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CSCW
2010
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Making love in the network closet: the benefits and work of family videochat
In this paper, we explore the benefits of videochat for families and the corresponding work that home users engage in to make a video call run smoothly. We explore the varieties o...
Janet Go, Joseph Kaye, Mirjana Spasojevic, Morgan ...
CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Constructing identities through storytelling in diabetes management
The continuing epidemics of diabetes and obesity create much need for information technologies that can help individuals engage in proactive health management. Yet many of these t...
Lena Mamykina, Andrew D. Miller, Elizabeth D. Myna...
CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
iCon: utilizing everyday objects as additional, auxiliary and instant tabletop controllers
This work describes a novel approach to utilizing everyday objects of users as additional, auxiliary, and instant tabletop controllers. Based on this approach, a prototype platfor...
Kai-Yin Cheng, Rong-Hao Liang, Bing-Yu Chen, Rung-...
CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Family story play: reading with young children (and elmo) over a distance
We introduce Family Story Play, a system that supports grandparents to read books together with their grandchildren over the Internet. Family Story Play is designed to improve com...
Hayes Raffle, Rafael Ballagas, Glenda Revelle, Hir...
SOUPS
2009
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Ubiquitous systems and the family: thoughts about the networked home
Developments in ubiquitous and pervasive computing herald a future in which computation is embedded into our daily lives. Such a vision raises important questions about how people...
Linda Little, Elizabeth Sillence, Pamela Briggs