2. Presentation Agenda
1 why Friendship, PA?
locating our problem space
2 continuing research
additional expert interviews and co-design workshop
3 our design principles
what our solution must solve
4 our technology landscape
how we see neighborhoods changing
5 ideas for moving forward
3. Why Friendship (and not Shadyside?)
Why Friendship Continuing Research Design Principles Technology Landscape Concepts
4. Why Friendship (and not Shadyside?)
Why Friendship Continuing Research Design Principles Technology Landscape Concepts
It’s a
neighborhood
in flux
It’s got a variety
of different
residents
It’s dense and
urban
5. Continuing Design Research
Additional Expert Interviews
10-person co-design workshop
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6. Expert Interviews
Kristin Hughes
Friendship resident, Octopus Garden founder
Martha Ann Terry
Former president of Friendship Preservation Group
and Friendship Development Associates
Anita Smith
Pittsburgh historian
Rick Swartz
Executive Director of Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation
Jim and Louise Altes
Friendship residents and former Friendship Preservation Group members
Why Friendship Continuing Research Design Principles Technology Landscape Concepts
8. Co-design Workshop
10 Participants
All Friendship residents. Variety of ages and backgrounds
Recruited off Nextdoor.com and neighborhood flyers
Activities to create neighborhood and
reflect on relationships
Why Friendship Continuing Research Design Principles Technology Landscape Concepts
12. Our User Categories
Why Friendship Continuing Research Design Principles Technology Landscape Concepts
Engaged Neighbor
Unengaged Neighbor
Permanent
Resident
Temporary
Resident
parents
board members
home owners
shy neighbors
reclusive neighbors
busy neighbors
undergraduate students
busy professionals
older students
new Pittsburgh transplants
13. Our Design Principles
1 Give neighbors the opportunity to share positive
experiences about where they live.
2 Disseminate relevant neighborhood information to
neighbors who want it.
3 Create opportunities for unstructured social interactions in
the neighborhood itself.
4 Help tangential neighbors become stakeholders in the
neighborhood.
5 Enable concerned neighbors to build support for problems
they see in their neighborhood.
Why Friendship Continuing Research Design Principles Technology Landscape Concepts
Our solution must…
14. Our Design Principles
Why Friendship Continuing Research Design Principles Technology Landscape Concepts
Engaged Neighbor
Unengaged Neighbor
Permanent
Resident
Temporary
Resident
Reward core
neighbors
Incentivize
participation for
apathetic neighbors
Provide small opportunities
for tangential neighbors
Enable interested
neighbors
to participate
15. Our Future Neighborhood Landscape
1 Every person will have a singular database of personal information
from their own body sensor networks.
2 People will combine their own body sensor network data to form
neighborhood-level sensor networks and databases
3 Cities will have set up smart infrastructures that include measuring
air quality, water quality, chemical presence, utilities, etc.
4 Mapping and GPS space and motion will be experienced on a
human scale. (google tango)
5 These sensors and data will have a common language and protocol
to allow for inter-device communication.
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16. Our Future Neighborhood Landscape
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future fact one
Every person will have a
singular database of
personal information
from their own body
sensor networks.
present signals
Fitbit and other personal
quantification products
17. Our Future Neighborhood Landscape
Why Friendship Continuing Research Design Principles Technology Landscape Concepts
future fact two
People will combine their
own body sensor network
data to form neighborhood-
level sensor networks and
databases
present signals
NextDoor, FourSquare, and
other place-based social
networks
18. Our Future Neighborhood Landscape
Why Friendship Continuing Research Design Principles Technology Landscape Concepts
future fact three
Cities will have set up smart
infrastructures that include
measuring air quality, water
quality, chemical presence,
utilities, etc.
present signals
Pittsburgh open data
initiative and IBM Smarter
Cities solutions
19. Our Future Neighborhood Landscape
Why Friendship Continuing Research Design Principles Technology Landscape Concepts
future fact four
Mapping and GPS space and
motion will be experienced
on a human scale.
present signals
Google Tango
20. Our Future Neighborhood Landscape
Why Friendship Continuing Research Design Principles Technology Landscape Concepts
future fact five
Every object will be both a
physical object and a digital
sensor emitting data about its
activities.
present signals
Maya’s Trillions, Connected
Appliances, and Smart Homes
21. 1. Sensor Recipes
goal
Turn local sensor data into information
modules that matters to you.
what is it?
A way to gather sensor data based on your
location and boil it down to the pieces that
you care about.
what is it not?
a dashboard or exercise motivation
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24. 2. Neighborhood Stories
goal
Combine stories and data to create a rich and
accessible portrait of a neighborhood.
what is it?
Neighborhood objects become gateways to
accessing ephemeral data and stories.
what is it not?
QR Codes
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27. 3. Happiness Game
goal
Encourage neighbors to interact with and
help those neighbors they don’t regularly
meet.
what is it?
A game that gives challenges and uses
emotional feedback to reward and rank
participants.
what is it not?
a popularity contest
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