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CHI
2009
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Desiring to be in touch in a changing communications landscape: attitudes of older adults
This paper offers an exploration of the attitudes of older adults to keeping in touch with people who are important to them. We present findings from three focus groups with peopl...
Abigail Sellen, Richard H. R. Harper, Siân E...
CHI
2009
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Exploring awareness needs and information display preferences between coworkers
1 Technology makes it possible to share many different types of information with coworkers. We conducted a large-scale survey (N=549) to better understand current sharing among co...
A. J. Bernheim Brush, Brian Meyers, James Scott, G...
CHI
2009
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
From x-rays to silly putty via Uranus: serendipity and its role in web search
The act of encountering information unexpectedly has long been identified as valuable, both as a joy in itself and as part of task-focused problem solving. There has been a concer...
Jaime Teevan, Paul André, Susan T. Dumais
CHI
2009
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Learning how: the search for craft knowledge on the internet
Communicating the subtleties of a craft technique, like putting a zipper into a garment or throwing a clay pot, can be challenging even when working side by side. Yet HowTo conten...
Cristen Torrey, Elizabeth F. Churchill, David W. M...
CHI
2008
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
The cost of interrupted work: more speed and stress
We performed an empirical study to investigate whether the context of interruptions makes a difference. We found that context does not make a difference but surprisingly, people c...
Gloria Mark, Daniela Gudith, Ulrich Klocke