We outline initial investigations into how choices of spatial configuration, input devices and display technologies influence action and interaction in hybrid electronic and physical spaces. Joe Blogg is a socially situated public display for receiving MMS and SMS messages and we describe our first installation of this system, giving an account of the rationale of the design concept, the installation and observations on the outcome. Keywords Situated display, SMS, MMS, Interaction ACM Classification Keywords H5 Information interfaces and presentation (e.g., HCI): H5.2 User Interfaces: Input devices and strategies H5.3 Group and Organization Interfaces: Asynchronous interaction