Requirements for photoware

Eleven PC-owning families were interviewed at home about their use of conventional and digital photos. They also completed photo diaries and recorded photo-sharing conversations that occurred spontaneously over a three month period after the in-home interviews. From an analysis of the resulting materials we illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of past and present technology for photo sharing. These allow us to prioritise user requirements for a range of future photo-sharing technologies or `photoware'. Keywords Digital photography, storytelling, photoware, photo sharing, cameras, user requirements, communication

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2002
• Where: CSCW
• Authors: David Frohlich, Allan Kuchinsky, Celine Pering, Abbe Don, Steven Ariss
• Keywords: CSCW 2002, Eleven PC-owning Families, Photo, Social Sciences, User Requirements