Activity-centered design : an ecological approach to designing smart tools and usable systems

"Bridging activity theory and design is a major challenge for researchers and practitioners of computer-supported collaborative work and learning. Geri Gay and Helene Hembrooke make an important contribution toward building such a bridge."--Yrjo Engestrom, University of California, San Diego and University of Helsinki, FinlandPlease note: There should be umlauts over both o's in the endorser's name. "In Activity-Centered Design, Gay and Hembrooke offer us fascinating glimpses into some of the possible futures for emerging technologies and infrastructures. Their discussions of recent proto-ubiquitous computing experiments with mobile and wireless devices are as timely as they are provocative. But perhaps the book's most important contribution is to make the case, definitively, for embedding technology design within broader cultural and social contexts." Genevieve Bell, Senior Researcher, Intel Corporation "In *Activity-Centered Design*, Gay and Hembrooke offer us fascinating glimpses into some of the possible futures for emerging technologies and infrastructures. Their discussions of recent proto-ubiquitous computing experiments with mobile and wireless devices are as timely as they are provocative. But perhaps the book's most important contribution is to make the case, definitively, for embedding technology design within broader cultural and social contexts."--Genevieve Bell, Senior Researcher, Intel Corporation Ler mais...