Title
BlueSpace: personalizing workspace through awareness and adaptability
Abstract
This paper reports on research in workplace issues encountered by knowledge workers in cubicle environments, and on BlueSpace, a prototype workspace with the goal of addressing workers' critical needs for privacy, concentration and personalization. To inform the design process, more than 50 on-site interviews with knowledge workers were conducted at six companies ranging from dot.com startups to Fortune 100 corporations. Several common requirements emerged including the need for a sense of control of one's workspace, the ability to create privacy on-demand to improve concentration and minimize unwanted interruptions, as well as in-place support for dyadic interactions. Many other common workplace complaints (e.g. too hot, too cold, too noisy) were found to be derivative of the major requirements for individual control and privacy.
Year
DOI
Venue
2002
10.1006/ijhc.1028
Int. J. Hum.-Comput. Stud.
Keywords
Field
DocType
privacy,awareness,communication,design process,workspace,personalization
Adaptability,Workspace,Computer science,Knowledge management,Human–computer interaction,Engineering design process,Personalization
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
57
5
1071-5819
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
20
1.86
8
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jennifer C. Lai11675569.09
Anthony Levas215914.49
Paul B. Chou322246.46
Claudio S. Pinhanez465087.79
Marisa S. Viveros58345.94