Social media treats all users the same: trusted friend or total stranger, with little or nothing in between. In reality, relationships fall everywhere along this spectrum, a topic...
Healthcare is shifting from being reactive to preventive, with a focus on maintaining general wellness through positive decisions on diet, exercise, and lifestyle. In this paper, ...
In this paper, we report on our experience in designing and delivering two new software design courses in the Informatics major at UC Irvine. When the major was created in 2004, i...
Traditional online social network sites use a single monolithic "friends" relationship to link users. However, users may have more in common with strangers, suggesting t...
Online communities can help people form productive relationships. Unfortunately, this potential is not always fulfilled: many communities fail, and designers don't have a sol...
Pamela J. Ludford, Dan Cosley, Dan Frankowski, Lor...