Indexing Voice: A Morality Tale

Security and Morality: A Tale of User Deceit

There has been considerable debate about the apparent irrationality of end users in choosing with whom to share information, with much of the discourse crystallized in research on phishing. Designs for security technology in general, anti-spam technology, and anti-phishing technology has been targeted on specific problems with distinct methods of mitigation. In contrasts, studies of human risk ...

The barnacle and the building: a modern morality tale.

A rare and almost complete barnacle fossil, previously described on the basis of two isolated shell fragments, was recently exposed in a limestone block on the outer wall of Melbourne's Old Magistrates' Courts in Victoria, Australia. These courts comprise one of the oldest and grandest buildings in Melbourne and because of this they have a heritage listing. As heritage-listed buildings are prot...

Voice creation for conversational fairy-tale characters

The NICE fairy-tale game system allows users to interact with conversational fairy-tale characters in a 3D world environment. Apart from engaging in conversation, the characters are able to perform physical actions in this simulated world. The goal is to create believable fairy-tale characters with distinct personalities. The personality of the characters will be conveyed by their appearance, t...

Digital Necrosis: A Hoarder’s Tale

A tale of two images: the quest to create a story-based image indexing system

Design/methodology/approach – Eight interviews were undertaken to investigate storytelling in user interpretations of the images. Following this, storytelling was explored as an indexing input method. Twenty-six research subjects were asked to create stories about the images, which were then considered in relation to conventional story elements and in relation to Rafferty and Hidderley’s 2005 i...