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COBUILD
1999
Springer
14 years 3 days ago
Matching Information and Ambient Media
Ambient media have recently been introduced as a means to present information in our surrounding space in subtle and unmonopolizing ways, promoting peripheral awareness. This paper...
Albrecht Schmidt, Hans-Werner Gellersen, Michael B...
CSCW
1996
ACM
13 years 12 months ago
Talking to Strangers: An Evaluation of the Factors Affecting Electronic Collaboration
This empirical study examines factors influencing the success of a commercial groupware system in creating group archives and supporting asynchronous communication. The study inve...
Steve Whittaker
CHI
2009
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
Acquiring a professional "second life": problems and prospects for the use of virtual worlds in business
The current surge of interest in virtual worlds suggests they are poised to make an evolutionary leap to the workplace, as instant messaging did a decade ago. In recent work we ha...
Jason B. Ellis, Katherine Bessière, Wendy A...
CHI
2004
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
A diary study of task switching and interruptions
We report on a diary study of the activities of information workers aimed at characterizing how people interleave multiple tasks amidst interruptions. The week-long study revealed...
Mary Czerwinski, Eric Horvitz, Susan Wilhite
CSCW
2002
ACM
13 years 7 months ago
Who can claim complete abstinence from peeking at print jobs?
While systems supporting communities of practice in work organizations have been shown to be desirable many, if not all, are decoupled from daily work practices and tools. This hi...
Antonietta Grasso, Jean-Luc Meunier