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Assignment 5
Part 1 Reading
Carrying behavior is about knowing where our belongings are, being able to access them at just the right time, and feeling secure in their safekeeping. This point makes me recall of the time era before smartphones and social media swept the world, where people could “survive” without having their mobile phones with them. Comparing this to people today, Read more →
Assignment Week 5: Place, Mobility and Ubiquitous Computing
Reading response
“You Are What You Carry” chapter starts by talking about how people in Read more →
ASSIGNMENT 5.
PART 1: Reading Response
The four drivers – security, convenience, reliability and peace of mind which the author listed out as the fundamentals on which we decide what to carry in our bags is essentially what majority of the urbanites would base their daily decisions on as well. For example, where to stay or what to eat. Most people would want to Read more →
Assignement Week 5 - Part 2
Part 2) Based on the lecture on Place, Location and Ubiquitous technology, post an example of a product, service or design concept and post it on OSS.
I think an area in which there is still a lot to do concerning Ubiquitous Technology and Wearable Technology is the health sector. Smartwearables which enable you to monitor you health aren’t really widespread Read more →
Assignement Week 5 - Part 1
The fourth chapter of Jan Chipchase’s book Hidden in Plain Sight deals with how we interact with what we carry. The notion of range of distribution is quite interesting in particular here in Singapore because it is very different from what I’m used to in France. For example leaving your belongings on a table, while you get your Read more →
Week 5 Assignment
This weeks reading Ch. 4 from Chipchase Hidden in Plain Sight looks into the mind set of how people interact with their belongings and how it changes their behaviors.
One of the things I found interesting was the range of distribution as a tool to conduct user study as well as the space around it. It would certainly be a useful technique in Read more →
Week 5 Assignment
There is no disputing the fact that given the choice of only three items to carry, we would naturally go for the wallet, keys and smartphone. As suggested, it is who we are as humans and shows what matters most to us. But often times we carry much more than that we need just in case. This in Read more →
WK 5 - Part 2 - Place, Location and Ubiquitous technology - Design concepts
Concept 1: DirectMe Demo
https://vimeo.com/75749469?utm_content=buffer23be4&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer
This concept involves communicating with personal devices and location sharing which your friends, which makes it easier to find each other and reduce time on texting a specific location to meet. Furthermore, it also allows the user to change position and make the meeting point more dynamic. In a way the meeting point becomes the person, rather than Read more →
WK 5 - What 'carrying your belongings' actually tell you about people's behavior
This weeks chapter by Chipchase Hidden in Plain sight investigates the carrying mentality the general people have today.
The article brings up different aspects and terms including carrying behavior, range of distribution, center of gravity, point of reflection, yo yo strings and so on.
I have learnt that understanding carrying behavior can be fruitful to a designer as it affects people differently and in different Read more →
Week 5 Assignment
Reading Response – Chipchase, Hidden in Plain Sight, You are what you carry CH4.
Again Chipchase has encouraged me to think about the ordinary and mundane tasks I perform in everyday life, in a way that I haven’t before.
I was able to relate to many of the points he discussed -I too have the ‘keys, money, phone’ point of reflection before leaving my Read more →