Investigating a Collection of Personal Noticeboard Displays in the Workplace Erroll Wood errollwoodclcamacuk Peter Robinson peterrobinsonclcamacuk What are NetBoards Situated personal noticeboard displays ID: 493160
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NetBoards
Investigating a Collection of Personal Noticeboard Displays in the Workplace
Erroll Wooderroll.wood@cl.cam.ac.uk
Peter Robinsonpeter.robinson@cl.cam.ac.ukSlide2
What are NetBoards?
Situated personal noticeboard displaysSlide3
Environmental context
Deployed over the Graphics & Interaction Group
www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/rainbow/22 members, 13 offices, mostly PhD studentsSlide4
Pre-deployment study
Ubiquitous systems must be carefully designed to minimize the disruption of existing every-day practices
We conducted a study to examine how non-digital noticeboards are usedSlide5
Pre-deployment study
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ollected 50 images over six monthsSlide6
Pre-deployment study: content creation
Content is created using two methods
InkingPrinting & stickingSlide7
Pre-deployment study: types of content
Content fits into three categories
Notice of absenceHumorPlaySlide8
Motivation
The existing non-digital system is good, but there are some issuesSometimes we want to edit our noticeboard, but we are out-of-officeWe are forgetful, and we leave the same content up for agesSlide9
Prototype deployment
Driven by a Raspberry-PiAncient touch-screen technology interfaceSlide10
Prototype observations
They generated excitement
They weren’t good enoughDependable: users expect them to workEasy to use: users won’t bother if they have to learn muchSlide11
The NetBoards systemSlide12
Web-based architectureSlide13
Modifying content
Each NetBoard can be accessed and edited online
We adopted standard multi-touch interaction techniquesMouse controls are available for desktop useSlide14
Users can enter text status online
These appear in the UI layer
Modifying contentSlide15
Security issues
Shouldn’t we be worried about vandals?Our security model matches the original noticeboardsIf you can have physical access to a board
, you can edit it.Semi-public setting is not accessible to undergraduates or the publicOnline access handled by RavenSlide16
Early user experiencesSlide17
Notices of absenceSlide18
Funny comics are popularSlide19
People playfully decorate their NetBoardSlide20
Holiday photosSlide21
People have conversationsSlide22
Showcasing workSlide23
People become attached to their masterpiecesSlide24
What’s next?
Collect more data, and analyse itHow could we use proximity,
identity, or attention?We would love to deploy more NetBoards!Different types of users might use them in different waysSlide25
Conclusion
We deployed a collection of ten personal noticeboard displays
, and are collecting data on their useExamining the differences between digital and non-digital systemsPeople use them in surprising ways!What did we learn?Don’t let yourself be hindered by technologyLong-term deployment scenarios are challengingIt’s available online: github.com/errollw/smartboards2