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CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
There's a monster in my kitchen: using aversive feedback to motivate behaviour change
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...
CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Evaluating cues for resuming interrupted programming tasks
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...
Chris Parnin, Robert DeLine
CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Social gravity: a virtual elastic tether for casual, privacy-preserving pedestrian rendezvous
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...
CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Effects of interior bezels of tiled-monitor large displays on visual search, tunnel steering, and target selection
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....
Xiaojun Bi, Seok-Hyung Bae, Ravin Balakrishnan
CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
After access: challenges facing mobile-only internet users in the developing world
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...
Shikoh Gitau, Gary Marsden, Jonathan Donner
CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Code bubbles: a working set-based interface for code understanding and maintenance
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...
CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
InAir: sharing indoor air quality measurements and visualizations
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...
Sunyoung Kim, Eric Paulos
CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
The generalized perceived input point model and how to double touch accuracy by extracting fingerprints
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...
Christian Holz, Patrick Baudisch
CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Understanding and evaluating cooperative games
Cooperative design has been an integral part of many games. With the success of games like Left4Dead, many game designers and producers are currently exploring the addition of coo...
Magy Seif El-Nasr, Bardia Aghabeigi, David Milam, ...
CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Let's play chinese characters: mobile learning approaches via culturally inspired group games
In many developing countries such as India and China, low educational levels often hinder economic empowerment. In this paper, we argue that mobile learning games can play an impo...
Feng Tian, Fei Lv, Jingtao Wang, Hongan Wang, Wenc...