Yet in every home we found the PC in the Work Space. Even when the PC is physically in the family room, it's remote corner is not part of the Hang-out space. Time is definitely not structured in large blocks of free time surrounded by non-free time. Rather, the day consists of a large number of small blocks of time, each of which is constrained to varying degrees. The shaded blocks in the diagram represent blocks of time coded according to the type of time constraint and numbered chronologically.
Free time is a myth.
In most instances, some form of external constraint affects the structure of time. Finally, most communicative activities take place between collocated family members supplemented by contact with remote family and friends. Within the family value system, this collocated time is highly valued. The office appliance view of the PC assumes that the PC is used in one place, in large blocks of time, by a single user concentrating on instrumental tasks. However, family activity is distributed throughout multiple spaces of varying significance.