GoSlow: Designing for Slowness, Reflection, and Solitude

Presented at CHI 2011.

Transcript

1. GoSlow Designing for Slowness, Reflection and Solitude Justin Cheng, Akshay Bapat, Gregory Thomas, Kevin Tse, Nikhil Nawathe, Jeremy Crockett, Gilly Leshed
2. Want to See More?
3. 3 Questions •  Faster is better? •  Always connected? •  Persuade to change behavior?
4. DESIGN
5. Faster is better?
6. Slow down To reduce stress Don’t compel use
7. Always connected?
8. Disconnect •  Design for solitude, not connection •  Emphasize privacy •  Focus on only the individual
9. Persuade to change behavior?
10. Reflect! •  Avoid incentives •  Encourage reflection and discourse •  Incorporate ludic, fun elements
11. APPLICATION
12. Today’s Suggestion: Breathe
17. USER STUDY
18. “ It made me stop and think about my day
19. “ Stressful but getting through
20. “ Sometimes you need to vent somewhere
21. GoSlow… •  Reduces load •  Enables critical reflection •  Leaves users in charge
22. QUESTIONS?