The things that we carry
Mike Bingaman sent me this link today and it really got me excited.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/theitemswecarry/pool/show/
It’s a Flickr pool someone created that contains pictures of things they carry daily. This should be pretty interesting to mobile platform researchers for a number of reasons.
The first is that it is an interesting, albeit subjective, look into over 1000 individuals bags to see what they consider important enough to carry with them. As researchers we should not devalue this input because it is idealized but instead approach it as a rich set of examples of what people want us to know they carry.
That leads right into the second reason and why I find this is fascinating; over 1000 people have posted pictures to this pool. Why? Do the contents of your bag form an identity? Do the aesthetic qualities of these objects have value? I encourage you to run this around your head a few times. Share with me if you have an opinion.
Posted by Joseph Juhnke on February 6, 2008
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