ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)
Elastic Windows: evaluation of multi-window operations
Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human factors in computing systems
Time-machine computing: a time-centric approach for the information environment
Proceedings of the 12th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
The Task Gallery: a 3D window manager
Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Focus plus context screens: combining display technology with visualization techniques
Proceedings of the 14th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
Support for multitasking and background awareness using interactive peripheral displays
Proceedings of the 14th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
Taking email to task: the design and evaluation of a task management centered email tool
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
UMEA: translating interaction histories into project contexts
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Using Logic Programming to Detect Activities in Pervasive Healthcare
ICLP '02 Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Logic Programming
Building Applications for Ubiquitous Computing Environments
Pervasive '02 Proceedings of the First International Conference on Pervasive Computing
Supporting Human Activities - Exploring Activity-Centered Computing
UbiComp '02 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Ubiquitous Computing
Evaluation and analysis of users' activity organization
CHI '83 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
"Constant, constant, multi-tasking craziness": managing multiple working spheres
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
A diary study of task switching and interruptions
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
If not now, when?: the effects of interruption at different moments within task execution
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
One-hundred days in an activity-centric collaboration environment based on shared objects
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Scalable Fabric: flexible task management
Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced visual interfaces
A laboratory method for studying activity awareness
Proceedings of the third Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction
TaskTracer: a desktop environment to support multi-tasking knowledge workers
Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Mobility Work: The Spatial Dimension of Collaboration at a Hospital
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
No task left behind?: examining the nature of fragmented work
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Activity-based computing: support for mobility and collaboration in ubiquitous computing
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
The ABC adaptive fusion architecture
Proceedings of the 4th international workshop on Middleware for Pervasive and Ad-Hoc Computing (MPAC 2006)
When second wave HCI meets third wave challenges
Proceedings of the 4th Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction: changing roles
Where to, Roberta?: reflecting on the role of technology in assisted living
Proceedings of the 4th Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction: changing roles
Business activity patterns: a new model for collaborative business applications
IBM Systems Journal
CAAD: an automatic task support system
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Recent shortcuts: using recent interactions to support shared activities
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Pervasive Computing Support for Hospitals: An overview of the Activity-Based Computing Project
IEEE Pervasive Computing
An activity-driven model for context-awareness in mobile computing
Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Human computer interaction with mobile devices and services
An infrastructure for extending applications' user experiences across multiple personal devices
Proceedings of the 21st annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
Activity-based scenarios for and approaches to ubiquitous e-Learning
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Lightweight tagging expands information and activity management practices
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Self-interruption on the computer: a typology of discretionary task interleaving
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Activity-based computing for medical work in hospitals
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)
What Is an Activity? Appropriating an Activity-Centric System
INTERACT '09 Proceedings of the 12th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Part II
INTERACT '09 Proceedings of the 12th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Part II
A Novel Approach for Creating Activity-Aware Applications in a Hospital Environment
INTERACT '09 Proceedings of the 12th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Part II
Fitting an activity-centric system into an ecology of workplace tools
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
DOLCLAN: middleware support for peer-to-peer distributed shared objects
DAIS'07 Proceedings of the 7th IFIP WG 6.1 international conference on Distributed applications and interoperable systems
Towards activity representations for describing task dynamics
TAMODIA'07 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Task models and diagrams for user interface design
Activity-aware computing in mobile collaborative working environments
CRIWG'07 Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Groupware: design implementation, and use
The global interaction research initiative at the IT university of Copenhagen, Denmark
Proceedings of the ACM 2011 conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Designing activity-aware recommender systems for operating rooms
Proceedings of the 2011 Workshop on Context-awareness in Retrieval and Recommendation
Deep shot: a framework for migrating tasks across devices using mobile phone cameras
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Which version is this?: improving the desktop experience within a copy-aware computing ecosystem
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Supporting window switching with spatially consistent thumbnail zones: design and evaluation
INTERACT'11 Proceedings of the 13th IFIP TC 13 international conference on Human-computer interaction - Volume Part I
WindowScape: Lessons learned from a task-centric window manager
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)
Task-Based user modelling for knowledge work support
UMAP'10 Proceedings of the 18th international conference on User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization
Supporting activity based computing paradigm in global software development
ASE '11 Proceedings of the 2011 26th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Co-activity manager: integrating activity-based collaboration into the desktop interface
Proceedings of the International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces
Proceedings of the 4th ACM SIGCHI symposium on Engineering interactive computing systems
Declarative modelling and safe distribution of healthcare workflows
FHIES'11 Proceedings of the First international conference on Foundations of Health Informatics Engineering and Systems
Middleware for pervasive computing: A survey
Pervasive and Mobile Computing
Activity-centric support for ad hoc knowledge work: a case study of co-activity manager
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Activity fragmentation in the web: empowering users to support their own webflows
Proceedings of the 24th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media
NooSphere: an activity-centric infrastructure for distributed interaction
Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia
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Research has shown that computers are notoriously bad at supporting the management of parallel activities and interruptions, and that mobility increases the severity of these problems. This paper presents activity-based computing (ABC) which supplements the prevalent data- and application-oriented computing paradigm with technologies for handling multiple, parallel and mobile work activities. We present the design and implementation of ABC support embedded in the Windows XP operating system. This includes replacing the Windows Taskbar with an Activity Bar, support for handling Windows applications, a zoomable user interface, and support for moving activities across different computers. We report an evaluation of this Windows XP ABC system which is based on a multi-method approach, where perceived ease-of-use and usefulness was evaluated together with rich interview material. This evaluation showed that users found the ABC XP extension easy to use and likely to be useful in their own work.