HomeNote
Abigail J. Sellen, Richard H. R. Harper, Rachel Eardley, Shahram Izadi, Tim W. Regan, Alex S. Taylor, Ken Wood · 2006
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 approximately a month. The results show a diversity of types of communication which highlight the role of messaging both to a household and to a place. It also shows the ways in which these kinds of messages enable subtle ways of requesting action, expressing affection, and marking identity in a household -- communication types which have received little attention in the research literature. These in turn point to new concepts for technology which we describe.