(Extended from the Special interest group held at INTERACT 2009 , Sweden)
The evolution of ICT has switched the attention from personal to social computing. Within social computing, the focus has been on the following issues: Communication, Knowledge sharing, Communities, Collaboration.
The overall paradigm that has driven, at least within CSCW, the research has been the situated action paradigm, intertwined with the language - action perspective. The complexity of the social dimension of human life has two complementary aspects: On one side, there is a problem which has been paid greatest attention up to now: the need to be fully aware of...
We had a wonderful day 3 of “Come design Itsme with us”, and a very tiring one too. We made about 95 evaluations on day 3 and attracted a lot of inquisitive visitors.
Day 4 being a saturday was comparatively a bit more relaxed. SMAU was crowded with people who had come to spend their usual Saturday more constructively and we didn’t let them down either. We told them about the project, showed them a couple of scenarios and asked them to evaluate the concept. We were overwhelmed with their response, especially with those who expressed their keenness in working with...
