Matthew Lakier

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Understanding Marine Scientist Software Tool Use

Marine science researchers are heavy users of software tools and systems such as statistics packages, visualization tools, and online data catalogues. Following a constructivist grounded theory approach, we conduct a semi-structured interview study of 23 marine science researchers and research supports within a North…

CHI '241st AuthorDigital Art Installations & Interactive Performance +1

Digital Knick-Knacks: Standalone Audiovisual Digital Possessions or Embellishments in Digital Environments

Inspired by physical possessions displayed in the home, we define "digital knick-knacks" as standalone audiovisual digital possessions or embellishments contained within non-game digital environments. "Neko", a cat that chases the cursor, is a historical example. We propose a taxonomy to define and generate digital kn…

CSCW '221st AuthorSoftware Development; Software Development

More than just Software Surprises: Purposes, Processes, and Directions for Software Application Easter Eggs

"Easter eggs" are features hidden inside software, and the practice of developers including them is a long-standing global phenomenon. They have seen some investigation in the context of games, but despite their prevalence in non-game software applications, their nature within this context is less clear. We perform a…

CHI '212nd AuthorUniversal & Inclusive Design +2

Exploring Smartphone Relationships through Roland Barthes using an Instrumented Pillow Technology Probe

We examine a vocabulary of affective language, borrowed from Roland Barthes’ “A Lover’s Discourse: Fragments,” and its applicability to discourse describing smartphone attachment. This vocabulary, adopted from four of Barthes’ terms, waiting, dependency, anxiety, and absence, is used as a discursive lens to illustrate…

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