Carman Neustaedter
A. J. Bernheim Brush
Saul Greenberg
Skip Abstract Section
Abstract
Everyday family life involves a myriad of mundane activities that need to be planned and coordinated. We describe findings from studies of 44 different families' calendaring routines to understand how to best design technology to support them. We outline how a typology of calendars containing family activities is used by three different types of families—monocentric, pericentric, and polycentric—which vary in the level of family involvement in the calendaring process. We describe these family types, the content of family calendars, the ways in which they are extended through annotations and augmentations, and the implications from these findings for design.
- 30BOXES, http://www.30boxes.com.Google Scholar
- Bederson, B., Clamage, A., Czerwinski, M., and Robertson, G. 2004. DateLens: A fisheye calendar interface for PDAs. ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact. 11, 1, 90--119. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Beech, S., Geelhoed, E., Murphy, R., Parker, J., Sellen, A., and Shaw, K. 2004. The lifestyles of working parents. Tech. rep. HPL-2003-88R1, HP Labs.Google Scholar
- Beyer, H. and Holtzblatt, K. 1998. Contextual Design: Defining Customer-Centered Design. Morgan- Kaufmann. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Brzozowski, M., Carattini, K., Klemmer, S., Mihelich, P., Hu, J., and Ng, A. 2006. groupTime: Preference-based group scheduling. In Proceedings of the Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (CHI'06), ACM, New York, 1047--1056. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Brush A., and Turner, T. 2005. Survey of personal and household scheduling. In Proceedings of the International ACM SIGGROUP Conference on Supporting Group Work. ACM New York, 330--331. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Crabtree, A., Rodden, T., Hemmings, T., and Benford, S. 2003. Finding a place for UbiComp in the home. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp'03). Springer, Berlin, 208--226.Google Scholar
- Crabtree, A., Hemmings, T., and Mariani, J. 2003b. Informing the development of calendar systems for domestic use. In Proceedings of the European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (ECSCW'03). Kluwer, Amsterdam, 119--138. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Dourish, P. 2001. Where the Action Is: The Foundations of Embodied Interaction. MIT, Cambridge, MA. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Dourish, P. 2006. Implications for design. In Proceedings of the Conference on Computer Human Interaction (CHI'06), ACM New York, 541--550. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Elliot, K., Neustaedter, C., and Greenberg, S. 2005. Time, ownership and awareness: value of contextual locations in the home. In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp'05). Springer, Berlin, 251--268. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Elliot, K., Neustaedter, C., and Greenberg, S. 2007. StickySpots: Using location to embed technology in the social practices of the home, In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction (TEI'07). Google ScholarDigital Library
- Familyscheduler. http://www.familyscheduleronline.com/index.asp.Google Scholar
- Google Calendar. http://calendar.google.com.Google Scholar
- Holtzblatt, K. and Jones, S. 1995. Conducting and analyzing a contextual interview. In Readings in Human-Computer Interaction: Toward the Year 2000 2nd Ed., R.M. Baecker et al. Eds., Morgan Kaufman, 241--253. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Holtzblatt, K, Wendell, J., and Wood, S. 2005. Rapid Contextual Design: A How-To Guide to Key Techniques for User-Centered Design, Morgan Kaufmann.Google Scholar
- Hughes, J., O'Brien, J., Rodden, T., Rouncefield, M. and Viller, S. 2000. Patterns of home life: Informing design for domestic environments, Personal Technol. 4, 1, 25--38.Google ScholarCross Ref
- Hutchinson, H., Bederson, B., Plaisant, C., and Druin, A. 2002. Family calendar survey. Tech. rep. CS-TR-4412, Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland.Google Scholar
- Kim, S., Kim, M., Park, S., Jin, Y., and Choi, W. 2004. Gate reminder: A design case of a smart reminder, In Proceedings of the Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS'04). ACM, New York, 81--90. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Kincaid, C., Dupont, P., and Kaye, A.R. 1985. Electronic calendars in the office. ACM Trans. Office Inform. Syst. 3, 1, 89--102. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Kelley, J.F. and Chapanis, A. 1982. How professional persons keep their calendars: Implications for computerization. J. Occupational Psychol. 55, 241--256.Google ScholarCross Ref
- Leslie. L., Anderson, E., and Branson, M. 1991. Responsibility for children: The role of gender and employment. J. Family Issues 12, 2, 197--210.Google ScholarCross Ref
- Levine, R. 1997. A Geography of Time: The Temporal Misadventures of a Social Psychologist. Basic Books, New York.Google Scholar
- Ludford, P., Frankowski, D., Reily, K., Wilms, K., and Terveen, L. 2006. Because I carry my cell phone anyway: Functional location-based reminder applications. In Proceedings of the Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (CHI'06). ACM, New York, 889--898. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Lyons, K., Skeels, C., and Stamer, T. 2005. Providing support for mobile calendaring conversations: A wizard of Oz evaluation of dual-purpose speech. In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI). ACM, New York, 243--246. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Mueller, E. 2000. A calendar with common sense, In Proceedings of the Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI'00). ACM, New York, 198--201. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Mynatt, E. and Tullio, J. 2001. Inferring calendar event attendance, In Proceedings of the Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI'01). ACM, New York, 121--128. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Neustaedter, C. 2007. Domestic awareness and the role of family calendars. Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Alberta. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Neustaedter, C. and Brush, A. 2006. “LINC-ing” the family: The participatory design of an inkable family calendar, In Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'06). ACM, New York, 141--150. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Neustaedter, C., Brush, A., and Greenberg, S. 2006. LINC, an inkable family calendar: The video. In Video Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW'06). ACM, New York.Google Scholar
- Neustaedter, C., Brush, A., and Greenberg, S. 2007. A digital family calendar in the home: Lessons from field trials of LINC. In Proceedings of Graphics Interface (GI'07). Google ScholarDigital Library
- Neustaedter, C., Elliot, K., and Greenberg, S. 2006. Interpersonal awareness in the domestic realm. In Proceedings of the Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (OzCHI'06). ACM, New York. Google ScholarDigital Library
- ourfamilywizard, http://www.ourfamilywizard.com/.Google Scholar
- Palen, L. 1999. Social, individual & technological issues for groupware calendar systems. In Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'99). ACM, New York, 17--24. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Palen, L. 1998. Calendars on the new frontier: Challenges of groupware technology. Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Irvine. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Payne, S.J. 1993. Understanding calendar use. Hum.-Comput. Interact. 8, 2, 83--100. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Plaisant, C., Bederson, B., Clamage, A., Hutchinson, H., and Druin, A. 2006. Shared family calendars: Promoting symmetry and accessibility. ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact. 13, 3, 313--346. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Planzo. http://www.planzo.com.Google Scholar
- Sellen, A., Hyams, J., and Eardley, R. 2004. The everyday problems of working parents. Tech. rep. HPL-2004-37, HP Labs.Google Scholar
- Sellen, A., Harper, R., Eardley, R., Izadi, S., Regan, T., Taylor, A., and Wood, K. 2006. Situated messaging in the home. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW'06). To appear. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Spradley, J. 1980. The Ethnographic Interview. Holt, Rinehart & Winston.Google Scholar
- Starner, T., Snoeck, C., Wong, B., and McGuire, M. 2004. Use of mobile appointment scheduling devices. In Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Extended Abstracts (CHI'04). ACM, New York, 1501--1504. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Strauss, A. and Corbin, J. 1998. Basics of Qualitative Research: Techniques and Procedures for Developing Grounded Theory. SAGE Publications.Google Scholar
- Swan, L. and Taylor, L. 2005. Notes on fridge surfaces. In Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Extended Abstracts (CHI'05). ACM, New York, 1813--1816. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Tam, J. and Greenberg, S. 2006. A framework for asynchronous change awareness in collaborative documents and workspaces. Int. J. Hum. Comput. Stud. 64, 7, 583--598. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Taylor, A. and Swan, L. 2004. List making in the home, In Proceedings of the Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW'04). ACM, New York, 542--545. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Taylor, A., and Swan, L. 2005. Artful systems in the home, In Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'05). ACM, New York, 641--650. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Tullio, J., Goecks, J., Mynatt, E., and Nguyen, D. 2002. Augmenting shared personal calendars. In Proceedings of the Conference on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST'02). CHI Letters 4, 2, 11--20. Google ScholarDigital Library
- TRUMBA. http://www.trumba.com.Google Scholar
- Zimmerman, T., Haddock, S., Ziemba, S., and Rust, A. 2001. Family organizational labor: Who's calling the plays? J. Feminist Family Therapy 13, 2--3, 65--90.Google Scholar
Index Terms
- The calendar is crucial: Coordination and awareness through the family calendar
Recommendations
"LINC-ing" the family: the participatory design of an inkable family calendar
CHI '06: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsFamilies must continually organize, plan, and stay aware of the activities of their households in order to coordinate everyday life. Despite having organization schemes, many people still feel overwhelmed when it comes to family coordination. To help ...
A digital family calendar in the home: lessons from field trials of LINC
GI '07: Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2007Digital family calendars have the potential to help families coordinate, yet they must be designed to easily fit within existing routines or they will simply not be used. To understand the critical factors affecting digital family calendar design, we ...
Everyday activities and energy consumption: how families understand the relationship
CHI '13: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsEnergy consumption is a growing concern and it is important to inform families of their consumption and how they might reduce it. We conducted an interview study that focuses on the existing routines of families and how they currently understand their ...
Comments