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CHI
2007
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
Pottering: a design-oriented investigation
In this paper we examine a ubiquitous yet overlooked aspect of home-life, pottering. The Oxford English Dictionary defines pottering as "To occupy oneself in an ineffectual o...
Susan Wyche, Alex S. Taylor, Joseph Kaye
SWWS
2008
13 years 9 months ago
Multi-Modal Health and Activity Monitoring Framework for Elderly People at Home
- Since the population of elderly people grows absolutely and in relation to the overall population in the world, the improvement of the quality of life of elderly people at home i...
Ross Velentzas, Andy Marsh, Christos Biniaris, Jer...
CHI
2002
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
Unremarkable computing
In this paper, we seek to contribute to the Ubiquitous Computing agenda by focusing on one of its earliest, but most difficult, design ambitions ? making technology "invisibl...
Peter Tolmie, James Pycock, Tim Diggins, Allan Mac...
CHI
2009
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
A sustainable identity: the creativity of an everyday designer
In this paper we explore sustainability in interaction design by reframing concepts of user identity and use in a domestic setting. Building on our own work on everyday design and...
Ron Wakkary, Karen Tanenbaum
CHI
2005
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
Designing interfaces to afford enjoyable social interactions by collocated groups
The main aim of this research is to understand how domestic technologies for collocated groups can be designed to afford enjoyable social interactions. A secondary aim is to devis...
Siân E. Lindley