From awareness to repartee: sharing location within social groups

This paper investigates emergent practices around `microblogging', changing and sharing status within a social group. We present results from a trial of `Connecto', a phone based status and location sharing application that allows a group to `tag' areas and have individuals' locations shared automatically on a mobile phone. In use the system moved beyond being an awareness tool to a way of continuing the ongoing `story' of conversations within the group. Through sharing status and location the system supported each groups' ongoing repartee - a site for social exchange, enjoyment and friendship. Author Keywords Mobile communication, location-awareness, user studies ACM Classification Keywords H.4.m Information Systems: Information Systems Applications: miscellaneous.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Louise Barkhuus, Barry Brown, Marek Bell, Scott Sherwood, Malcolm Hall, Matthew Chalmers
• Keywords: CHI 2008, Human Computer Interaction, Keywords Mobile Communication, Location Sharing Application, Phone Based Status