TY - ABST T1 - Making infrastructure visible: a case study of home networking Y1 - 2011 A1 - Marshini Chetty KW - Home computer networks KW - home networking KW - Human computer interaction KW - Human-computer interaction KW - infrastructure KW - Inspectability KW - Local area networks (Computer networks) KW - visibility AB - In this dissertation, I examine how making infrastructure visible affects users' engagement with that infrastructure, through the case study of home networking. I present empirical evidence of the visibility issues that home networks present to users and how these results informed the design of a prototype called Kermit to visualize aspects of the home network. Through my implementation and evaluation of Kermit, I derive implications for making infrastructure visible in ways that enable end-users to manage and understand the systems they use everyday. I conclude with suggestions for future work for making home networks, and infrastructure more generally, more visible. UR - https://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/41152 M3 - Dissertation ER -