Brad A. Myers
ABSTRACT
Increasingly, people will be in situations where they have multiple communicating computing devices available at the same time. The Pebbles research project is investigating many ways that a hand-held computer such as a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) can serve as a useful adjunct to the PC in those situations. We have created a large set of applications to support group work in meetings and individual work at the desktop. These run on both Palm Pilots and Windows CE devices, along with a PC. As an example, each hand-held computer can control the main PC's cursor and keyboard to support collaboration. For an individual giving a slide show, the notes and controls for the show can be on the hand-held, while the main computer is running the show. This demonstration will show the large variety of Pebbles applications.
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Digital Library
- Cross, K., Warmack, A., and Myers, B., "Lessons Learned: Using Contextual Inquiry Analysis to Improve PDA Control of Presentations," 1999. Submitted for Publication.Google Scholar
- Davis, R. C., et al. "NotePals: Lightweight Note Sharing by the Group, for the Group," in Proceedings, CHI'99: Human Factors in Computing Systems. 1999. Pittsburgh, PA: ACM. pp. 338-345. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Miller, R. C. and Myers, B. "Synchronizing Clipboards of Multiple Computers," in Proceedings UIST'99: ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. 1999. Asheville, NC: pp. 65-66. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Myers, B. A., Lie, K. P. L., and Yang, B.-C. J. "Two-Handed Input Using a PDA And a Mouse," in Proceedings CHI'2000: Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2000. The Hague, The Netherlands: pp. To Appear. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Myers, B. A., Stiel, H., and Gargiulo, R. "Collaboration Using Multiple PDAs Connected to a PC," in Proceedings CSCW'98: ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work. 1998. Seattle, WA: pp. 285-294. Google ScholarDigital Library
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