iPostIT

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iPostIT

• Anthony Burke
• Ian MacColl
• Fiona Redhead

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iPostIT

• disposable digital Post-its connecting Kelvin
  Grove Urban Village inhabitants with each other
  and with invisible data within and beyond the
  Urban Village

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characteristics

• sticky
• Post-its use a glue that wasnt sticky enough
• iPostITs use magnets or loops or Velcro
• notes
• Post-it cognitive load economic cost is low
• iPostITs are disposable digital Post-its

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use

• romeo juliet
• todays weather/news/notices
• connecto-toy/-game/-puzzle

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precedents

• ParcTab
• 100s/person but PDA- or badge-like with
  touchscreen, wireless, etc
• GeoNotes
• location-based information visible only through
  handheld device
• PinPlay Post-Its
• augmented pushpins associated with Post-Its for
  film scheduling
• Post-Bits
• multimedia e-paper Post-Its combining rich media
  with easy manipulation

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considerations

• context
• ???
• access
• many per resident
• vandalism
• disposable
• maintenance
• negligible (disposable)

• implementation
• see feasibility slide
• safety
• iPod ergonomics
• longevity
• open-ended
• planning
• no permissions needed

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originality creativity

• physically manifests social connectivity
• reveals hidden information connectivity
• leverages technical connectivity (future)

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localness

• device isnt KGUV-specific but content is
• designed to be appropriated by KGUV inhabitants
  for unintended uses

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feasibility sustainability

• feasibility
• simple technologies used in a novel way
• estimates
• sustainability
• designed to improve social sustainability
• price point 2 so build many per resident
• environmental???

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usefulness

• designed to afford appropriation and unintended
  use by KGUV inhabitants
• blank slate on which residents write
• empty protocol of short messages

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aesthetic

• Chaos Computer Clubs Blinkenlights
• The Matrix
• New York Times ticker (zipper)
• Listening Post