2. IMPETUS How can we humanize emails by making them not only a functional information exchange but also social connections, through visualization? From To € € € network € emails € € € € € € € € € € € €
3. PRECEDENTS / INSPIRATION What the key features provided by online social network are? Identity – ability to uniquely identify people in the system Presence – ability to know who is online, available or otherwise nearby Relationships – ability to describe how two users in the system are related Conversations - ability to talk to other people through the system Groups - ability to form communities of interest Reputation – ability to know the status of other people in the system Sharing – ability to share things that are meaningful to participants Source: http://nform.ca/publications/social-software-building-block
4. PRECEDENTS / INSPIRATION Some social networks features Presence Flickr Twitter Sharing Relationships Identity Conversations Reputation Digg Linkedin Groups Emails ? Facebook Source: http://nform.ca/publications/social-software-building-block
5. PRECEDENTS / INSPIRATION How to create connections through emails ? To be developed Nice to have Could be improved Presence Relationships Sharing Identity Reputation Conversations Groups
12. TARGETED AUDIENCE “The average businessperson is getting around 80 e-mails per day and many feel that about 80% of the messages in their “In Box” are of little or no value.” Targeted audience is email user for professional purposes. - How can I feel the people behind the messages ? - How can I evaluate messages value? - How can I browse messages in a different way than the standard time based sorting?
13. USES CASES 1 As an user, when I receive an email from someone I have never seen before, I would like this person to be more tangible for me by seeing his face, know who he is connected with. € As an user, sometime I don’t know the gender of the person I am writing an email to. I would like to know without asking to him € As an user, before connecting with someone, I would like to know where he is located and what the weather is like for him. If I have to call him, it will make the connection easier. €
14. USES CASES 2 As an user, I want to navigate through the history of my communication with someone in a simple and visual way. It covers, emails shared, it is also the meetings we add, phones calls, … € As a user I want to be able to follow the email activity of my contacts in my peripheric vision. € As an user, I want to be able to feel the importance of an email depending on who sent it and who received it. €
