Finding meaningful uses for context-aware technologies: The humanistic research strategy

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 247-254

  Oulasvirta, Antti ^a  

^a HELSINKI INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Context awareness; Empowerment; Humanism; Research strategy; Use scenarios; User centered design

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STATISTICS;

CONTEXT-AWARENESS; RESEARCH STRATEGY; USE SCENARIOS; USER-CENTERED DESIGN;

USER INTERFACES;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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