The fuzzy felt ethnography?understanding the programming patterns of domestic appliances

In this paper, we discuss domestic appliance use based on an ethnographic study of nine households. Specifically, we look at which domestic appliances users choose to "program," and break them into two categories for analysis; those that allow users to program actions for the future and th...

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Veröffentlicht in:Personal and ubiquitous computing 2004-07, Vol.8 (3-4), p.161
Hauptverfasser: Rode, JenniferA, Toye, EleanorF, Blackwell, AlanF
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:In this paper, we discuss domestic appliance use based on an ethnographic study of nine households. Specifically, we look at which domestic appliances users choose to "program," and break them into two categories for analysis; those that allow users to program actions for the future and those that allow for macro creation to make repeated tasks easier. We also look at domestic programming habits based on gender. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1617-4909
1617-4917
DOI:10.1007/s00779-004-0272-0