Transitions in Digital Personhood: Making Sense of Online Activity in Early Retirement
summary
A networked tablet-shaped device called OnLines logs and visualizes packet-level connections to each participant’s top five online services over four weeks, deployed with six recent retirees and pre/post interviews plus a focus group. The visualization surfaces surprising patterns (nighttime Candy Crush, always-on sync) and prompts behavior change—several report shifting from computer addict to responsible user—but some struggle to interpret the displays without labeling, so the artifact records useful data and sparks reflection but needs clearer granularity.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction to research
- 1:51Study design and OnLines device
- 3:37OnLines interface and deployment
- 8:08Retirees' shifting tech use
- 10:58Position exchange theory explained
- 12:03From computer addict to balanced user
- 14:35Design insights and limitations
- 16:42Future considerations for retirees
- 17:03Q&A: Device vs smartphone app
- 18:29Q&A: Social aspect and privacy
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