Kurt Weisman

Should we be asking elders to be Founding Fathers?

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May 142008
 

In reading Marc Langeinrich’s article “A Privacy Awareness System for Ubiquitous Computing Environments,” I was captivated by his suggestion that privacy awareness systems should resemble the fundamental principles of democratic societies. According to Langeinrich, people should be able to be

Scotland, England and France, oh my!

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Apr 152008
 

I was recently awarded a grant to setup a project that has members from multiple countries performing identical user studies investigating cultural differences in user acceptance of pervasive health technologies. I’ll be working with Yvonne Rogers at the Open University

Do elders like celery?

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Apr 042008
 

I’m not talking about the vegetable that tastes like slightly flavored water. Celery is an “email without the computer” service targeting elders. For $10-15 bucks a month, and the price of a fax/printer (~$90), people can send an elder an

Older people DO want to use technology

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Apr 042008
 

Contrary to popular ideas that older people are technophobic, research shows that older people want to use technology when they see that it will be useful to them. Caregivers believe that technology can reduce some of the burdens of caregiving.