Family Portrait: Text Story

Phone Contacts

Central Question:
What stories do our cell phones hold?

Process:
Phone Contacts is a series of interviews that use the medium of the cell phone, specifically a person's cell phone contacts, to conduct an interview.

What Am I Looking At?
Jed Johnson tells the story of how "Sarah Warner" became a phone contact.

Takeaway Lessons:
- What is the last phone number you memorized? What is the first number you ever memorized?
- If i am already trying to think of a way to remember you then there is a problem. (see Mark from Work, Billy Hot Chocolate).
- What are the social boundaries between social media/social networking? How is a cell phone friend different than an IM friend or a Facebook friend?

Unintended Result
Jed Johnson found an excuse (and the courage) to finally call Sarah.

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