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CHI
2011
ACM
14 years 10 months ago
The information flaneur: a fresh look at information seeking
We introduce the information flaneur as a new human-centred view on information seeking that is grounded in interdisciplinary research. We use the metaphor of the urban flaneur ...
Marian Dörk, Sheelagh Carpendale, Carey Willi...
CHI
2011
ACM
14 years 10 months ago
The impact of network structure on breaking ties in online social networks: unfollowing on twitter
We investigate the breaking of ties between individuals in the online social network of Twitter, a hugely popular social media service. Building on sociology concepts such as stre...
Funda Kivran-Swaine, Priya Govindan, Mor Naaman
CHI
2011
ACM
14 years 10 months ago
Homebrew databases: complexities of everyday information management in nonprofit organizations
Many people manage a complex assortment of digital information in their lives. Volunteer coordinators at nonprofit organizations are no exception; they collectively manage informa...
Amy Voida, Ellie Harmon, Ban Al-Ani
CHI
2011
ACM
14 years 10 months ago
HCI for peace: a call for constructive action
Peace is an important value for the human-computer interaction research community, yet it has not resulted in the development of a research sub-community or even a research agenda...
Juan Pablo Hourcade, Natasha E. Bullock-Rest
CIDR
2011
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SWissBox: An Architecture for Data Processing Appliances
Database appliances offer fully integrated hardware, storage, operating system, database, and related software in a single package. Database appliances have a relatively long hist...
Gustavo Alonso, Donald Kossmann, Timothy Roscoe