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Rainmaker: A Tangible Work-Companion for the Personal Office Space

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Sujay Shalawadi,

Niels van Berkel,

Jesper Kjeldskov,

Florian EchtlerAuthors Info & Claims

MobileHCI '21: Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction

Article No.: 39, Pages 1 - 13

https://doi.org/10.1145/3447526.3472032

Published: 27 September 2021 Publication History

Abstract

Routines are an important element of day-to-day work life, supporting people in structuring their day around required tasks. Effectively managing these routines is, however, experienced as challenging by many – an issue further amplified by the current work from home lockdown measures. In this paper we present Rainmaker, a tangible device to support people in their working life in the context of their own homes. We evaluate and iterate on our prototype through two qualitative studies, spanning respectively three days (N = 11) and 15 days (N = 2). Our results highlight the perceived advantages of the use of a primarily physical rather than digital tool for work support, allowing users to stay focused on their tasks and reflect on their work achievements. We present lessons for future work in this area and publicly release the software and hardware used in the construction of Rainmaker.

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Dutt BMonteiro KMisra ATaneja YParnami A(2024)Kawach: Reducing Smartphone Distractions by Leveraging Tangible Skins to Disguise Smartphones as Everyday ObjectsCompanion Publication of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference10.1145/3656156.3663696(204-208)Online publication date: 1-Jul-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3656156.3663696
Van Den Heuvel RLallemand C(2023)Personal Informatics at the Office: User-Driven, Situated Sensor Kits in the WorkplaceProceedings of the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work10.1145/3596671.3598577(1-13)Online publication date: 13-Jun-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3596671.3598577
Van Koningsbruggen RShalawadi SHornecker EEchtler F(2022)Frankie: Exploring how Self-Tracking Technologies can go from Data-Centred to Human-CentredProceedings of the 21st International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia10.1145/3568444.3568470(243-250)Online publication date: 27-Nov-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3568444.3568470

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