Do web pages have personalities? (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., Turner, S., & Wilson, L. (2009, September). Do web pages have personalities?

We are fundamentally social animals: we are geared to understanding each other; to gauging each other's moods and states of mind; and we are very adept at judging each others personalities. This ability to judge personality can also be generalized to... Read More about Do web pages have personalities?.

Presence for everyone - a short guide to presence research. (2009)
Book
Smyth, M. (2009). D. Benyon, M. Smyth, & I. Helgason (Eds.). Presence for everyone - a short guide to presence research. Centre for Interaction Design

Every day in countless interactions you and I use media to immerse ourselves in virtual environments of information, gaming, video, and social networking. For these moments we are not fully present in our rooms, offices, and streets. Connected by int... Read More about Presence for everyone - a short guide to presence research..

Operational optimisation of water distribution networks (2009)
Thesis
Lopez-Ibanez, M. Operational optimisation of water distribution networks. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3044

Water distribution networks are a fundamental part of any modern city and their daily operations constitute a significant expenditure in terms of energy and maintenance costs. Careful scheduling of pump operations may lead to significant energy savin... Read More about Operational optimisation of water distribution networks.

Letting others do the work for you: the use of a wiki in creating a large-scale dataset. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gunn, L. (2009, June). Letting others do the work for you: the use of a wiki in creating a large-scale dataset. Paper presented at Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing Conference

The problems of creating a large and diverse dataset for public online access are common across a number of fields and disciplines, particularly where the resources available to the researchers in terms of staffing, access and mobility are restricted... Read More about Letting others do the work for you: the use of a wiki in creating a large-scale dataset..

Edinburgh City of Print: web 2.0 technologies. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bromage, S. (2009, June). Edinburgh City of Print: web 2.0 technologies. Paper presented at Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing Conference

Technologies such as Flickr and YouTube and iTunes are increasingly being utilised to showcase the collections of a wide variety of institutions. Archival and heritage collections frequently feature on these platforms alongside holiday snaps and pers... Read More about Edinburgh City of Print: web 2.0 technologies..