Chapter 6

Physical meets digital

Blending reality and computational power with digital sticky notes

Florian Geyer, Johannes Zagermann, and Harald Reiterer      University of Konstanz, Human-Computer Interaction Group, Konstanz, Germany

Abstract

The high utility and usability of paper sticky notes support workflows and social dynamics of collaborative design activities and methods like affinity diagramming. In this chapter, we show how these natural collaboration activities can be blended with computational power by applying our framework Blended Interaction for a case study on affinity diagramming. Based on four domains of design, we embed our design solutions in a specific physical environment, preserve workflows, and emphasize ...

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