memory recall

Sequence of Vignettes for Project2

2am
iHop, Green Street
Breakfast



11am
YMCA, Office
Preparing for class



3pm
Studio, Noble Hall
Preparing for a crit with Conrad



9pm
Siebel Center, Office
Researching



11pm
Siebel Center, Common room
Taking a quick break

Project 2 :: prototype sketch

Setup

One person performs both rolls of subject (Matthew) and the remote caller (Jen).

The subject is able to identify that Jen is a friend because her caller id label will be annotated: Jen :: relationship: friend.

The subject uses a recording device inspired by a tablet, to record a general image -device is vwithout a viewer.

Idea?

The subject utilizes numerous systems throughout the day, varying from task to task, as mnemonic hacks enabling him/her to preserve an aggregate of the day. Our device can be a key that reveals the subjects day in an organized narrative.

video

Random thought

Currently I am assembling a prototype for tomorrow's meeting. I was thinking about the video utilized by the subject as a key to deceipher mnemonic devices he/she may use throughout the day to function.

examples:

Post-It note with destination written on it so he/she can remember where the are going.

"As I write code I am always commenting lines so I can recall my thoughts."

etc.

My schedule

s: 12:00 - 5:00p library
m: 12:00 - 1:00p teach
2:00 crit
t: 9:00a ta meeting
2:00p crit
w: 12:00 - 1:00p teach
3:00 - 6:00p library
t: 11:00 - 3:00p teach
f: 9:00 - 11:00a project meeting
s: 9:00 - 2:00 library

the device

As a contained unit, the recording and storage device would function well as a before mentioned tablet pc upgraded with various recognition and recording inputs attached. Its hard drive would serve as the storage medium as it actively perceives relevant video, ambient audio as well as full dialogues throughout the day, and potentially gps routes taken primarily for narration.

Here is a sketch.




Maybe a bluetooth wireless connection could handle calls in a simple GUI. Call waiting and instant messages and automated surveys would come up from time to time with photograph associations.

Its ideal arrangement as an integrated unit would make it more inconspicuous and therefore more socially unnoticeable. This prototype could hopefully be held in one's arm or carry it in a laptop bag [also before mentioned].

Computer scripts would compose a log or screenplay of the day to decipher collected video. As one interacts with the unit it would record video appropriately [or passively]. Dialogues would be dictated in text form as well as retained in audio as interpersonal interactions often create memories.


[example output with italics representing automated input and bold representing user input]

"At ten thirty today I left the house for a meeting. I drove to [x,y].

architect: how are things?
self: fine

I stayed for 18 minutes and then returned home."

Thoughts about Sources

Possible prototype for data collection

Subject receives call from an anonymous person.
- Why is the remote person participating?
- What can promote trust between caller and subject?

Subject receives a call from a familiar person.
- Caller id will signal a relationship.

Phones require the manipulation of multiple devices.
- A self-contained unit may be less of a hassle to use.

Subject has an alarm that goes off on a regular cycle.
- Possibly excludes extraordinary events of the day.
- Reveals routines (i.e. Rick's poster).

Process
- Video camera with live/local narration.
- Immersive environment?
- canvas as a rough prototype?
- fabricate space through video prototype.