JustinKodama InteractiveCognitionLab ShailendraRao Understanding Office Ecologies Why is it that... ProjectMotivation Malone (1983) Kirsh (2001) Our Motivation: Context Aware Office Everyday Office Spaces Pre-scientific Notion Neat Everyday Office Spaces Pre-scientific Notion Scruffy Hypothesis Neat Scruffy There is a well defined Continuum that ranges from Neat to Scruffy Folk Beliefs Value Judgments –Artsy vs. Efficient Neats don’t lose things Scruffies discover more connections Forcing Function How do we make sense of all of this? More than a Desk Physical Context Static Parameters Task Parameters Exogenous Factors Behavioral Strategies Work Styles Physical Context Static Parameters Task Parameters Exogenous Factors Behavioral Strategies Work Styles Hojicha = 3 Tasks Chandrasekhar = 1 Task Data 3 Types Interviews (9 subjects) Subject Logs (4 subjects) Recordings (5 subjects)