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Teaching Software Developers to Perform UX Tasks

Together with my co-authors, Tina Øvad, Lars Bo Larsen, and Jan Stage, we got the paper “Teaching Software Developers to Perform UX Tasks” accepted at OzCHI 2015 taking place in Melbourne, Australia, December 7-10, 2015. This paper has been in the works for quite some time so I’m very happy that it finally found a […]

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Using design cards to facilitate redesign: initial findings

When developing new design concepts and redesigning existing ones the idea of using design cards to facilitate the process and creativity has been explored in several different fields. The idea of using design cards as part of design workshops has been explored when developing new design concepts such as game designs [7], “playful experiences” [6], […]

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Thank You Knud Højgaard’s Foundation

I was delighted to receive a travel grant from Knud Højgaard’s Foundation. I attended the CHI 2015 conference last month. Along with the free registration I received as a student volunteer this grant will partially cover my travel and participation expenses. As always, CHI was a great experience.

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@ CHI 2015

Spending this week at CHI 2015. The theme of the conference is “Crossings”, which aim to explore the intersections and collaborations between different fields, perspectives, and cultures in the design and use of interactive technologies. As always, it’s a pleasure to meet the HCI community, share ideas, random thoughts, and learning from the hundreds of […]

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Attending CHI 2015

I’ll be attending the CHI 2015 conference, the ACM’s HCI flagship conference. This year the conference is held in Seoul, South Korea, April 18 – 23, 2015, at the COEX Convention & Exhibition Center. This will be my third attendance CHI, I also attended in 2010 and 2011, and it will be my third time […]

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Friendship Maintenance in the Digital Age: 
Applying a Relational Lens to Online Social Interaction

The paper “Friendship Maintenance in the Digital Age: Applying a Relational Lens to Online Social Interaction” co-authored with Irina Shklovski, Louise Barkhuus, and Joseph Kaye got accepted at the CSCW 2015 conference. Abstract HCI research has explored mobile technologies to support social activity and to support greater feelings of connectedness. Much of this has focused […]

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Happy new year

Happy new year! see you in 2015. A few highlights from the passing year:

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IRIS/SCIS 2015 call for papers

Call for papers has been announced for the IRIS/SCIS 2015 conference. This is a joint conference consisting of the two events The 38th Information Systems Research Conference in Scandinavia (IRIS38) and The Sixth Scandinavian Conference on Information Systems (SCIS 2015). The theme of the 2015 conference is “System design for, with and by users”. The conference will […]

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@ NordiCHI 2014

Just attended the NordiCHI 2014 with the slogan “Fun, Fast, Foundational (& Sauna)“. I presented the paper “Redesign Workshop: Involving Software Developers Actively in Usability Engineering” at the Industrial Experiences track. Acknowledgements are sent to TC Electronic for partly sponsoring my attendance.

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Redesign Workshop: Involving Software Developers Actively in Usability Engineering

Together with my co-authors Jane Billestrup, Jesper Lumbye Andersen, Jan Stage & Anders Bruun, I got a paper accepted at the Industrial Experiences track at the NordiCHI 2014 conference. Abstract In practical usability engineering feedback is only useful if it cost effectively leads to design changes. Several studies have looked into different feedback formats when passing […]