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ActivityDesk: multi-device configuration work using an interactive desk

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CHI EA '13: CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2468356.2468484

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Recent studies have shown that knowledge workers are increasingly using multiple devices, such as notebooks, tablets and smartphones to interact with different types of information that are part of their daily activities. Using multiple devices introduces a configuration overhead as users have to manually reconfigure all devices according to ongoing activities. Especially in an environment such as an office, where the use of multiple devices is more common, the process of configuring them in context of ongoing activities is cumbersome. In this paper, we present the initial explorations of the ActivityDesk system, an interactive desk that supports multi-device configuration work and workspace aggregation into a personal ad hoc smart space for knowledge workers. The main goal of ActivityDesk is to reduce the configuration work required to use multiple devices at the same time by using an interactive desk as a configuration space.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3290605.3300792
Bardram JJeuris SHouben S(2015)Activity‐Based ComputingAI Magazine10.1609/aimag.v36i2.258536:2(63-72)Online publication date: 1-Jun-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1609/aimag.v36i2.2585
Houben STell PBardram JDachselt RGraham NHornbæk KNacenta M(2014)ActivitySpaceProceedings of the Ninth ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces10.1145/2669485.2669493(119-128)Online publication date: 16-Nov-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2669485.2669493

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ActivityDesk: multi-device configuration work using an interactive desk
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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DOI:10.1145/2468356

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Brudy FHolz CRädle RWu CHouben SKlokmose CMarquardt NBrewster SFitzpatrick GCox AKostakos V(2019)Cross-Device TaxonomyProceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3290605.3300792(1-28)Online publication date: 2-May-2019
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Bardram JJeuris SHouben S(2015)Activity‐Based ComputingAI Magazine10.1609/aimag.v36i2.258536:2(63-72)Online publication date: 1-Jun-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1609/aimag.v36i2.2585
Houben STell PBardram JDachselt RGraham NHornbæk KNacenta M(2014)ActivitySpaceProceedings of the Ninth ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces10.1145/2669485.2669493(119-128)Online publication date: 16-Nov-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2669485.2669493

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