Martin Tomitsch

TL;DR: UbiqLog is proposed, a lightweight, configurable, and extendable life-log framework, which uses mobile phone as a device for life logging and contains a data model and an architecture, which can be used as reference model for further life- log development, including its extension to other devices, such as ebook readers, T.V.s, etc.

TL;DR: It is shown that visualizations displayed in public settings are able to increase social awareness and discourse by exposing underlying patterns in data that is submitted by citizens.

TL;DR: A between-subject, comparative online study of three information visualization demonstrators that each displayed the same dataset by way of an identical scatterplot technique, yet were different in style in terms of visual and interactive embellishment finds no variation on the self-reported depth, expert-rated depth, confidence or difficulty of the resulting insights.

TL;DR: An in-depth analysis of depth video recordings of a field deployment study of a public interactive display suggests that this representation of passers-by as a mirror image in the form of a skeleton may have triggered some of the playful behaviour observed in the deployment study.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a series of studies on situated interfaces for community engagement, identifying five recurring design challenges as well as four common strategies used to overcome them, and assess the effectiveness of these strategies through field studies with public polling interfaces.