Ethereal

XVII.6 November + December 2010
Page: 6
Digital Citation

Designing for solitude


Authors:
Ben Fullerton

Our lives demand more and more of our attention. In a relatively tiny span of time, our culture has begun to value states of connectedness, sharing, and constant availability, in a way that even our parents' generation could not have foreseen. And we seem to have become comfortable with designing to support this constant connectivity, continually finding ways of adding the network to the interactions we craft. As dictated by the regularly rapid pace of technology, this profound shift in our behavior has happened remarkably quickly. Prior to 2006—just four years ago—only a small minority were publishing their photos,…




You must be a member of SIGCHI, a subscriber to ACM's Digital Library, or an interactions subscriber to read the full text of this article.

GET ACCESS

Join ACM SIGCHI

In addition to all of the professional benefits of being a SIGCHI member, members get full access to interactions online content and receive the print version of the magazine bimonthly.


Subscribe to the ACM Digital Library

Get access to all interactions content online and the entire archive of ACM publications dating back to 1954. (Please check with your institution to see if it already has a subscription.)


Subscribe to interactions

Get full access to interactions online content and receive the print version of the magazine bimonthly.


Post Comment


No Comments Found