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Phenomenology
Phenomenology
Phenomenology begins as a rigorous and systematic study of consciousness in the work of Edmund Husserl at the start of t Book chapter
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Industrial Design
Industrial Design
In loving memory of Prof. Dr. Kees OverbeekeJuly 18th, 1952 - October 8th, 2011Kees left us unexpectedly on October 8th Book chapter
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Affective Computing
Affective Computing
As Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Interaction Design moved from designing and evaluating work-oriented application Book chapter
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Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) is a community of behavioral researchers and system builders at the intersect Book chapter
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Activity Theory
Activity Theory
Foreword: Why activity theory? This chapter is about a theory that was developed decades ago. Some of the basic ideas o Book chapter
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Usability Evaluation
Usability Evaluation
Put simply, usability evaluation assesses the extent to which an interactive system is easy and pleasant to use. Things Book chapter
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Action Research
Action Research
Technology and action are two elements that define what it is to be human. It is technology that has made Homo sapiens s Book chapter
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Human Computer Interaction - brief intro
Human Computer Interaction - brief intro
Human-computer interaction (HCI) is an area of research and practice that emerged in the early 1980s, initially as a spe Book chapter
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Data Visualization for Human Perception
Data Visualization for Human Perception
Data visualization is the graphical display of abstract information for two purposes: sense-making (also called data ana Book chapter
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Visual Representation
Visual Representation
How can you design computer displays that are as meaningful as possible to human viewers? Answering this question requir Book chapter
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Context-Aware Computing
Context-Aware Computing
A tablet computer switching the orientation of the screen, maps orienting themselves with the user’s current orientation Book chapter
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Contextual Design
Contextual Design
Contextual Design is a structured, well-defined user-centered design process that provides methods to collect data about Book chapter
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End-User Development
End-User Development
Computer users have rapidly increased in both number and diversity (Scaffidi et al 2005). They include managers, account Book chapter
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Aesthetic Computing
Aesthetic Computing
The phrase "Aesthetic Computing" while taken literally applies the philosophical area of aesthetics to the field of comp Book chapter
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Card Sorting
Card Sorting
The term card sorting applies to a wide variety of activities involving the grouping and/or naming of objects or concept Book chapter
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Somaesthetics
Somaesthetics
What is somaesthetics and why should it appear as a core article in an encyclopedia devoted to Human-Computer Interactio Book chapter
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Socio-Technical System Design
Socio-Technical System Design
A socio-technical system (STS) is a social system operating on a technical base, e.g. email, chat, bulletin boards, blog Book chapter
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Ethnography
Ethnography
The concern to balance detailed documentation of events with insights into the meaning of those events is the enduring h Book chapter
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Wearable Computing
Wearable Computing
Wearable computing is the study or practice of inventing, designing, building, or using miniature body-borne computation Book chapter
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