At a meeting with my supervisors after my first round of interviews, I was desolate. My research centered on technology and yet no one seemed to be talking about technology in my interviews. I handed my supervisors an interview transcript and a lament. They were puzzled by my reaction. The interview was rich with references [...]
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Field notes: Methodology
Before I even began my Master’s thesis, I knew I wanted to be in the middle of my research. I wanted to develop an application while researching how it was being developed. I instinctively felt that participating as a developer would give me richer insights as a social scientist. I didn’t want to be a [...]
Master’s thesis proposal
Introduction Eight years ago, I graduated with a social science degree only to end up working as a web designer. As a social scientist slash web designer, I speculated about the quirks of my profession. Why were some practices followed while others avoided? Why were some users won over while others lost? Why did some [...]
Master’s thesis idea
In 1991, Mark Weiser from the Palo Alto Research Centre (PARC) published a seminal paper describing an embedded computing world where; “The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it.” Almost twenty years later pervasive and ubiquitous computing is fast becoming [...]
