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Re: [Air-L] Credentials
by Mridula 19 Aug '09

19 Aug '09

And I thought that the debate between what is private and what is public on the internet has been settled now! I was wondering if someone wanted to use data from this list for their research (no I am not planning to do it and if I were, I would bend over backwards to get permission). That said, I have used data from tourism message boards for a few papers. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this thread, and I am one of the lurkers here. Regards, Mridula http://gdgwi.gdgoenka.com/ http://www.gonomad.com/traveltalesfromindia/ > If anything, I'd argue that it's actually *private* spaces > where the "right" to have detailed information about other people's > identities and backgrounds is more likely to come into play. If you > surprise me by showing up unexpectedly in my kitchen, for example, I > don't think I'm out of line to demand to know who you are and why you're > rummaging through my freezer. But if you surprise me by showing up > unexpectedly (from my perspective, anyway) at the corner of Washington > and Cedar Avenues, I've got no inherent right to demand that you > identify yourself and explain your presence. :) > > cheers > gil > > > > >

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important!
by Charles Ess 19 Aug '09

19 Aug '09

Dear AoIR-ists, In my note earlier today on the upcoming elections, etc., I neglected to make one very important point: our bylaws restrict voting in the elections to members of AoIR in good standing - namely, those who have paid their membership fee in the past year (this would automatically include anyone who registered for IR 9.0 in Copenhagen last October). So, if you're not a current member of AoIR, you are relieved of the responsibility and joy of voting ... if you are a member, I hope you're starting to study those candidate statements carefully, and perhaps are well on the way to crafting a sharp and insightful question to ask! many thanks, and cheers, - charles ess Institut for Informations- og Medievidenskab Helsingforsgade 14 8200 Århus N. Denmark mail: <imvce(a)hum.au.dk> tel: (+45) 8942 9235 Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies Drury University, Springfield, Missouri 65802 USA Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23

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CfP: OZCHI 2009 - Short Papers, Industry Case Studies, Demos, Posters, Doc Consortium, 24 Hour Design Challenge
by Marcus Foth 19 Aug '09

19 Aug '09

OZCHI 2009 – Design: Open 24 | 7 21st Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group (CHISIG) of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia (HFESA) 23 – 27 November 2009, The University of Melbourne, Australia http://www.ozchi.org/ CALLING: Short Papers | Industry Case Studies | Demos & Posters | Doctoral Consortium Applications | Workshop and Tutorial Participation | 24 Hour Design Challenge Entries | Student Volunteers NEWS .. Submission deadline extended to 4 Sep 2009 .. Keynote speakers' names, bios, photos online .. Two full days of workshops and tutorials on 23 + 24 Nov .. 24 days from now until the online challenge starts: ozchi.org/24 IMPORTANT DATES (short papers, industry case studies, demos & posters, and doctoral consortium only) 04 Sep 2009 EXTENDED submission deadline 02 Oct 2009 Notification of acceptance 09 Oct 2009 Camera ready papers due CONFERENCE THEME The 2009 conference theme is Design: Open 24/7. Accessibility, inclusivity and dissolving boundaries are core to the Open 24/7 theme for the design of human interaction with and through digital technologies. The integration of digital technologies into our everyday life allows for a seamless transitioning between open and closed, work and leisure, public and private. Open implies participation and collaboration across traditional borders between individuals, organisations and disciplines. OZCHI 2009 provides a forum to discuss all aspects of openness, open borders, open participation, open source and open architecture. Theme-related submissions may address these topics: .. Open always-on real-time ubiquitous and pervasive designs .. Open design and universality versus situatedness, contextualisation and personalisation .. Open source for design – design for open source .. Open mind – new ideas, concepts and approaches from outside HCI .. Beyond open – never closed: design for escapism CONFERENCE TOPICS Submissions in all areas of HCI are encouraged. In addition, we particularly invite authors to address any of the following topics: Augmented Reality | Context and Location Awareness | Education and HCI | Health Care and HCI | Innovative Design Methodologies | Smart Service Delivery | Sustainability | Universal Usability and Accessibility | Urban Informatics | Tangible User Interfaces | Visualisation Techniques | Working across Cultures SUBMISSIONS All submissions must be written in English. Both long and short papers will undergo a double blind review process by an international panel and evaluated on the basis of their significance, originality, and clarity of writing. Accepted long papers and short papers will be available in the published proceedings. At least one author of any accepted submission must register and attend the conference and present the paper for publication in the proceedings. All submissions must use the two column OZCHI proceedings template: http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/ozchipaper_template2009.doc and be submitted to the conference submission site: http://precisionconference.com/~ozchi Jesper Kjeldskov, Aalborg University, Denmark & Jeni Paay, CSIRO Technical Program Chairs program(a)ozchi.org SHORT PAPERS Short length papers, up to 4 pages, should present ideas that could benefit from discussion with members of the HCI community. These papers may include work-in-progress, experiences of reflective practitioners, and first drafts of novel concepts and approaches. Stephen Viller, UQ & Rebecca Schultz, WorkSafe Victoria Short Papers Chairs shorts(a)ozchi.org INDUSTRY CASE STUDIES Industry Case Studies demonstrate how user experience professionals have applied human-computer interaction to create practical solutions to commercial situations. Presentations may include areas such as: challenges faced in implementing methods and techniques; development of new or improved techniques; or incorporating usability into an organisation. Submissions should contain: 1. A 250 word summary for the conference program including: the issue addressed; what will be presented; and relevance to the HCI community. 2. A proposal outlining the presentation and the rationale behind it, including: ◦ Session title ◦ Presenter(s) name and organisation ◦ A brief background of the presenter(s) and organisation ◦ The business problem addressed ◦ The approach and/or solution ◦ Challenges and issues that emerged throughout the project ◦ Benefits and limitations ◦ If applicable, how a similar approach or solution could be used in other contexts ◦ Relevance of the case study to other HCI professionals ◦ Technical requirements for delivering the presentation Submit Industry Case Studies by email to: industry(a)ozchi.org Ash Donaldson, Produxi Consulting & Shane Morris, Microsoft Industry Chairs industry(a)ozchi.org DEMOS & POSTERS Demonstrations and posters provide an attractive way to showcase real outcomes of human-computer interaction research and development. These sessions offer a platform to share ideas, concepts and work-in- progress face-to-face with the OZCHI community in a way that a paper presentation cannot. Proposals for demos and posters should be submitted on 2 pages using the OZCHI proceedings template, and sent to demos(a)ozchi.org Ben Kraal, QUT & Ricky Robinson, NICTA Demos & Posters Chairs demos(a)ozchi.org DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM The Doctoral Consortium is scheduled prior to the main conference program on 23 Nov 2009. The Doctoral Consortium offers PhD students a special forum where they can present, discuss and progress their research plans with peers and established senior researchers. PhD candidates wishing to attend the consortium should submit a 2 page research proposal following the OZCHI Proceedings template and submitted via email to dc(a)ozchi.org. Positions at the consortium will be offered based on a review of the submitted proposals. Margot Brereton, QUT Doctoral Consortium Chair dc(a)ozchi.org 24 HOUR DESIGN CHALLENGE This year OZCHI will be preceded by a student design challenge in two rounds organised as two 24 hour events. The first round takes place online on 12 September 2009, 8am (AEST). The second round will be held at OZCHI on 24 November 2009. In both rounds teams of 2-5 students are invited to develop a solution for a state-of-the-art research problem acquiring interaction design and HCI skills. Top entries will be awarded a travel scholarship for the conference (round 1) and prizes sponsored by our industry partners (round 2). For more information visit http://www.ozchi.org/24 Martin Tomitsch, Andrew Vande Moere, The University of Sydney & Jeremy Yuille, RMIT/ACID Student Design Challenge Chairs sdc(a)ozchi.org WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS Monday 23rd Nov 2009 User Requirements Gathering (tutorial) OZeWAI Web Accessibility (workshop - day 1 of 2) OZCHI Doctoral Consortium Tuesday 24th Nov Web accessibility (tutorial) OZeWAI Inclusive Information Society (workshop - day 2 of 2) Designing for Healthy Living (workshop) Smart Health '09 (workshop) Hungry 24/7? HCI Design for Sustainable Food Culture (workshop) Multi-channel Content Presentation (workshop) Evaluating Virtual Worlds (workshop) Street Computing (workshop) OZCHI 24 Hour Student Design Challenge Please refer to the individual workshop and tutorial pages for further details: http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/index.php/WORKSHOPS Lian Loke & Toni Robertson, UTS Workshops, Tutorials and Panels Chairs workshops(a)ozchi.org VOLUNTEERS http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/index.php/VOLUNTEERS OZCHI actively encourages students to volunteer at the conference. Being a student volunteer is a great way to support the HCI community, meet other students in the field, and attend the premier HCI conference Australia. You will help the conference organisers with the running of the conference and support the setting-up of presentations and workshops. You will see the latest in HCI, and have fun while learning about running the conference. In return, you will get free registration. To apply, email volunteers(a)ozchi.org with your contact details (email, phone, university), an abstract of your research project, a resume, and the reasons why you would like to be a student volunteer. Applications close on 28 Aug 2009. Hilary Davis, University of Melbourne & Debra Polson, QUT/ACID Volunteers Chairs volunteers(a)ozchi.org KEYNOTES http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/index.php/KEYNOTES .. Bill Moggridge, Co-founder of IDEO.com .. Patrick Hofmann, Head of User Experience, Google Australia .. Yvonne Rogers, Director, Pervasive Interaction Lab, Open University, UK See you in Melbourne! Marcus Foth, QUT Conference Chair chair(a)ozchi.org -- Assoc. Prof. Marcus Foth Principal Research Fellow Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Victoria Park Rd, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88238 - Office K506, KG m.foth(a)qut.edu.au - http://www.urbaninformatics.net/

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2009 Elections - candidates, statements, voting instructions and schedule
by Charles Ess 19 Aug '09

19 Aug '09

Dear AoIR-ists, I'm very pleased to announce the candidates for election to the Executive Committee, 2009-2011: Vice President (President, 2011-2013) Alex Halavais Monica Murero Secretary Catherine Middleton Treasurer Michael Zimmer Graduate Student Representative Gordon Carlson Open Seat (please vote for three) Elizabeth Buchanan Ted Coopman Suely Fragoso Marj Kibby You can find their statements describing their reasons for running for election, qualifications, goals for AoIR, etc. on the AoIR blog/wiki: http://aoir.org/ You are more than welcome to add a question, comment, etc. for any specific candidate to respond to: we hope this will serve as a lively forum for discussion that will help everyone get to know the candidates better and thereby help us all make informed decisions in the voting process. VOTING SCHEDULE / INSTRUCTIONS * voting begins today, 19. August 2009 To make your ballot: just copy the position/candidate list above, and eliminate the names of those you do _not_ want to vote for. Please send your ballot to: Lori Kendall <loriken(a)uiuc.edu> (_thanks_, Lori!) * Voting ends for four officer positions - 30. August (10 days' voting period required by bylaws) * Voting ends for 1 grad student and 3 open seats - 24. September (30 days' voting period required by bylaws). While the time and energy of many, many people make AoIR what it is - the Executive Committee takes on much of the responsibility for the day-to-day operations as well as larger planning and decision-making for AoIR. The direction, goals, and tenor of our Executive Committee for the next two years - indeed, in the case of the Vice President who automatically becomes President, four years - and thus of AoIR in large measure will be determined by your vote. Please give this very important matter the time and attention it deserves. Many thanks to all the candidates for their willingness to take on these crucial tasks - and many thanks to you for your attention to and participation in this important process! Cheers, - c. Institute for Information- and Media Studies University of Aarhus Helsingforsgade 14 8200 Århus N. Denmark mail: <imvce(a)hum.au.dk> tel: (+45) 8942 9235 Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies Drury University, Springfield, Missouri 65802 USA Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23

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Fwd: Credentials
by Peter Timusk 19 Aug '09

19 Aug '09

Begin forwarded message: > From: Peter Timusk <ptimusk(a)sympatico.ca> > Date: August 18, 2009 12:25:11 PM GMT-04:00 > To: "Dr. Rasha Abdulla" <rasha(a)aucegypt.edu> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Credentials > > I am sorry I can not stay where I am working because I am not > allowed to speak for my workplace or allow my voice to be > interpreted as my workplace speaking. > > It is enough that I say I am a graduate student. > > I work in government as well. > > Peter > > On 18-Aug-09, at 8:56 AM, Dr. Rasha Abdulla wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I've been wanting to ask this of the list members for a while, but >> was >> afraid it might be offensive to some. But I'm increasingly >> convinced that >> it's important. >> >> Could list members please list their full names and titles as a >> signature to >> their messages? It may not make much difference if you're asking a >> question, >> but it certainly does when you're providing an answer or even >> making a >> comment. I think it adds to the credibility of the message, and >> gives other >> list members a chance to assess such credibility. >> >> Thank you. Take care. >> Rasha >> -- >> Rasha A. Abdulla, Ph.D. >> Assistant Professor >> Journalism and Mass Communication >> The American University in Cairo >> www.rashaabdulla.com >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http:// >> aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > > Peter Timusk, > B.Math statistics (2002), B.A. legal studies (2006) Carleton > University > Systems Science Graduate student, University of Ottawa. > just trying to stay linear. > Read by hundreds of lurkers every week. > kiitos paljon, merci, thank you and muchas gracias for reading. > > > > > > Peter Timusk, B.Math statistics (2002), B.A. legal studies (2006) Carleton University Systems Science Graduate student, University of Ottawa. just trying to stay linear. Read by hundreds of lurkers every week. kiitos paljon, merci, thank you and muchas gracias for reading.

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Want to know who your friends are? Ask your cellphone
by Yosem Companys 19 Aug '09

19 Aug '09

Want to know who your friends are? Ask your cellphone - http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17624-want-to-know-who-your-friends-a… You might think you are the world authority on your network of friends and acquaintances. But the cellphone in your pocket may be better at tracking your relationships than you are. That's a finding of a study which opens new possibilities for social scientists, epidemiologists and other researchers who want to know how people connect and interact socially.

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Text Sample Size?
by Karyn Hollis 18 Aug '09

18 Aug '09

Hi All-- This is a newbie question. I am planning to do a quantitative data analysis to study blogs for gender differences in CMC. Are there any rules for the size of samples? Would comparing male to female blog texts of a total of 50,000 words each be enough to claim statistical significance for any differences I find? Thanks for any advice, Karyn Hollis Villanova University

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FW: Vacancies at the Virtual Knowledge Studio, Amsterdam
by Holly Kruse 18 Aug '09

18 Aug '09

Forwarded on request. Holly ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Vacancies at the Virtual Knowledge Studio, Amsterdam From: "Jeannette Haagsma" <jeannette.haagsma(a)vks.knaw.nl> Date: Tue, August 18, 2009 9:48 am To: air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear site keeper, Could you please put the message below as an announcement on your forum site? Thank you and kind regards, Jeannette ________________________________________________________________________ _____________ 2 Positions at the Virtual Knowledge Studio (KNAW) Amsterdam The Virtual Knowledge Studio for the Humanities and Social Sciences is looking for a postdoctoral researcher and a scientific programmer (each position 38 hours per week.) for its new 18 month project, Knowledge Space Lab: mapping knowledge interactively. Deadline: 1 September 2009 Please find more information on the VKS website: www.virtualknowledgestudio.nl/vacancies.php ________________________________________________________________________ ______________ Kind regards Jeannette Haagsma Organizational Coordinator Virtual Knowledge Studio for the Humanities and Social Sciences (VKS-KNAW) Cruquiusweg 31 1019 AT Amsterdam The Netherlands Tel: +31 20 8500 270 Fax: +31 20 8500 271 Email: jeannette.haagsma(a)vks.knaw.nl www.virtualknowledgestudio.nl

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Re: [Air-L] Text Sample Size
by Murray Turoff 18 Aug '09

18 Aug '09

It gets more complicated and some of our early studies in the late 70's showed that 1`. the design influences how much is written in replies. if the design encourages immediate response like opening a window for the user to type there reply (done today in gmail when you use the slow verison) or when the user has to issue a command to reply then the instant reply was like 5-7 lines and when they had to issue a command it was more like 10-14 almost double. usually that meant they came back and did a reply later which we could tell in those days becuase there was no browser inteh way of tracking the data. however when the reply was made is a factor you want to measure to see if it is any different. If people wait and thnk about it they usually have more to say. some of the early work in this area were in cacm articles by hiltz and turoff back in those days. since i am on vacation i cannot easily reference the other work. remind be after mid sept.l you will need to know how many replies and how many males and females to look at significance tests to see what you can do. first you take the distribution of size of all comments by males and separately all comments by females and do a test to see if it is a normal distribution. If it is for both you can find the easy test to see if the normal has different peaks for each of the two distributions. If it is not normal you need to use non parametric statistical tests. you are also going to have to check the length of time of the creation of the item being replied to and the time interval for each reply. i suspect this will be zipf curve of the frequency of replies over the length of time as will be the number of items over time. That might also lead to some discovery of the older items get the larger they might be which would be interesting to discover and it might be a property of the subject matter. I think some studies by Roxanne hiltz on virtual classroom showed that females made longer comments then males in response to questions and that was correlated with higher verbal test scores they had on entering college. You have to check with her.

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Second call for papers - New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia
by Cunliffe D J (AT) 18 Aug '09

18 Aug '09

Call for papers New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia 2009(3) / 2010 (1) Deadline for paper submission 7th September 2009 We invite papers for forthcoming issues of NRHM on the following topics and related issues: - Conceptual basis of hypertext systems cognitive aspects, design strategies - Intelligent and adaptive hypermedia personalisation, adaptation, knowledge organisation systems / services, semantic web, Web 2.0 - Multimedia issues time and synchronisation, link dynamics, link metrics, multimedia authoring, content-based retrieval - Interaction navigation and browsing; search systems, studies of information seeking and navigation behaviour, testing and evaluation user interfaces, experience design, multi-modal interaction - Tools for hypermedia (automatic) authoring systems - Applications literary and creative hypermedia, social networking, physical hypermedia, virtual environments, applications in commerce, digital libraries, e-learning, e-Government, the professions, etc. The New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia (NRHM) is published by Taylor & Francis and appears in both print and digital formats. For more details and indicative topics, see the journal website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/nrhm Submissions may take the form of research papers or shorter technical notes and should be submitted electronically at the Journal's Manuscript Central site http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tham Informal enquiries may be sent to the Editors: Editor: Doug Tudhope (dstudhope(a)glam.ac.uk) Associate Editor: Daniel Cunliffe (djcunlif(a)glam.ac.uk) Faculty of Advanced Technology, University of Glamorgan, UK

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