Abstract
An emerging technology called Near Field Communication (NFC) is used to
enable touch between mobile devices. This paper describes how a mobile
social media system called 'Hot in the City' (HIC) enables people to make
friend connections on the spot when they meet each other. We first describe
the HIC system, and then explain how the visibility of friends is arranged in
the system. The research focuses on the context during the action of friend
connection and how context data should be taken into account in design. A
use pilot was organized to study the use of HIC. Observations from the pilot
lead us to reconsider the HIC mobile application logic, study location and
status information, and plan to add event and time as useful contextual data
to organize collected and generated mobile information. Finally, design
issues for the next steps are delineated. (17 refs.)
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 43rd Hawaii international Conference on System Sciences. HICSS-43 |
Place of Publication | Washington; US |
Publisher | IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers |
Number of pages | 10 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-4244-5510-2 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4244-5509-6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2010 |
MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
Event | The 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. HICSS-43 - Honolulu, HI, United States Duration: 5 Jan 2010 → 8 Jan 2010 |
Conference
Conference | The 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. HICSS-43 |
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Abbreviated title | HICSS 2010 |
Country/Territory | United States |
City | Honolulu, HI |
Period | 5/01/10 → 8/01/10 |