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..H: about Haiku

What is a haiku?

Haiku (俳句) is a traditional Japanese poem, usually about nature (the seasons in particular) and human feeling but which can vary into other areas. Haiku is a three-line poem commonly in a 5-7-5 syllable format.

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What you can do

Haiku on mobile

  • read poems depending on your position
  • see if other authors are near-by
  • save a favourite haiku
  • read saved poems again

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Users…

The most likely users are, of course, haiku admirers, but we also aiming to provoke all haiku ’sleepers’ (especially people who don’t yet know much about haiku).

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… and other stakeholders

  • our team which is developing the project
  • companies and societies involved in tourism and culture
  • mobile operators (their help is essential to put the project in the “real world”).

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Context of use

Poetic Venice

This software is designed for Venice because of romantic and dreamy mood that you can breathe in every part this city.

To use this system you need a mobile with Java, Bluetooth and GPS support.

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Criteria for success

To make this service work it is necessary that the interface and the functions have to be simple and intuitive. In this way users can focus on the content and the poetic mood of application.

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