Small Surfaces » connectivity http://smallsurfaces.com mobile user interface design / user experience design / interaction design resources Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:10:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 When users “do” the ubicomp http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/03/when-users-do-the-ubicomp/ http://smallsurfaces.com/2008/03/when-users-do-the-ubicomp/#comments Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:51:03 +0000 Gabriel White http://www.smallsurfaces.com/2008/03/when-users-do-the-ubicomp/ Continuing with the idea that ubiquitous computing is messy, Antti Oulasvirta writes about his research in Interactions, which includes the following recommendations:

  1. Minimizing overheads that create temporal seams between activities;
  2. Making remote but important resources, such as connectivity or cables, better transparent locally and digitally;
  3. Propagating metadata on migration of data from device to device;
  4. Supporting ad hoc uses of proximate devices’ resources like projectors, keyboards, and displays;
  5. Triggering digital events like synchronization of predetermined documents with physical gestures; and
  1. Supporting appropriation of material properties for support surfaces

    Link: When users ‘do’ the ubicomp (acm.org, also interactions.acm.org)

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