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CSCW
2010
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
An empirical study of critical mass and online community survival
There is general consensus that critical mass at inception ensures the sustained success of online communities. However, no clear understanding of what constitutes such a 'cr...
Daphne R. Raban, Mihai Moldovan, Quentin Jones
CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Homeless young people's experiences with information systems: life and work in a community technology center
This paper explores how homeless young people, aged 1325, make use of information systems in daily life. Observed in a community technology center, four different examples of uses...
Jill Palzkill Woelfer, David G. Hendry
CANDC
2009
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Local issues, local uses: tools for robotics and sensing in community contexts
This paper describes six creativity support tools we developed to foster community engagement and expression with robotics and sensing, assessing the benefits and shortcomings of ...
Carl F. DiSalvo, Marti Louw, Julina Coupland, Mary...
HICSS
2007
IEEE
110views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2007»
14 years 3 months ago
The Future of Work: What Does Online Community Have to Do with It?
Amidst constant innovation in information and communication technologies, a new pattern of work is emerging. Hierarchical authority structures are giving way to greater decision-m...
Dejin Zhao, Mary Beth Rosson, Sandeep Purao
ISM
2006
IEEE
76views Multimedia» more  ISM 2006»
14 years 2 months ago
Peer-to-Peer Secure and Private Community Based Multimedia Communications
We have designed and implemented P2PWNC, a fully distributed, open to all, autonomous WLAN roaming scheme that can be used in a community to provide various multimedia communicati...
Pantelis A. Frangoudis, George C. Polyzos