Mediator and medium: Doors as interruption gateways and aesthetic displays

Jeffrey Nichols; Jacob O. Wobbrock; Darren Gergle; Jodi Forlizzi

doi:10.1145/778712.778767

Mediator and medium: Doors as interruption gateways and aesthetic displays

Jeffrey Nichols^*, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Darren Gergle, Jodi Forlizzi

^*Corresponding author for this work

Communication Studies

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

13 Scopus citations

Abstract

Office doors are more than entrances to rooms, they are entrances to a person's time and attention. People can mediate access to themselves by choosing whether to leave their door open or closed when they are in their office. Doors also serve as a medium for communication, where people can broadcast individual messages to passersby, or accept messages from others who stopped by when the door was closed. These qualities make the door an excellent location for designing solutions that help people better manage their time and attention. In this paper, we present a study of doors, derive design insights from the study, and then realize some of these insights in two cooperating implementations deployed in our workplace.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Designing Interactive Systems
Subtitle of host publication	Processes, Practices, Methods, and Techniques, DIS '02
Pages	379-386
Number of pages	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/778712.778767
State	Published - Dec 1 2002
Event	4th Conference on Designing Interactive Systems: Processes, Practices, Methods, and Techniques, DIS '02 - London, United Kingdom Duration: Jun 25 2002 → Jun 28 2002

Other

Other	4th Conference on Designing Interactive Systems: Processes, Practices, Methods, and Techniques, DIS '02
Country	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	6/25/02 → 6/28/02

Keywords

Attention
Door
Interruption mediation
Media spaces
Ubiquitous computing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software

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Nichols, J, Wobbrock, JO, Gergle, D & Forlizzi, J 2002, Mediator and medium: Doors as interruption gateways and aesthetic displays. in Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Designing Interactive Systems: Processes, Practices, Methods, and Techniques, DIS '02. pp. 379-386, 4th Conference on Designing Interactive Systems: Processes, Practices, Methods, and Techniques, DIS '02, London, United Kingdom, 6/25/02. https://doi.org/10.1145/778712.778767

Mediator and medium : Doors as interruption gateways and aesthetic displays. / Nichols, Jeffrey; Wobbrock, Jacob O.; Gergle, Darren; Forlizzi, Jodi.

Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Designing Interactive Systems: Processes, Practices, Methods, and Techniques, DIS '02. 2002. p. 379-386.

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