Abstract
By and large interaction design has been concerned with information exchange – technologies for the collection, processing and transmission of informationalcontent. This design sketch discusses preliminary ideas about an alternative way to think about interactive technologies – phatic technologies – that are less concerned with capturing and communicating information and more about the establishment and maintenance of social connection. Drawing on insights and inspiration gleaned from a recent field-based study of the role of interactive technologies within intimate relationships we outline our preliminary ideas
concerning technologies to support phatic interaction.
Using the materials collected during our fieldwork as design inspirations, we developed design sketches for phatic technologies intended to support playful connection between intimates. One of these sketches – SynchroMate – is presented. Synchromate is a phatic technology designed to mediate intimacy by affording serendipitous synchronous exchanges.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Titel | Proceedings of Designing User eXperience |
| Forlag | Association for Computing Machinery |
| Publikationsdato | 2005 |
| Status | Udgivet - 2005 |
| Begivenhed | DUX2005 - Conference on Designing for User eXperience - Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA, USA Varighed: 3 nov. 2005 → 5 nov. 2005 |
Konference
| Konference | DUX2005 - Conference on Designing for User eXperience |
|---|---|
| Land/Område | USA |
| By | Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA |
| Periode | 03/11/2005 → 05/11/2005 |