I have had a cleanup this last  week, working towards a clear direction to take my project. For this I mapped the different concepts I have worked around:

As you may see, the classifications are quite crude, and can certainly be discussed, but my point for doing this is to think about what might be the most fruit-full material to look at or the assignment.

To further explain the categories:

The bike as a probe: Quantitative data-logging. I thought of the bike as an autonomous camera device drifting through the city and collecting data. The data is interesting if looked at in quantity, sensing the city over time. The personal aspect of these concepts are removed, the view is city-centric and the focus of the interaction is on the web, end of the system.

The bike as a camera: Qualitative data-representation.These are concepts that are user-centered. My idea is that if the control of the camera is somehow controlled by the user of the bike, the data gathered may be more personal and immediate, and the interactions more, physical and thus embodied because they appear in real time the city.

The bike as “voice mail”: These concepts relate more to social networking, using the bike as a mobile extension for this.

My initial approach to the project was to work on designing interfaces that are based in local-public space. This, to explore actual, present interaction in public space. This means that the project should focus on people present in actual situations, and not the web-based end of it. So my focus is on the user-centered concepts.

(And: It seems that the alfa channel has dis appeared from my images (png format) They are not supposed to be on black background…)