RE: moving away from the remote-control paradigm

["Broadfoot, Kieran J" <Kieran.Broadfoot@xxxxxxx>]

My original intention was to build the sensing components into my flat and
have them monitor the house for a period of time.  This information can
then
be used to help analyse how components such as lighting etc are used.  On
the premise you already have in place most of your functionality such as
lighting etc it should be reasonably easy to start logging these x10/ir
requests.  Also a pen and paper and some analysis of the way you live/move
in your house might also be a good start.

Thanks
kieran

p/s if anyone is in the profession of psychology or behaviouralist (sp?)
then they might be able to shed some light on any academic methods for
determining this kind of information. might be an interesting research
topic
in itself.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 2:51 PM
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] WAS Last Night in London? NOW moving away from the
remote-control paradigm


Kieran,

> thats a first ;-)


But seriously, it's actually a _very_ enjoyable way to live!

The problem I have now is one analysis of how to extend the metaphor to
rooms with a more complex usage profile. Do you have any idea how I
could adopt a more formal approach to analysing this, or is it just a
question of walking around with a notebook jotting down everytime I hit
a button/switch/control by hand?

Mark





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