As technology for children becomes more mobile, social, and distributed, our design methods and techniques must evolve to better explore these new directions. This paper reports o...
Bicycling is an affordable, environmentally friendly alternative transportation mode to motorized travel. A common task performed by bikers is to find good routes in an area, whe...
We present Apatite, a new tool that aids users in learning and understanding a complex API by visualizing the common associations between its various components. Current object-or...
Daniel S. Eisenberg, Jeffrey Stylos, Brad A. Myers
Tabletop computers based on diffuse illumination can track fiducial markers placed on the table’s surface. In this paper, we demonstrate how to do the same with objects arranged...
Blogging in the enterprise is increasingly popular and recent research has shown that there are numerous benefits for both individuals and the organization, e.g. developing reputa...
The use of whiteboards is pervasive across a wide range of work domains. But some of the qualities that make them successful—an intuitive interface, physical working space, and ...
Stacy M. Branham, Gene Golovchinsky, Scott Carter,...
As our technologies travel to new cultural contexts and our designs and methods engage new constituencies, both our design and analytical practices face significant challenges. We...
Lilly Irani, Janet Vertesi, Paul Dourish, Kavita P...
Human perception of time is fluid, and can be manipulated in purposeful and productive ways. In this note, we propose and evaluate variations on two visual designs for progress ba...
A cord, although simple in form, has many interesting physical affordances that make it powerful as an input device. Not only can a length of cord be grasped in different location...
Julia Schwarz, Chris Harrison, Scott E. Hudson, Je...
Conversing on cell phones while driving an automobile is a common practice. We examine the interference of the cognitive load of conversational dialog with driving tasks, with the...