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CHI
2008
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Ninja cursors: using multiple cursors to assist target acquisition on large screens
We propose the "ninja cursor" to improve the performance of target acquisition, particularly on large screens. This technique uses multiple distributed cursors to reduce...
Masatomo Kobayashi, Takeo Igarashi
CHI
2007
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Enhancing ubiquitous computing with user interpretation: field testing the home health horoscope
Domestic ubiquitous computing systems often rely on inferences about activities in the home, but the open-ended, dynamic and heterogeneous nature of the home poses serious problem...
William W. Gaver, Phoebe Sengers, Tobie Kerridge, ...
SIGMOD
2008
ACM
147views Database» more  SIGMOD 2008»
16 years 6 months ago
A demonstration of Cascadia through a digital diary application
The Cascadia system provides RFID-based pervasive computing applications with an infrastructure for specifying, extracting and managing meaningful high-level events from raw RFID ...
Christopher Ré, Dan Suciu, Evan Welbourne, ...
SIGMOD
2007
ACM
111views Database» more  SIGMOD 2007»
16 years 6 months ago
Query relaxation using malleable schemas
In contrast to classical databases and IR systems, real-world information systems have to deal increasingly with very vague and diverse structures for information management and s...
Xuan Zhou, Julien Gaugaz, Wolf-Tilo Balke, Wolfgan...
CSCW
2010
ACM
16 years 3 months ago
"on my way": deceptive texting and interpersonal awareness narratives
Managing one’s availability for interaction with others is an increasingly complex act, involving multiple media and the sharing of many types of information. In this paper we d...
Jeremy P. Birnholtz, Jamie Guillory, Jeffrey T. Ha...