Week 7: Design Discussion

For the ambient interface, I feel that the “tap” and “movement” signal works best with the ambient interface of a calendar. I enjoy the tap signal because it catches the awareness of the person through the sound while not being very noisy. It would a sort of alarm in a sense. Likewise for movement, I feel that people are often overwhelmed with the tasks that they have and I feel that seeing the number of tasks you have planned for the day through the signal pointing up aids in pushing people to accomplish tasks to reduce the number of calendar events left.

I think that if this signal was added to a calendar, I would speculate that the end result would be one that is a reminder of the tasks you have remaining through the movement signal and the tap signal to notify that it’s time to move on to the next time. It would be a sort of task manager that reminds you that you have to complete things in a certain amount of time. Through this, I would imagine that the end result is that whenever you write on this calendar, it will be like notion which has the task bar for the day. According to the number of tasks you have planned, it would point up a number to let you know how much is planned. Afterwards, there will be the tap to tell you to move to the next task or as a reminder of how much time is left, similar to people in the SAT test rooms saying 10 minutes left to complete it. After you finish, you can cross the item out in the calendar. By this, I mean that the number reflected in movement will lower by one and you might also receive a response of a tap to resemble an applause to get you in the flow of the next task. 

I feel that there isn’t much more that I would add to the calendar as the others don’t apply to well to create a momentum in the day where shadow is too noticeable and irritating, Rhythm likewise stops the flow through the sound. For the button, it could be a feature added to initiate the movement, but it’s not necessary. I feel that air doesn’t have too much do to with a calendar as it might be too subtle or too disturbing.