Field study

The mobile workbench

A practical computing setup for doing meaningful technical work inside fragmented, mobile days.

Mobile computingParenting systemsTools

PROJECT / MOBI

Current stageField study

What I’m learningResumability and low setup cost matter more than maximal capability when attention is the scarce resource.

The constraint

A useful mobile workstation has to fit around real life. It should be quick to start, safe to interrupt, and calm enough to use with half an eye on the room.

This is as much a study of software state and attention as it is of hardware.