Selective availability in instant messaging can improve connectiveness while at the same time keeping disruption low. In this paper we report on an experience sampling study of se...
This paper reports on the 2nd Workshop on Model Driven Development of Advanced User Interfaces (MDDAUI’06) held on October 2nd, 2006 at the MoDELS’06 conference in Genova, Ital...
Jan Van den Bergh, Gerrit Meixner, Kai Breiner, An...
In this paper we argue that “persuasive technologies,” developed to motivate behaviour change in users, have so far failed to exploit the established body of empirical researc...
Ben Kirman, Conor Linehan, Shaun Lawson, Derek Fos...
Developers, like all modern knowledge workers, are frequently interrupted and blocked in their tasks. In this paper we present a contextual inquiry into developers’ current stra...
We describe a virtual “tether” for mobile devices that allows groups to have quick, simple and privacy-preserving meetups. Our design provides cues which allow dynamic coordin...
John Williamson, Simon Robinson, Craig Stewart, Ro...
Tiled-monitor large displays are widely used in various application domains. However, how their interior bezels affect user performance and behavior has not been fully understood....
This study reports results of an ethnographic action research study, exploring mobile-centric internet use. Over the course of 13 weeks, eight women, each a member of a livelihood...
Developers spend significant time reading and navigating code fragments spread across multiple locations. The filebased nature of contemporary IDEs makes it prohibitively difficul...
Andrew Bragdon, Robert C. Zeleznik, Steven P. Reis...
This paper describes inAir, a tool for sharing measurements and visualizations of indoor air quality within one’s social network. Poor indoor air quality is difficult for humans...
It is generally assumed that touch input cannot be accurate because of the fat finger problem, i.e., the softness of the fingertip combined with the occlusion of the target by the...