A. Younge, Vinod Periasamy, Mohammed Al-Azdee, William R. Hazlewood, Kay Connelly
{"title":"ScaleMirror: a pervasive device to aid weight analysis","authors":"A. Younge, Vinod Periasamy, Mohammed Al-Azdee, William R. Hazlewood, Kay Connelly","doi":"10.1145/1979742.1979873","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1979742.1979873","url":null,"abstract":"As today's fast paced environment continually encourages poor dietary habits and a lack of exercise, there is a growing need to properly monitor and control weight gain. With the advent of pervasive and ubiquitous computing, there are new opportunities to help promote personal wellness that was previously unobtainable. This work describes the novel design and creation of ScaleMirror; a prototype pervasive device to help users monitor their weight. This awareness is achieved through an accurate scale system, detailed statistics with historical data, and an intuitive design seamlessly embedded into a user's existing daily routine. The goal is to help a wide array of people concentrate on obtaining and maintaining a proper weight to promote a healthy and fulfilling lifestyle.","PeriodicalId":275462,"journal":{"name":"CHI '11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems","volume":"81 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123215584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Rohn, Dennis R. Wixon, James E. Nieters, C. Thompson
{"title":"Managing UX teams","authors":"J. Rohn, Dennis R. Wixon, James E. Nieters, C. Thompson","doi":"10.1145/1979742.1979542","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1979742.1979542","url":null,"abstract":"This SIG will serve two purposes: as a forum to share the results from the two-day CHI workshop, and also as a forum for the management community to discuss topics of interest.","PeriodicalId":275462,"journal":{"name":"CHI '11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123359309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Postcolonial language and culture theory for HCI4D","authors":"Samantha Merritt, Shaowen Bardzell","doi":"10.1145/1979742.1979827","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1979742.1979827","url":null,"abstract":"As technology design spreads to less technologically developed countries, issues of cultural identity, language, and values manifest in the form of methodological and ethical challenges for HCI4D designers. We offer a new theoretical perspective, in the context of HCI4D design, to advance the HCI postcolonial critique and highlight fundamentally Western design practices. Application of Thiong'o's language and culture theory provides a tool for designers and researchers to face assumptions, cultural communication, and the potential repercussions in cross-cultural design. Upon future development, this postcolonial orientation could be used to create responsible, successful designs and create awareness of inadvertent Western language culture embedded in HCI4D design.","PeriodicalId":275462,"journal":{"name":"CHI '11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124766232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"I don't like crumbs on my keyboard: eating behaviors of World of Warcraft players","authors":"Natalie DeWitt, D. Lohrmann","doi":"10.1145/1979742.1979804","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1979742.1979804","url":null,"abstract":"Computer gamers are often categorized as being unhealthy due to lack of physical activity and poor eating habits. This mixed methods study revealed that computer gamers, specifically World of Warcraft players, are highly conscious of their food choices and eating decisions either because they value their health or because certain foods impede game play. In order to facilitate healthy behaviors in the game, researchers must consider the reasons why gamers choose certain foods to consume during game play.","PeriodicalId":275462,"journal":{"name":"CHI '11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems","volume":"88 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123039490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Smid, P.-G. Mast, M. Tromp, A. Winterboer, V. Evers
{"title":"Canary in a coal mine: monitoring air quality and detecting environmental incidents by harvesting Twitter","authors":"H. Smid, P.-G. Mast, M. Tromp, A. Winterboer, V. Evers","doi":"10.1145/1979742.1979890","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1979742.1979890","url":null,"abstract":"We present an application that facilitates environmental monitoring by and for the general public. 'Canary in a Coal Mine' (CIACM) gathers and analyses pollution-related tweets in real-time from the micro-blogging platform Twitter and visualizes temporal and spatial characteristics of the data. CIACM allows citizens to keep track of the environmental quality of their region and empowers users to contribute to this public environmental monitoring system.","PeriodicalId":275462,"journal":{"name":"CHI '11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122846871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tangible and body-based interaction with auditory maps","authors":"Andrew P. Milne, A. Antle, B. Riecke","doi":"10.1145/1979742.1979874","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1979742.1979874","url":null,"abstract":"Blind people face a significant challenge navigating through the world, especially in novel environments. Maps, the most common of navigational aids, are of little use to the blind, who could benefit greatly from the information they contain. Recent work in auditory maps has shown the potential for delivering spatial information through sound. Users control their position and orientation on a digitally enhanced map and listen for the location of important landmarks. Orientation control is important because sound localization cues can sometimes be ambiguous, especially when in front of and behind a listener. Previous devices have used a tangible interface, in which users manipulate a small motion tracked object, to allow users to control their position and orientation on a map. Motivated by research that has identified the importance of body-based cues, from the joints, muscles and vestibular system in spatial perception, we expanded on previous interfaces by constructing an auditory map prototype that allows users to control their orientation through natural head movements. A pilot study was conducted to compare the head-movement-based interface to a tangible interface.","PeriodicalId":275462,"journal":{"name":"CHI '11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125812090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Benefit analysis of user assistance improvements","authors":"E. Webb, Ray Matsil, Jeff Sauro","doi":"10.1145/1979742.1979679","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1979742.1979679","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we describe a study conducted to examine the impact of changes to our user assistance model in our enterprise software systems. In this study, we examined both a traditional user assistance model, as well as our new user assistance model. In the traditional user assistance model, users of a general ledger prototype were given inline error messages and access to a PDF version of the help manual from a help icon at the top of the page. In the new user assistance model, error messages appeared in pop-up windows with links to specific areas where users could correct the errors. Fields that needed to be changed were highlighted with a red border and when clicked, a description of the required change would appear. When users needed help, they could select from lists of relevant help topics available at different levels based on where they were working in the system.","PeriodicalId":275462,"journal":{"name":"CHI '11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130011715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Session details: Gestures","authors":"Steven K. Feiner","doi":"10.1145/3249083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3249083","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":275462,"journal":{"name":"CHI '11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130249159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Magic Sock Drawer project","authors":"D. Gooch, L. Watts","doi":"10.1145/1979742.1979613","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1979742.1979613","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we describe the design of a intimate communication system, the Magic Sock Drawer. The system allows close friends to send drawn or typed digital notes to one another which are then automatically printed at the other end. The system allows us to investigate a number of design decisions that will have an impact on how communication systems create feelings of closeness between remote partners. The four design concepts explored include 1-to-1 communication, personalization, tangibility and location. We present the results of a 6-week pilot study using the system and the impact it has had on the study participants' relationship.","PeriodicalId":275462,"journal":{"name":"CHI '11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129625515","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Active progress bars: facilitating the switch to temporary activities","authors":"C. Hurter, A. Girouard, N. Riche, C. Plaisant","doi":"10.1145/1979742.1979883","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1979742.1979883","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we seek to find a better way of effective task management when a progress bar interrupts user's primary activity. We propose to augment progress bars with user controlled functionalities facilitating the switch to temporary activities. We detail a taxonomy of waiting period contexts and possible temporary tasks, then report on 5 participatory design, and a follow-up survey of 96 respondents. Finally we describe an early prototype of active progress bars, and report on initial use.","PeriodicalId":275462,"journal":{"name":"CHI '11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128054874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}