House: A messaging platform to support geographically disconnected families
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In this paper, we present House, a messaging platform for members of geographically disconnected families to stay connected. House is a lightweight, real-time interface designed to help such families communicate with each other. Specifically, it helps families re-discover the joys of communicating trivial and silly information between each other and is a departure from the objectives of current social networks. We discuss the design rationale behind the House interface and also discuss specifics about what existing technologies lack and how we hope to overcome these shortcomings to help geographically disconnected families rediscover the sense of nearness to fellow family members.
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تاریخ انتشار 2012