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GoWithTheFlow [Scripts]

Created by Filippo Cuttica and Dean McNamee, GoWithTheFlow is an installation created in attempt to visualize incoming emails and create a tangible user interface which allows the users to monitor and filter emails playing with the household metaphor of flowing water.

When a new email message arrives, water is released into one of three tubes representing your work, family and friends. By controlling the valve on each tube, you can control how much communication you receive from each group. For example, you could completely shut off work after 5pm. The tube will still fill from any new messages but none of these messages will be passed on to your email in-box. You could later, perhaps the next morning, open the valve completely and the held messages will be passed through to your in-box.

The custom iPhone app was created and used for sending emails (only used in the exhibition) and the rest of the
code (smtp server and imap server) were written in python. This talked to the Arduino code (the solenoid valves of the objects were connected to an Arduino board – see images).

Many homeworkers have started to feel a blur between their lives online and offline, work and personal. We built upon the familiar household metaphor of flowing water to give tangible control over this digital communication. This simple, high-level and physical representation provides much greater awareness and control over the competing aspects of your life. You can quickly see how much e-mail arrives, which groups it is from,vand control whether now is the appropriate time to read it. It offers more meaningful transitions throughout your day, turning work off and letting friends in over your lunch, or deciding to let a little bit of work into your Saturday.

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See also RHIFID Speakers [Processing] / Filippo Cuttica

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