Pinpoint

1
Pinpoint

• Stephanie Dee Jung Jae Seu
• Mike Brzozowski Jerry Yu

2
Initial Ideas
Meet People With Specific Interests
Family Leash
Spontaneous Meeting
Our Project
Address Book
Buddy List Of Locations
Meet Random Strangers
3
Device Context
Cell Phones
4
Target Users

• Urban locale
• Socially active
• Mobile
• Open to spontaneous meeting
• Use cell phones
• e.g. college students

5
Design Issues

• Proximity Notification
• Privacy and Availability
• Interface
• Maps

6
Conclusions

• Focus on near future
• Layered atop current technology
• Leverages familiar metaphors
• Subtle additions can still create new social
  interactions