This paper investigates emergent practices around `microblogging', changing and sharing status within a social group. We present results from a trial of `Connecto', a ph...
Louise Barkhuus, Barry Brown, Marek Bell, Scott Sh...
Work towards the development of a “wearable conscience” that helps individuals make healthy decisions in their everyday lives is described. To be effective, such a system must ...
We explored whether Fisher and Durrance’s [11] framework of information communities applies to online technical newsgroups and the impact of particular social types on informati...
Worldwide social networks, like Facebook, face fierce competition from local platforms when expanding globally. To remain attractive social network providers need to encourage use...
Communication of one’s location as part of a social discourse is common practice, and we use a variety of technologies to satisfy this need. This practice suggests a potentially ...
Ian E. Smith, Sunny Consolvo, Anthony LaMarca, Jef...