social life has two complementary aspects: The need for being fully aware of the social experience within which we are immersed The need for managing several, diverse social experiences (awareness and cross-fertilization)

The complexity of social life has two complementary aspects:

The need for being fully aware of the social experience within which we are immersed

The need for managing several, diverse social experiences (awareness and cross-fertilization)

The second above problem can not be solved at the server side The client side is still based on the desktop metaphor, that was invented when social computing was not yet existing The client side

The second above problem can not be solved at the server side

The client side is still based on the desktop metaphor, that was invented when social computing was not yet existing

Beyond a new paradigm A new paradigm is not sufficient A new theory is not what we need We need for a new metaphor allowing to figure out how the work-station will deal with the situatedness of our experiences simple, transparent, flexible,

A new paradigm is not sufficient

A new theory is not what we need

We need for a new metaphor allowing to figure out how the work-station will deal with the situatedness of our experiences

simple, transparent, flexible,

Stories and Venues Social life is the intertwining of several diverse stories. Every story involves diverse actants (people, resources, tools, …) and its evolution generates diverse objects (documents, multimedia files, …) Both actants and objects are located in a (distributed) space, transforming it in the venue of that story

Social life is the intertwining of several diverse stories.

Every story involves diverse actants (people, resources, tools, …) and its evolution generates diverse objects (documents, multimedia files, …)

Both actants and objects are located in a (distributed) space, transforming it in the venue of that story

From ‘Stories and Venues’ to itsme

Designing a new personal computing system on the basis of ‘Stories and Venues’ A difficult combination of radical innovation and evolution Users understand immediately what they have in front and what they can do Users invent new ways of behaving

A difficult combination of radical innovation and evolution

Users understand immediately what they have in front and what they can do

Users invent new ways of behaving

Interaction design requirements Designing venues in such a a way that people distinguish actants and objects Automatical updating of venues; simple mechanisms for correcting and/or modifying venues; the transit buffer Users can create venues in accordance with different criteria (location, activity, people, time period, …) Users can create big or small venues Users decide when a new venues is created: the limbo space

Designing venues in such a a way that people distinguish actants and objects

Automatical updating of venues; simple mechanisms for correcting and/or modifying venues; the transit buffer

Users can create venues in accordance with different criteria (location, activity, people, time period, …)

Users can create big or small venues

Users decide when a new venues is created: the limbo space

Bringing innovation into the real world Creating venues - the ‘highlight and link’ function A new front end for Linux, allowing users to stay with the applications they were using before For long time the new metaphor will coexist with the previous one, in a sort of competitive game. Mixing old and new. Users will keep some of their previous habits while inventing new ways of acting and interacting While used by a growing number of people, ‘Stories and Venues’ will change. We will not contrast changes, while trying to keep the internal consistency of the metaphor.

Creating venues - the ‘highlight and link’ function

A new front end for Linux, allowing users to stay with the applications they were using before

For long time the new metaphor will coexist with the previous one, in a sort of competitive game.

Mixing old and new. Users will keep some of their previous habits while inventing new ways of acting and interacting

While used by a growing number of people, ‘Stories and Venues’ will change. We will not contrast changes, while trying to keep the internal consistency of the metaphor.

Some general qualities itsme should have Simplicity Multiplicity Openness Continuity

Simplicity

Multiplicity

Openness

Continuity

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