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   The human infrastructure of El Paquete, Cuba’s offline Internet
Dye M., Nemer D., Mangiameli J., Bruckman A., Kumar N. interactions 26(1): 58-62, 2019.  Type: Article

Cubans do not have online access to the Internet, nor instantaneous communication with people outside of Cuba. Even cellphone technology inside Cuba is limited. Responding to that void, an informal network of information workers has co...

Apr 29 2019
  Chatbots and the new world of HCI
Følstad A., Brandtzæg P. interactions 24(4): 38-42, 2017.  Type: Article

Most research literature falls into two camps: original research findings or surveys. This article fits neither profile, and is instead a puff piece more suitable to People magazine than ACM interactions....

Feb 7 2018
  Design and ethics in the era of big data
Goodman E. interactions 21(3): 22-24, 2014.  Type: Article

There are relatively few sources of really big data, and the best examples tend to be linked to consumer technologies and services. Even then, much of the data is something we agreed to when we engaged in its use. No one ever reads the...

Jun 10 2014
  Data in the wild: some reflections
Ang C., Bobrowicz A., Schiano D., Nardi B. interactions 20(2): 39-43, 2013.  Type: Article

“Data in the wild” refers to raw data that can be gathered from social networking and microblogging sites, as well as other sites featuring user-generated content. In this brief paper, the authors discuss the proble...

Nov 21 2013
  Designing interactive systems in healthcare: a report on WISH 2011
Reddy M., Mamykina L., Parker A. interactions 19(1): 24-27, 2012.  Type: Article

Due to “a mismatch between the reality of conducting clinical work and the structure of computing applications that are meant to support it,” health information technology (HIT) has experienced low levels of adoptio...

Dec 31 2012
  Personalized dynamic accessibility
Gajos K., Hurst A., Findlater L. interactions 19(2): 69-73, 2012.  Type: Article

Most people agree that access to technology is necessary to any individual who wishes to participate in contemporary society. International accessibility guidelines have been introduced to ensure that individuals with disability limita...

Jul 10 2012
  You amateur!
Paulos E. interactions 19(1): 52-57, 2012.  Type: Article

This short article considers how amateurs use computers. An amateur is a person who is free to experiment (the word “amateur” comes from the Latin word “amator,” to love). While the computer spec...

Jun 29 2012
  Lessons learned in prototyping systems in developing-world contexts
Allen S. interactions 18(6): 64-69, 2011.  Type: Article

This article concludes that it is much harder to conduct research in developing communities than in developed ones. In developed countries, we take many research practices for granted; however, Sena Lee Allen reminds us that we cannot ...

Mar 26 2012
  Hand waving and the real work of design
Goodman E. interactions 18(4): 40-44, 2011.  Type: Article

I really looked forward to a modern treatment of how to make systems easy to use. This article is not it. It sets out to explain how designers work with clients to determine just what a computer system will do. The title claims to info...

Nov 14 2011
  What the disability community can teach us about interactive crowdsourcing
Bigham J., Ladner R. interactions 18(4): 78-81, 2011.  Type: Article

Plenty of situations exist in which people with disabilities need help from others--for example, help with interpreting the meaning of some information. Until recently, friends and family or, sometimes, paid experts were the m...

Sep 8 2011
 
 
 
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