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AOIS
2006
13 years 10 months ago
ToothAgent: A Multi-agent System for Virtual Communities Support
People tend to form social networks within geographical areas. This can be explained by the fact that generally geographical localities correspond to common interests (e.g. studen...
Volha Bryl, Paolo Giorgini, Stefano Fante
CSCW
2006
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
The practical indispensability of articulation work to immediate and remote help-giving
This paper argues that the design of remote help-giving systems should be grounded in articulation work and the methodical ways in which help-givers and help-seekers coordinate th...
Andy Crabtree, Jacki O'Neill, Peter Tolmie, Stefan...
CSCW
2000
ACM
14 years 26 days ago
Distance, dependencies, and delay in a global collaboration
Collaborations over distance must contend with the loss of the rich, subtle interactions that co-located teams use to coordinate their work. Previous research has suggested that o...
James D. Herbsleb, Audris Mockus, Thomas A. Finhol...
CSCW
2008
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
"Are you watching this film or what?": interruption and the juggling of cohorts
A proliferation of mobile devices in everyday life has increased the likelihood of technologically mediated interruptions. We examine ethnographic data from an SMSbased pervasive ...
Peter Tolmie, Andy Crabtree, Tom Rodden, Steve Ben...
CSCW
2008
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
Can markets help?: applying market mechanisms to improve synchronous communication
There is a growing interest in applying market mechanisms to tackle everyday communication problems such as communication interruptions and communication overload. Prior analytic ...
Gary Hsieh, Robert Kraut, Scott E. Hudson, Roberto...