A few days ago I celebrated my birthday. During the day, I received several birthday wishes through different media. This included several e-mails from both friends and different companies. Getting greetings is something I appreciate, but what is the point of getting auto generated greetings? This comes down to what the meaning of sending a […]
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At my organization, Aalborg University, it is a requirement to change the campus account password once every 90 days, a security imitative implemented last year. This is a widespread security policy used in many organizations, but also a policy whose significance has been questioned for more than a decade. I have very mixed feelings about this […]
Submitted reviews for two papers submitted to NordiCHI 2016 (formally known as the 9th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction.) I have now been reviewing papers for several years and have (finally) found somewhat of a review routine. Both papers are interesting and concerned with timely and relevant topics. Despite that the papers are not exactly […]
We recently got a new member of our research group, a Merrild coffee machine. The Department of Computer Science at Aalborg University consists of several different research units, and luckily, one of the other units passed on their used coffee machine which still can be considered hyper-modern compared to our former one. Easy access to coffee is an […]
During a recent course in interaction design research at Aalborg University Department of Architecture Design and Media Technology, I had my first encounter with a laser cutter. Here I was introduced to some of the many possibilities offered by this relatively simple technology. In essence, a laser cutter is a high-power laser burning melting the […]
In an ongoing study about creating GUI redesigns based on the results of a usability evaluation I asked the participants if they had problems understanding the usability problem list. 44 participants, a mix of informatics and information technology students following a design course, participated. Their assignment was to create redesign suggestions for a web shop […]
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Submitted review to AfriCHI 2016
Submitted a review of a full paper to AfriCHI 2016. AfriCHI is a new HCI conference presenting itself as: “AfriCHI’s mission is to be a pan-African conference that brings together researchers, academics, practitioners, industry professionals and students who are African, are based in Africa or undertake or collaborate on HCI and Interaction Design projects about Africa. The […]
Academic writing is a process full of pain, struggle, frustration, and you name it… but academic writing is also satisfying, engaging, and meaningful to name a few of the many positive aspects. Especially the feeling of getting a paper accepted for publication is a very enjoyable and satisfying moment. “Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve […]
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Submitted review to SIDeR 2016
Just submitted a review to the 12th Student Interaction Design Research conference (SIDeR 2016). This is the second time I’m reviewing for this conference. This idea behind the conference is to provide a venue for students to publish short papers reporting research conducted and reflections made during their ongoing studies such as outcomes of project […]
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Happy new year 2016!
A few highlights from my year: