Ellen Isaacs

Publication List Details

Period

0000 - 2008

Number

16

Co-Authors

1 Organizing Communication in a Social Desktop ContactMap: Organizing Communication in a Social Desktop (2008)

Steve Whittaker, Quentin Jones, Bonnie Nardi, Mike Creech, Loren Terveen, Ellen Isaacs, ...

Modern work is a highly social process, offering many cues for people to organize communication and access information. Shared physical workplaces provide natural support for tasks such as (a) social...

INTEGRATING COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION (2008)

Bonnie A. Nardi, Steve Whittaker, Ellen Isaacs, Mike Creech, Jeff Johnson, John Hainsworth

Ubiquitous computing is not only influencing our lives, but our livelihoods. Indeed, traditional career choices and paths will require fundamental attitude adjustments. Visualizing personal social...

1 Organizing Communication in a Social Desktop ContactMap: Organizing Communication in a Social Desktop (2008)

Steve Whittaker, Quentin Jones, Bonnie Nardi, Mike Creech, Loren Terveen, Ellen Isaacs, ...

Modern work is a highly social process, offering many cues for people to organize communication and access information. Shared physical workplaces provide natural support for tasks such as (a) social...

Iterative Design of a Collaborative Application: A Case Study (2007)

Ellen Isaacs, Trevor Morris, Thomas K. Rodriguez

Developing usable software applications can be difficult because the goals of software engineers and human interface engineers often conflict. Our group used a process that reduced the workload of...

Lessons Learned from a Successful Collaboration Between Software Engineers and Human Interface Engineers (2007)

Ellen Isaacs, Trevor Morris, Thomas K. Rodriguez

. Most software applications are difficult to use because the development process emphasizes the quality of the architecture and not the usability of the application. Programs can be both well...

The character, functions, and styles of instant messaging in the workplace (2002)

Ellen Isaacs, Alan Walendowski, Steve Whittaker, Diane J. Schiano, Ace Kamm

Current perceptions of Instant Messaging (IM) use are based primarily on self-report studies. We logged thousands of (mostly) workplace IM conversations and evaluated their conversational...

S.: Characterizing instant messaging from recorded logs (2002)

Ellen Isaacs, Ace Kamm, Diane J. Schiano, Alan Walendowski, Steve Whittaker

Most studies about instant messaging (IM) are based on self-report data. We logged thousands of IM conversations and examined actual behavior to find characteristic patterns of IM use in the...

S.: Characterizing instant messaging from recorded logs (2002)

Ellen Isaacs, Ace Kamm, Diane J. Schiano, Alan Walendowski, Steve Whittaker

Most studies about instant messaging (IM) are based on self-report data. We logged thousands of IM conversations and examined actual behavior to find characteristic patterns of IM use in the...

ContactMap: Integrating Communication and Information Through Visualizing Personal Social Networks (2002)

Bonnie A. Nardi, Steve Whittaker, Ellen Isaacs, Mike Creech, Jeff Johnson, John Hainsworth

In a few short years, we have witnessed a massive uptake in the use of cell phones, personal digital assistants and hybrid devices that integrate phone, computer and Internet services. These devices...

The character, functions, and styles of instant messaging in the workplace (2002)

Ellen Isaacs, Alan Walendowski, Steve Whittaker, Diane J. Schiano, Ace Kamm

Current perceptions of Instant Messaging (IM) use are based primarily on self-report studies. We logged thousands of (mostly) workplace IM conversations and evaluated their conversational...

Teen Use of Messaging Media (2002)

Diane J. Schiano, Coreena P. Chen, Jeremy Ginsberg, Unnur Gretarsdottir, Megan Huddleston, Ellen Isaacs

Teenagers comprise a large proportion of our population, and their technology use is considered a bellwether of future trends. Today's teens are coming of age with the rapid development of...

ContactMap: Using Personal Social Networks to Organize Communication in a Social Desktop (2002)

Steve Whittaker, Quentin Jones, Bonnie Nardi, Mike Creech, Loren Terveen, Ellen Isaacs, ...

A shared physical workplace is a rich social and informational environment. Tasks such as managing communication commitments, keeping track of collaborators and friends, and “social data mining ”...

Supporting Distributed Groups with a Montage of Lightweight Interactions (1994)

John Tang, Ellen Isaacs, Monica Rua

The Montage prototype provides lightweight audio-video glances among distributed collaborators and integrates other applications for coordinating future contact. We studied a distributed group across...

Why Do Users Like Video (1993)

John C. Tang, Ellen A. Isaacs, Sunsoft Inc, John C. Tang, Ellen Isaacs

Three studies of collaborative activity were conducted as part of research in developing multimedia technology to support collaboration. One study surveyed users ’ opinions of their use of video...

Mobile instant messaging through Hubbub (0000)

Isaacs , Ellen

Discusses mobile instant messaging through hubbub. Hubbub project at AT&T laboratories; Instant messaging application that shows the users list of buddies; Hubbub on a Palm handheld and on a personal...

Mobile instant messaging through Hubbub

Isaacs , Ellen

Discusses mobile instant messaging through hubbub. Hubbub project at AT&T laboratories; Instant messaging application that shows the users list of buddies; Hubbub on a Palm handheld and on a personal...