Journeys & Notes: Designing Social Computing for Non-Places

Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

12 Pages Posted: 27 Mar 2017 Last revised: 26 Jun 2017

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Justin Cranshaw

Carnegie Mellon University

Andres Monroy-Hernandez

Microsoft Corporation - Microsoft Research - Redmond; University of Washington

S. Needham

Independent

Date Written: May 1, 2016

Abstract

In this work we present a mobile application we designed and engineered to enable people to log their travels near and far, leave notes behind, and build a community around spaces in between destinations. Our design explores new ground for location-based social computing systems, identifying opportunities where these systems can foster the growth of on-line communities rooted at non-places. In our work we develop, explore, and evaluate several innovative features designed around four usage scenarios: daily commuting, long-distance traveling, quantified traveling, and journaling. We present the results of two small-scale user studies, and one large-scale, world-wide deployment, synthesizing the results as potential opportunities and lessons learned in designing social computing for non-places.

Keywords: location-based systems; mobile; urban computing; non-places; place versus space; check-ins;

Suggested Citation

Cranshaw, Justin and Monroy-Hernandez, Andres and Needham, S., Journeys & Notes: Designing Social Computing for Non-Places (May 1, 2016). Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2940286 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2940286

Justin Cranshaw (Contact Author)

Carnegie Mellon University ( email )

Andres Monroy-Hernandez

Microsoft Corporation - Microsoft Research - Redmond ( email )

Building 99
Redmond, WA
United States

University of Washington ( email )

Seattle, WA 98195
United States

S. Needham

Independent ( email )

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