Peter J. Thomas
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» 2001 «
Thomas, Peter J. and Gellersen, Hans-W. (2001): Ensemble Computing. In International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 13 (2) pp. 113-121
“The technology space that includes ubiquitous computing, information
appliances, and pervasive and situated systems is the subject of intense
interest among the research community. In this article, we examine some of the
principles implicit in this space and introduce the idea of "ensemble
computing" to describe technologies that extend this space.”
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» 2000 «
Thomas, Peter J. and Gellersen, Hans-Werner (eds.) Handheld and Ubiquitous Computing - Second International Symposium - HUC 2000 September 25-27, 2000, Bristol, UK.
Thomas, Peter J. and Gellersen, Hans-Werner (2000): Editoral. In Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 4 (4) pp. 201-201
» 1999 «
Jones, Steve and Thomas, Peter J. (1999): Nationality as a Factor in the Use of Information Management Technologies. In Behaviour and Information Technology, 18 (4) pp. 231-233
“In an attempt to uncover various non-technical and behavioural issues relating to the adoption of personal information management (PIM) technologies, an exploratory study was conducted into cultural and nationality factors in the usage of such artefacts. This investigation assessed such usage among two sample groups, comparable on multiple sociodemographic and occupational factors, but situated within historically diverse nations-those of the UK, and the only recently democratized state of the Czech Republic. Particular attention was paid to any differences in the use of 'traditional' paper based as opposed to 'emerging' electronic technologies. The findings suggest that, whilst there was no significant difference in the usage of electronic items between the Czech and UK subjects, a nationality effect was observed in the use of traditional items, this being particularly pronounced in the case of two specific artefacts when taking the use of individual items into account.”
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» 1998 «
Lees, David Y. and Thomas, Peter J. (1998): Designing Information Artefacts for Knowledge Workers. In Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 2 (4)
» 1997 «
Jones, Steve and Thomas, Peter J. (1997): Empirical Assessment of Individuals' 'Personal Information Management Systems'. In Behaviour and Information Technology, 16 (3) pp. 158-160
“A simple pilot study has been undertaken to investigate the use of 'personal information management technologies' (including both traditional and emerging electronic technologies) via a combination of nominal questionnaire and semi-structured interview schedules. The pilot study suggested that the number of users adopting computer-based personal information management technologies is low, as is the combination of computer-based technologies with traditional paper-based technologies in users' 'personal information management systems'.”
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Thimbleby, Harold, O'Conaill, Brid and Thomas, Peter J. (eds.) Proceedings of the Twelfth Conference of the British Computer Society Human Computer Interaction Specialist Group - People and Computers XII August, 1997, Bristol, England, UK.
» 1996 «
Thomas, Peter J., Meech, John F. and Williams, Jane (1996): Multimedia information using mobile computers: accessing the digital campus and the digital library. In New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia, 2 pp. 17-23
“It is clear that the role of the information resource is changing. Major publishers have been slow to adapt to the emergence of a global digital medium, but there are now signs that a great deal of information will be delivered on-line, (although at present only about 25 databases account for 80% of usage in UK and optical publishing is still in its early stages). However, digital publishing on the Internet - example - will be a driving force in creating the 'global digital medium'. One issue that will become increasingly relevant is how the individual user accesses rich multimedia data in the most appropriate way. The 'digital university campus' and the 'digital library' are coming to be important concepts, with the aim that users of information services will receive information on-line supported by a 'ubiquistructure' of information technology. For the 'digital campus' this means that not only scholarly but also teaching activities are based on interactive access to information, and where not only the digital library but also digital bookshop and the digital classroom are becoming possible with the development of 140MB/s SuperJANET links. However, it is recognised that libraries will not be truly digital for the foreseeable future, and that libraries will maintain traditional and digital media side by side. In this paper, reporting on work at the University of Bristol's Educational Technology Service multimedia resources unit MRU, and the University of the West of England's Centre for Personal Information Management (in collaboration with Hewlett-Packard Research Laboratories and the University of Bristol's Centre for Communications Research), we look the 'digital library' and 'digital campus' from the perspective of the individual user and her information needs. We are particular interested in the use of small, mobile computers as access points to the global digital medium. We suggest that, in an environment of change - where the traditional campus and the traditional library exist alongside the digital campus and digital library - the most appropriate form of access technology is based on 'personal technology' which allows a linking between digital information and traditional paper-based information.”
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» 1995 «
Thomas, Peter J., Jones, Stephen R., Lees, David Y. and Meech, John F. (1995): Issues in the Design of Personal Office Support Systems. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 39th Annual Meeting 1995. pp. 278-281.
“The work undertaken by office-based professionals who work closely together on information management tasks has been the object of various studies which seek to categorise and provide guidelines for the smooth performance of those tasks. However, current technology support to be found in many offices provides little in the way of integration between different information media and processes, usually relying on the workers themselves to 'adapt and survive' both in terms of 'personal work' and 'collaborative work'. This paper describes the complexities in the design of computer-based technologies to support through a detailed study of the design of a 'personal office support system' (POS) currently being undertaken.”
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Thomas, Peter J., Meech, John F. and MacRedie, Robert (1995): Personal Information Appliances. In: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 1995. pp. 945-950.
“The range of information management activities which personal computing devices are intended to support include (a) Storage of local information created or manipulated by users (b) Retrieval of local and non-local information (c) Integration of multiple sources of local and non-local information (d) Decision-making by integrating stored, retrieved and integrated information (e) Communication with other users and devices The activities which comprise what may be termed 'personal information management' [1, 2, 3, 4] require not only the use of various technologies, media and modalities but their integration. In this paper we look at the characteristics of personal information appliances, the range of activities which they support, and review families of appliances and their application domains with examples from a current project.”
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» 1994 «
Thomas, Peter J. and Meech, John F. (1994): Theory, Practice and Technology for Developing Usable Personal Systems. In: Proceedings of OZCHI94, the CHISIG Annual Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 1994. pp. 223-228.
“This paper reviews theory, practice and technology for 'personal information management'. The paper defines and identifies the nature of personal information management and reviews the ways in which current technology supports only a limited conception of personal information management. The paper reviews concepts and technologies for the development of usable personal systems.”
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Thomas, Peter J. and Meech, John F. (1994): Personal Information Management: Developing Usable Personal Systems. In: Proceedings of OZCHI94, the CHISIG Annual Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 1994. pp. 327-328.
“This poster summarises and describes research underway into the nature of 'Personal Information Management' and the application of HCI findings techniques and approaches to the development of technology in this domain.”
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» 1991 «
Thomas, Peter J. (1991): Language, Communication, Social Interaction and the Design of Human-Computer Interfaces. In Behaviour and Information Technology, 10 (4) pp. 311-324
“The importance of human sciences to the design of information technology is now generally recognized. As part of this recognition there is an interest in employing findings about language, communication and social interaction in design. In particular there has been a great deal of recent interest in the use of the methods and findings of conversation analysis, a sociological approach to the investigation of the structure of human conversation. The paper discusses the rationale for the use of such findings, outlines directions currently being pursued in this area, and provides a bibliography of recently-published and forthcoming research.”
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Norman, Michael A. and Thomas, Peter J. (1991): Informing HCI Design through Conversation Analysis. In International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 35 (2) pp. 235-250
“HCI encompasses a variety of disciplines to provide knowledge of the user and seeks to make this knowledge available to designers in a variety of practical ways. In seeking to enrich the multidisciplinary base of HCI, to provide designers with enhanced knowledge of the user and to facilitate interface design, the authors are currently exploring conversation analysis, a social-scientific approach to the investigation of interaction. Conversation analysis provides a methodology, a set of analytic constructs and a collection of established findings about interaction which will prove important in the investigation and design of human-computer interaction in a way that transcends technological issues. The paper discusses issues concerned with the applicability of conversation analysis to HCI, and provides examples of studies carried out on a corpus of video-recorded human-computer interaction. These examples demonstrate that the findings of conversation analysis can inform the design of interactive systems, and that its methods may be used productively in the investigation of human-computer interaction.”
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