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CHI
2007
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
How HCI interprets the probes
We trace how cultural probes have been adopted and adapted by the HCI community. The flexibility of probes has been central to their uptake, resulting in a proliferation of diverg...
Kirsten Boehner, Janet Vertesi, Phoebe Sengers, Pa...
CHI
2007
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Work-centered design: a case study of a mixed-initiative scheduler
We present the case study of a complex, mixed-initiative scheduling system to illustrate Work-Centered Design (WCD), a new approach for the design of information systems. WCD is b...
Keith A. Butler, Jiajie Zhang, Chris Esposito, Ali...
CHI
2007
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Modeling the impact of shared visual information on collaborative reference
A number of recent studies have demonstrated that groups benefit considerably from access to shared visual information. This is due, in part, to the communicative efficiencies pro...
Darren Gergle, Carolyn Penstein Rosé, Rober...
CHI
2007
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Consistency, multiple monitors, and multiple windows
We present an evaluation of mudibo, a prototype system for determining the position of dialog boxes in a multiplemonitor system. The analysis shows that, when compared to a standa...
Dugald Ralph Hutchings, John T. Stasko
CHI
2007
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
An adaptive & adaptable approach to enhance web graphics accessibility for visually impaired people
To date, efforts have been made to enable visually impaired people to gain access to graphics on the Internet. However, these studies only offer a solution for a specific type of ...
Chui Chui Tan, Wai Yu, Graham McAllister
CHI
2007
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Research through design as a method for interaction design research in HCI
For years the HCI community has struggled to integrate design in research and practice. While design has gained a strong foothold in practice, it has had much less impact on the H...
John Zimmerman, Jodi Forlizzi, Shelley Evenson
CHI
2007
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Transfer scenarios: grounding innovation with marginal practices
Transfer scenarios is a method developed to support the design of innovative interactive technology. Such a method should help the designer to come up with inventive ideas, and at...
Sara Ljungblad, Lars Erik Holmquist
CHI
2007
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
He says, she says: conflict and coordination in Wikipedia
Wikipedia, a wiki-based encyclopedia, has become one of the most successful experiments in collaborative knowledge building on the Internet. As Wikipedia continues to grow, the po...
Aniket Kittur, Bongwon Suh, Bryan A. Pendleton, Ed...
CHI
2007
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Social dynamics of early stage co-design in developing regions
Technology arguably has the potential to play a key role in improving the lives of people in developing regions. However, these communities are not well understood and designers m...
Divya Ramachandran, Matthew Kam, Jane Chiu, John F...
CHI
2007
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Localized iterative design for language learning in underdeveloped regions: the PACE framework
Poor literacy remains a decisive barrier to the economic empowerment of many people in the developing world. Of particular importance is literacy in a widely spoken "world la...
Matthew Kam, Divya Ramachandran, Varun Devanathan,...