Spontaneous communication is common in the workplace but can be disruptive. Such communication usually benefits the initiator more than the target of an interruption. Previous res...
As communications systems increasingly gather and propagate information about people’s reachability or “presence”, users need better tools to minimize undesired interruption...
Mission critical applications and legacy systems may be difficult to revise and rebuild, and yet it is sometimes desirable to retrofit their user interfaces with new collaborative...
Li-Te Cheng, Steven L. Rohall, John F. Patterson, ...
There are a variety of digital tools for enabling people who are separated by time and space to communicate and collaborate on shared interests and tasks. The widespread use of so...
Joseph F. McCarthy, Danah Boyd, Elizabeth F. Churc...
We introduce a system that allows four users to each receive sound from a private audio channel while using a shared tabletop display. In order to explore how private audio channe...
Meredith Ringel Morris, Dan Morris, Terry Winograd