This week readings relate to designers work environments and the importance of face-to-face interactions. The Currently Unique Advantages of Collocated Work Judith S. Olson, Stephanie Teasley, Lisa Covi, Gary Olson What do we know about proximity and distance in work groups? Sara Kiesler, Jonathon M. Cummings

Last week Professor Andrew Bucksbarg, instructed the Physical Media class to build a minature model of our project and present it to the class. The reason for this exercise is to open our projects to more critique and encourage students to get a better understanding how the individual parts fit ...

Readings this week about emotion in computing: Mood and Emotions in Small Groups and Work TeamsJanice R. Kelly, Sigal G. Barsade I'm Sad You're Sad: Emotional Contagion in Computer-Mediated CommunicationJeffrey T. Hancock, Kailyn Gee, Kevin Ciaccio, Jennifer Mae-Hwah Lin ...

Project: ILI: Interactive Light Installation In my Physical Games and Interactive Media course, our group (Ashley Engelhardt, Jordan Fugate, and myself) had a full day of studio time to work on this project. Our project is a wall-mounted interactive light installation that visualizes users movements. As people engage with the installation, ...

As a way to recall my readings and provide you an idea of what type of topics are in current discussion, I'm going to document my weekly reading list, starting today. I really wish I did this last year. Eventually, I will post my past semester readings in my spare ...