Women’s Wallets

• Overview (1 pt)

Even with the advancement of technology and increased use of digital currencies and digital wallets, the use of physical wallets is still a predominant way to store money, forms of identification, and other money formats (such as credit cards).  Even though resources can be stored in digital wallets, I use my physical wallet on a day-to-day basis to take it  to school with me in my backpack or for shopping/leisure purposes where I place it in my purse. This organizing system is a physical organizing system and so its size is a determining factors on the amount and type of physical resources that can be placed in there.  The number of resources that can be placed into the wallet is determined by the number of compartments the wallet contains and the number of compartments that have a special purpose whether it to hold currency or personal identification. As for the scope of women’s wallets, specifically the wallet I carry around, the wallet holds resources that can be grouped based on their value they have which is either financial or personal identification.

• What resources are being used? (2 pts)

Resources that fit this domain are monitored by their physical properties such as size and weight because they must fit into the wallet.  The main categories of resources that belong in this organizing system are categories that have financial value and have personal identification value to the user of the wallet. Other than these main categories that can have resources classified to be in the wallet, resources that meet the physical property of being able to fit into the compartments of the wallet can belong in this organizing system. Examples include receipts and business cards that can be inserted in the wallet. As a wallet is defined to be “a pocket-sized, flat, folding holder for money and plastic cards,” we see that the resources have to have  a certain function such as currency value(money) and physical property of being plastic (credit cards, personal identification, gift cards, etc). In the category of personal identification falls not only my personal identification cards but also personal identification cards of others in the form of business cards where I place in a compartment specifically for business cards. As a result these business cards share the property of being a physical resource that contains information where I can learn about the individual digitally such as their website. Thus the resource descriptions of some of the business cards contain digital information about the individual.

The resources that are in this organizing system are determined by the user of the wallet,which in this instance is myself. I have control of how long the resource can stay in the wallet and deciding factors include the resource description found under the label called “expires” found on personal identification cards, credit cards, and some giftcards, which is a extrinsic static property. If the date I am using the wallet is past the expiration date on these cards, the lifecycle of these resources belonging in this organizing system has ended and I decide to take away these resources. As a result, the resources existence in this organizing system depend on how long they are valid for use.

• Why are the resources organized? (2 pts)

The resources are organizes based on the purpose they serve for the user and the physical properties that they entail. They are organized so there can be differentiation between their purposes. For example, the personal identification cards are placed in a different location than where the physical currency (money) is placed. These resources are organized based on the value creation they have for the users. Cash currency is placed in one compartment of the wallet that differs to where credit cards are stored. The purpose of this is to distinguish between currencies that are liquid and those that are not. The wallet is divided into compartments that demonstrate that are intrinsic and static such that the compartments will not change size and always be in the same position as long as the wallet exists. Maintenance may be needed from time to time to ensure the placement of the compartments is functional and determining which resources are valid based on their expiration date. The resources are also organized based on the user’s ability to access the resource when they need it and improve ease of use of the wallet. They are also organized based on the interactions the user will have with the resource such as if the user needs cash, it will be in one compartment.

• How much are the resources organized? (2 pts)

The resources are organized using faceted classification principles in which all cards go on one side and currency (cash format) goes in other compartments.  Format of the currency affects where the coins go versus where the bills go and demonstrates the implementation of the abstraction hierarchy of works where there is differentiation of money in terms of the format that it comes in. Using faceted classification, some cards can be used for both personal identification and financial purposes such as my Bank of America debit cards that has my identification on it as well. Thus this card can be placed solely with my persona ID cards on one side or on the side next to this with the credit/financial cards. Physical properties such as size also affect if the resource can be organized into the wallet.

• When are the resources organized? (1 pt)

Resources are organized based on the time that the user needs to place or take out a resource and for maintenance purposes. They  are also organized based on their lifecycle such that if the resource is expired then it will be taken out of the wallet. They are also organized when the user has an interaction with the system, whether it is for access, retrieval, or selection purposes. If the user has a planned and systematic way of maintenance, this will be the time that organization occurs.

• Who does the organizing? (1 pt)

Wallets tend to be owned by one person. The owner, which in this case is myself does the organizing of the resources. I am responsible for selecting which resource belong in this system and maintaining the system such that the wallet does not get overfilled with resources.

• Other considerations (1 pt)

The wallet can also have large dependence on which other system it always is matched with such as a pocket or purse. By knowing which  other system it has a close interaction with, this also affects the type of resources that can belong in the wallet because some may be better suited to be placed in the companion depending on the user’s interactions with that.  This affects the type of interactions the user will have with the wallet in terms of access and retrieval of certain resources such as money that can also be placed in the purse.