Media spaces: bringing people together in a video, audio, and computing environment
Communications of the ACM
HCI, natural science and design: a framework for triangulation across disciplines
DIS '97 Proceedings of the 2nd conference on Designing interactive systems: processes, practices, methods, and techniques
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Digital family portraits: supporting peace of mind for extended family members
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Work rhythms: analyzing visualizations of awareness histories of distributed groups
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CHI '99 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Technology probes: inspiring design for and with families
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EHCI '01 Proceedings of the 8th IFIP International Conference on Engineering for Human-Computer Interaction
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Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Making space for stories: ambiguity in the design of personal communication systems
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Mediating intimacy: designing technologies to support strong-tie relationships
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Digital Family Portrait Field Trial: Support for Aging in Place
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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CHI '06 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
The whereabouts clock: early testing of a situated awareness device
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Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Sharing empty moments: design for remote couples
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Generative walkthroughs: to support creative redesign
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Daily activities diarist: supporting aging in place with semantically enriched narratives
INTERACT'07 Proceedings of the 11th IFIP TC 13 international conference on Human-computer interaction - Volume Part II
MarkerClock: a communicating augmented clock for elderly
INTERACT'07 Proceedings of the 11th IFIP TC 13 international conference on Human-computer interaction - Volume Part II
Hard-to-use interfaces considered beneficial (some of the time)
CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Caring for the elderly is becoming a key challenge for society, given the shortage of trained personnel and the increased age of the population. Innovative approaches are needed to help the elderly remain at home longer and more safely, that is, to age in place. One popular strategy is to monitor the activity of the elderly: this focuses on obtaining information for caregivers rather than supporting the elderly directly. We propose an alternative, i.e. to enhance their inter-personal communication. We report the results of a user study with 14 independent elderly women and discuss the existing role that communication plays in maintaining their independence and well-being. We highlight the importance of peer support relationships, which we call PeerCare, and how awareness of each other's rhythms and routines helps them to stay in touch. We then describe the deployment of a technology probe, called markerClock, which a pair of elderly friends used to improve their awareness of each other's rhythms and routines. We conclude with a discussion of how such communication appliances enhance the awareness of rhythms and routines among elderly peers and can improve their quality of life and provide safer and more satisfying aging in place.