Blogs
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Synthesizing family perspectives on health: Using fun activities to stimulate health conversations
Jomara Sandbulte, Jordan Beck, Janice Whitaker, John Carroll Posted: Mon, October 07, 2019 - 3:02:05
Many families have difficulty carrying out healthy behavior practices in their household. Since conversations about health and well-being are infrequent within families, it becomes more challenging to cultivate those practices…
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Finsterworlds: Bringing light into technological forests through user empowerment
Johannes Schöning Posted: Tue, August 13, 2019 - 2:12:03
I am really fascinated by novel technology. This had already started in kindergarten, but when I studied computer science I read Mark Weiser’s seminal paper “The Computer for the 21st…
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The purpose of visualization is insight, not pictures: An interview with Ben Shneiderman
Jessica Hullman Posted: Mon, August 05, 2019 - 3:10:09
Few people in visualization research have had careers as long and as impactful as Ben Shneiderman. I caught up with Ben over email in between his travels to get his…
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Creativity limited by technology: Lessons from the past for virtual reality as a re-trending topic
Oguzhan Ozcan Posted: Thu, August 01, 2019 - 2:07:25
I wrote this blog to remind young researchers who are surrounded by technology trends that, in the future, these technologies will change their form or may no longer even be…
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CHI-ldren: Two kids’ impressions from CHI 2019
Julianna Kun, Nicholas Kun Posted: Tue, June 04, 2019 - 1:55:36
Hello! Our names are Julianna and Nicholas Kun. We went to CHI 2019 with our dad. We are 11 and 8 years old and would like to present to you…
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Reflections on the first ACM SIGCHI-Sponsored Summer School in Saudi Arabia
Shiroq Al-Megren, Ragad Allwihan, Khalid Majrashi, Naelah Alageel, Areej Al-Wabil Posted: Wed, May 29, 2019 - 11:30:14
Between August 27 and August 30, 2018, in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, the ACM SIGCHI-Sponsored Summer School on Research Methods took place. The school received ACM sponsorship from the…
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Should curriculum and assessment authors be certified? A response to Rolf Molich
Gilbert Cockton Posted: Mon, May 20, 2019 - 2:31:39
Rolf's blog begins with a question: “Should usability testers be certified?”—answering “Yes” and then, more emphatically, “YES!” I will focus on his closing question: “Is certification worth the effort?” However,…
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Leonardo da Vinci – the great procrastinator
Guillaume Couche, Markus Lahtinen Posted: Wed, April 17, 2019 - 5:15:47
Among being organized, possessing strong communicative skills, having an ability to interface with people, and being able to be creative under pressure, the ability to meet a deadline with a…
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Should usability testers be certified?
Rolf Molich Posted: Wed, April 03, 2019 - 11:01:26
Should usability testers be certified? Yes. Or rather: YES! Let me ask two counter questions: Would you trust a doctor who was not certified? Would you want to fly with…
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CSCW Research @ Latin America
Claudia Lopez, Cleidson de Souza, Laura S. Gaytan-Lugo, Francisco Gutierrez Posted: Thu, March 28, 2019 - 2:20:17
After participating in SIGCHI Across Borders events, we proposed and ran a workshop in CSCW 2018 to (i) identify where CSCW and social computing research was being conducted in and…
