Beyond “Just Being There”

Beyond being there? Evaluating augmented digital records

Technological advances have made possible a new generation of digital prosthetic memory devices (or memory aids). Yet we currently know little about when, how and why these devices might be useful. We evaluated two novel prosthetic memory devices in naturalistic and controlled learning settings. Both devices provide controlled access to annotated digital records of lectures, potentially freeing...

Ination Targeting in Canada: Optimal Policy or Just Being There?

Parts of the paper are drawn from my unpublished essay entitled " Learning Abnout Monetary Theory and Policy, " which bene…tted from many conversations on the subject with David Laidler and also with Rymes and seminar participants at Carleton University and the Laidler Festschrift provided valuable comments.

Being Just With Deconstruction

Beyond Just Data Privacy

We argue that designing a system that “guarantees” the privacy of its information may not be enough. One must also consider the price for providing that protection: For example, is the information preserved adequately? Does the system perform well? We illustrate this point by presenting the concept of a configuration that can capture the security, longevity and performance aspects of managing i...

Beyond being aware

To support collaborative interactions, information systems need to support awareness: Collaborators must attain and maintain reciprocal awareness of shared activity in order to coordinate effectively. Supporting awareness has often been conceptualized a matter of ameliorating deficits inherent in remote interaction. In this paper, we consider awareness support in several community informatics c...