We examine the recent information visualization phenomenon known as tag clouds, which are an interesting combination of data visualization, web design element, and social marker. ...
Virtual communities have become an important new organizational form and yet relatively little is known about the conditions which lead to their success. In an attempt to address ...
We present a strategy for analyzing large, social small-world graphs, such as those formed by human networks. Our approach brings together ideas from a number of different resear...
Our design goal for OnLive Traveler was to develop a virtual community system that emulates natural social paradigms, allowing the participants to sense a tele-presence, the subje...
This paper proposes the concept of digital cities as a social information infrastructure for urban life (including shopping, business, transportation, education, welfare and so on)...