As part of an ongoing effort to understand ease of use of digital home technologies, we undertook an exploratory study of people who use their home networks for more than just bro...
Sara A. Bly, Bill N. Schilit, David W. McDonald, B...
In this proposal, I describe my examination of two contemporary domestic infrastructures. Specifically, I am investigating whether we need to surface more information about these ...
This paper exploits ethnographic findings to build on and elaborate Grinter et al’s 2005 study of “the work to make the home network work”. We focus particularly on the work ...
Peter Tolmie, Andy Crabtree, Tom Rodden, Chris Gre...
In this paper we describe a field trial designed to investigate the potential of remote, situated messaging within the home. Five households used our “HomeNote” device for app...
Abigail Sellen, Richard H. R. Harper, Rachel Eardl...
Ethnographic studies of the home revealed the fundamental roles that physical locations and context play in how household members understand and manage conventional information. Y...
Kathryn Elliot, Mark Watson, Carman Neustaedter, S...