Patterns of contact and communication in scientific research collaboration
CSCW '88 Proceedings of the 1988 ACM conference on Computer-supported cooperative work
The virtual office and family life
SIGCPR '96 Proceedings of the 1996 ACM SIGCPR/SIGMIS conference on Computer personnel research
CSCW '96 Proceedings of the 1996 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Nomadicity: anytime, anywhere in a disconnected world
Mobile Networks and Applications - Special issue on mobile computing and system services
Trust breaks down in electronic contexts but can be repaired by some initial face-to-face contact
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
CSCW '98 Proceedings of the 1998 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
The computer for the 21st century
ACM SIGMOBILE Mobile Computing and Communications Review - Special issue dedicated to Mark Weiser
Moving out of the meeting room: exploring support for mobile meetings
Proceedings of the Sixth European conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Telecommuting and computing professionals: motivational factors
Proceedings of the eighth annual consortium on Computing in Small Colleges Rocky Mountain conference
Interaction and outeraction: instant messaging in action
CSCW '00 Proceedings of the 2000 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Building boundaries and negotiating work at home
GROUP '01 Proceedings of the 2001 International ACM SIGGROUP Conference on Supporting Group Work
Dealing with mobility: understanding access anytime, anywhere
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)
Employees' opportunities, preferences, and practices in telecommuting adoption
Information and Management
Negotiated rhythms of mobile work: time, place, and work schedules
GROUP '05 Proceedings of the 2005 international ACM SIGGROUP conference on Supporting group work
The work to make a home network work
ECSCW'05 Proceedings of the ninth conference on European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Which Telework? Defining and Testing a Taxonomy of Technology-Mediated Work at a Distance
Social Science Computer Review
Portable, but not mobile: a study of wireless laptops in the home
PERVASIVE'07 Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Pervasive computing
Deliberate interactions: characterizing technology use in Nairobi, Kenya
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Making infrastructure visible for nomadic work
Pervasive and Mobile Computing
Towards a reference architecture for the design of mobile shared workspaces
Future Generation Computer Systems
Perceptions of visualizing personal mobile communication patterns
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia
Twitter, sensors and UI: robust context modeling for interruption management
UMAP'10 Proceedings of the 18th international conference on User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization
Reflections on 25 Years of Ethnography in CSCW
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
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Nomadic work, an extreme form of mobile work, is becoming increasingly prevalent in organizations. Yet so far there has not been enough research attention on the particular challenges that nomadic workers face in order to design support for their work practices. We employed ethnographic interviews and observations to understand nomadic work practices. Drawing from strategies for survival of pastoralist nomads to guide our design investigation, we focus on an integrated perspective of nomadic work involving challenges related to assembling actants, seeking resources, and integrating with others in the organization. We discovered that nomadic workers need to continually seek out and compete for resources to maintain their mobile offices. They also face challenges in integrating into the organization to maintain visibility and to synchronize with others for meeting. We discuss the design recommendations that emerged from our investigation.