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2009
ACM
15 years 5 months ago
Pathfinder: an online collaboration environment for citizen scientists
For over a century, citizen scientists have volunteered to collect huge quantities of data for professional scientists to analyze. We designed Pathfinder, an online environment th...
Kurt Luther, Scott Counts, Kristin B. Stecher, Aar...
CHI
2009
ACM
15 years 5 months ago
"Pimp My Roomba": designing for personalization
We present a study of how householders personalize their domestic vacuuming robot, iRobot’s Roomba™. In particular, we build on Blom and Monk’s [3] theory of personalization...
Ja-Young Sung, Rebecca E. Grinter, Henrik I. Chris...
CHI
2009
ACM
15 years 5 months ago
Butler lies: awareness, deception and design
Instant messaging (IM) is a common and popular way for co-workers, friends, and family to stay in touch, but its “always-on” properties can sometimes lead people to feel overe...
Jeffrey T. Hancock, Jeremy P. Birnholtz, Natalya N...
CHI
2009
ACM
15 years 5 months ago
It's not easy being green: understanding home computer power management
Although domestic computer use is increasing, most efforts to reduce energy use through improved power management have focused on computers in the workplace. We studied 20 househo...
Marshini Chetty, A. J. Bernheim Brush, Brian Meyer...
CHI
2009
ACM
15 years 5 months ago
CThru: exploration in a video-centered information space for educational purposes
We present CThru, a self-guided video-based educational environment in a large multi-display setting. We employ a video-centered approach, creating and combining multimedia conten...
Hao Jiang, Alain Viel, Meekal Bajaj, Robert A. Lue...