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Explore the concept of creating new social ties and sharing knowledge through location as the content of the subject. Encouraging new interactions through location-based reminders, event connections, and in-situ authoring. Discover the commonalities and differences in real-time, transitory services based on personal experiences. No lasting contacts, focusing on real-time relevance and transient connections. User study insights on staying connected to local events, tourism, social networking preferences, and GPS usage.
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Fleeting Social Ties Michelle chang CPSC 689 Location March 18, 2008
Concept New social ties & knowledge Location as content of subject vs. metadata Fleeting Encourage new interaction
Prior Research • comMotion • location-based reminders, to-do lists, e-mails delivered • Urban Tapestries • interactive personal history trail to inform community • Trace • event attendees digitally linked to one another after event • Location-linked notes • location-based “post-it” notes • In-situ Authoring • curator tour guide split by location and presented by new authors
What’s common? In-situ authoring Location tracking to an extent Public authoring Based on personal experiences
What’s different? Collectively ties services in real time Relevant only in real time and transitory Location is the subject matter No tracking history Content changes with time No revisits, revisions, refining, reorganizing No lasting contacts or new friendships
User Study 1 • How do you stay connected to local events happening around you? • What are your sources to find out what’s happening around you? • How interested are you in finding out what your friends or others in your community are doing and where they are?
User Study 1 Results • Travel Frequency • Majority at least once a year • Leisure • A local’s perspective • Event calendars on tourism guide websites • Best restaurants • Main events/places to see • Local newspapers • Local history • Bed ‘n’ Breakfast • Architecture and photographic landscape • Social entrepreneurship initiatives
User Study 1 Results • Social Networking services • Wikipedia (6) • Linked In (4) • MySpace (4) • Facebook (4) • Yahoo Messenger/MSN/Google Talk (4) • Blogger (1) • orkut (1) • del.icio.us (1) • hi5 (1) • Flickr (1) • Twitter (0) • GPS devices • Consent to turn on GPS device • Yes (4) • No (2)