InACM CSCW BlogbySam W. T. Chan·Jan 25, 2022Engaging, comforting and charismatic— benefits of using voices of friends and family in interfacesImagine hearing a reminder from your smart speaker, in the voice of your close friend, asking you to go out and exercise. How does that…
Jina Huh-Yoo·Jan 1, 20222021 Year-in-Review: Health and Happiness Design Lab at Drexel UniversityThis is the second Year-in-Review of the Health and Happiness Design Lab. Many of our lab members developed non-trivial health issues and…
InACM CSCW BlogbyKristen Barta·Oct 27, 2021“Just be you,” but for whom?: How authenticity and identity work on TikTokOn social media, who you are — but also, who you appear to be to other users and the algorithms running in the background — matters. They…A response icon3
InACM CSCW BlogbyC. Estelle Smith·Oct 24, 2021Social Computing Researchers Need to Pay Attention to Religion & Spirituality in DesignEverything changes when you or someone you love receives a life-threatening health diagnosis & tech can do better to honor that.
InACM CSCW BlogbyC. Estelle Smith·Oct 24, 2021Rethinking Mental Health Interventions: How Crowd-Powered Therapy Can Help Everyone Help EveryoneWe all have dark thoughts sometimes. And if you’ve ever been a graduate student, perhaps thoughts like the following feel familiar: