Fragments of place. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smyth, M., Helgason, I., & Benyon, D. (2008, October). Fragments of place

Through the sharing and display of personal mobile phone images, the installation invites viewers to explore the connected nature of their sense of place.

Bringing social and technological innovation to the work of national, regional and local elected representatives: the eRepresentative project. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Karamagioli, E., Koulolias, V., Smith, C. F., & Cruickshank, P. (2008, September). Bringing social and technological innovation to the work of national, regional and local elected representatives: the eRepresentative project

Members of elected assemblies have a number of overlapping roles. eRepresentative is a project of the European Commission’s IST programme, and has investigated the potential for ICT support for the committee-based legislative role in a secure, mobile... Read More about Bringing social and technological innovation to the work of national, regional and local elected representatives: the eRepresentative project..

Towards an account of intuitiveness (2008)
Journal Article
Turner, P. (2008). Towards an account of intuitiveness. Behaviour and Information Technology, 27(6), 475-482. https://doi.org/10.1080/01449290701292330

Intuitive systems are usable systems. Design guidelines advocate intuitiveness and vendors claim it - but what does it mean for a user interface, interactive system, or device to be intuitive? A review of the use of the term 'intuitive' indicates tha... Read More about Towards an account of intuitiveness.

Being-with: A study of familiarity (2008)
Journal Article
Turner, P. (2008). Being-with: A study of familiarity. Interacting with Computers, 20(4-5), 447-454. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intcom.2008.04.002

How people learn to use an interactive device has always been an important field of research in human-computer interaction (HCI). The theoretical bases of which have ranged from the traditional cognitive perspectives through situated learning to coll... Read More about Being-with: A study of familiarity.