Alan Blackwell

Publications

Co-authors

Darren Edge

4

Margaret M. Burnett

6

Eleanor F. Toye

6

Productive Colleagues

Margaret M. Burnett

103

Mary Beth Rosson

142

Brad A. Myers

154

Publications

Ko, Andrew J., Abraham, Robin, Beckwith, Laura, Blackwell, Alan, Burnett, Margaret M., Erwig, Martin, Scaffidi, Christopher, Lawrance, Joseph, Lieberman, Henry, Myers, Brad A., Rosson, Mary Beth, Rothermel, Gregg, Shaw, Mary, Wiedenbeck, Susan (2011): The State of the Art in End-User Software Engineering. In ACM Computing Surveys, 43 (3) pp. 1-44.

Blackwell, Alan, Fincher, Sally (2010): PUX: patterns of user experience. In Interactions, 17 (2) pp. 27-31. https://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1699775.1699782

Blackwell, Alan, Rode, Jennifer Ann, Toye, Eleanor F. (2009): How do we Program the Home? Gender, Attention Investment, and the Psychology of Programmin. In International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 67 (4) pp. 324-41.

Jones, Rachel, Milic-Frayling, Natasa, Rodden, Kerry, Blackwell, Alan (2007): Contextual Method for the Redesign of Existing Software Products. In International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 22 (1) pp. 81-101. https://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15327590ijhc2201-02_5

Toye, Eleanor F., Sharp, Richard, Madhavapeddy, Anil, Scott, David, Upton, Eben, Blackwell, Alan (2007): Interacting with mobile services: an evaluation of camera-phones and visual tags. In Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 11 (2) pp. 97-106. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00779-006-0064-9

Blackwell, Alan (2006): The reification of metaphor as a design tool. In ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 13 (4) pp. 490-530. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1188816.1188820

Blackwell, Alan (2006): Ten years of cognitive dimensions in visual languages and computing: Guest Editor's introd. In J. Vis. Lang. Comput., 17 (4) pp. 285-287. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvlc.2006.04.001

Edge, Darren, Blackwell, Alan (2006): Correlates of the cognitive dimensions for tangible user interface. In J. Vis. Lang. Comput., 17 (4) pp. 366-394. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvlc.2006.04.005

Rode, Jennifer A., Toye, Eleanor F., Blackwell, Alan (2004): The fuzzy felt ethnography-understanding the programming patterns of domestic appliances. In Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 8 (3) pp. 161-176. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00779-004-0272-0

Blackwell, Alan (2004): End-user developers at home. In Communications of the ACM, 47 (9) pp. 65-66. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1015864.1015892

Jones, Simon L. Peyton, Blackwell, Alan, Burnett, Margaret M. (2003): A user-centred approach to functions in Excel. In SIGPLAN Notices, 38 (9) pp. 165-176. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/944746.944721

Ward, David J., Blackwell, Alan, MacKay, David J. C. (2002): Dasher: A Gesture-Driven Data Entry Interface for Mobile Computing. In Human-Computer Interaction, 17 (2) pp. 199-228.

Blackwell, Alan (2001): Pictorial Representation and Metaphor in Visual Language Design. In J. Vis. Lang. Comput., 12 (3) pp. 223-252.

Blackwell, Alan (2001): See What You Need: Helping End-users to Build Abstractions. In J. Vis. Lang. Comput., 12 (5) pp. 475-499.

Whitley, Kirsten N., Blackwell, Alan (2001): Visual Programming in the Wild: A Survey of LabVIEW Programmers. In J. Vis. Lang. Comput., 12 (4) pp. 435-472.

Ward, David J., Blackwell, Alan, MacKay, David J. C. (2000): Dasher -- A Data Entry Interface Using Continuous Gestures and Language Models. In: Ackerman, Mark S., Edwards, Keith (eds.) Proceedings of the 13th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology November 06 - 08, 2000, San Diego, California, United States. pp. 129-137. https://acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/uist/354401/p129-ward/p129-ward.pdf

Petre, Marian, Blackwell, Alan (1999): Mental Imagery in Program Design and Visual Programming. In International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 51 (1) pp. 7-30.

Petre, Marian, Blackwell, Alan (1997): A Glimpse of Expert Programmers' Mental Imagery. In: Empirical Studies of Programmers - Seventh Workshop October 24-26, 1997, 1997, Alexandria, Virginia. pp. 109-123. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/chi/266399/p109-petre/p109-petre.pdf

Whitley, K. N., Blackwell, Alan (1997): Visual Programming: The Outlook from Academia and Industry. In: Empirical Studies of Programmers - Seventh Workshop October 24-26, 1997, 1997, Alexandria, Virginia. pp. 180-208. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/chi/266399/p180-whitley/p180-whitley.pdf

Beckwith, Laura, Kissinger, Cory, Burnett, Margaret M., Wiedenbeck, Susan, Lawrance, Joseph, Blackwell, Alan, Cook, Curtis (2006): Tinkering and gender in end-user programmers\' debugging. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2006 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , 2006, . pp. 231-240. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1124772.1124808

Rode, Jennifer Ann, Stringer, Mark, Toye, Eleanor F., Simpson, Amanda R., Blackwell, Alan (2003): Curriculum-focused design. In: Proceedings of ACM IDC03: Interaction Design and Children , 2003, . pp. 119-126. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/953536.953553

Stringer, Mark, Toye, Eleanor F., Rode, Jennifer Ann, Blackwell, Alan (2004): Teaching rhetorical skills with a tangible user interface. In: Proceedings of ACM IDC04: Interaction Design and Children , 2004, . pp. 11-18. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1017833.1017835

Rode, Jennifer Ann, Toye, Eleanor F., Blackwell, Alan (2005): The domestic economy: a broader unit of analysis for end user programming. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2005 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , 2005, . pp. 1757-1760. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1056808.1057015

Rodden, Kerry, Milic-Frayling, N., Sommerer, R., Blackwell, Alan (2003): Effective Web Searching on Mobile Devices. In: Proceedings of the HCI03 Conference on People and Computers XVII , 2003, . pp. 281-296.

Myers, Brad A., Burnett, Margaret M., Rosson, Mary Beth, Ko, Andrew J., Blackwell, Alan (2008): End user software engineering: chi\'2008 special interest group meeting. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems April 5-10, 2008, . pp. 2371-2374. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1358628.1358687

Morrison, Cecily, Blackwell, Alan (2008): Co-located group interaction design. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems April 5-10, 2008, . pp. 2587-2590. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1358628.1358718

Milic-Frayling, Natasa, Sommerer, Ralph, Rodden, Kerry, Blackwell, Alan (2004): SmartView and SearchMobil: Providing Overview and Detail in Handheld Browsing. In: Crestani, Fabio, Dunlop, Mark D., Mizzaro, Stefano (eds.) Mobile and Ubiquitous Information Access - Mobile HCI 2003 International Workshop September 8, 2004, Udine, Italy. pp. 158-171. https://link.springer.de/link/service/series/0558/bibs/2954/29540158.htm

Blackwell, Alan, Edge, Darren (2009): Articulating tangible interfaces. In: Villar, Nicolas, Izadi, Shahram, Fraser, Mike, Benford, Steve (eds.) TEI 2009 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction February 16-18, 2009, Cambridge, UK. pp. 113-118. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1517664.1517693

Edge, Darren, Blackwell, Alan (2009): Peripheral tangible interaction by analytic design. In: Villar, Nicolas, Izadi, Shahram, Fraser, Mike, Benford, Steve (eds.) TEI 2009 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction February 16-18, 2009, Cambridge, UK. pp. 69-76. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1517664.1517687

Edge, Darren, Blackwell, Alan (2009): Bimanual tangible interaction with mobile phones. In: Villar, Nicolas, Izadi, Shahram, Fraser, Mike, Benford, Steve (eds.) TEI 2009 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction February 16-18, 2009, Cambridge, UK. pp. 131-136. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1517664.1517697

Blackwell, Alan, Marriott, Kim, Shimojima, Atsushi (eds.) Diagrams 2004 - Diagrammatic Representation and Inference - Third International Conference March 22-24, 2004, Cambridge, UK.

Blackwell, Alan, Jansen, Anthony R., Marriott, Kim (2000): Restricted Focus Viewer: A Tool for Tracking Visual Attention. In: Anderson, Michael, Cheng, Peter C-H., Haarslev, Volker (eds.) Diagrams 2000 - Theory and Application of Diagrams - First International Conference September 1-3, 2000, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. pp. 162-177. https://link.springer.de/link/service/series/0558/bibs/1889/18890162.htm

Blackwell, Alan, Wallach, Hanna M. (2002): Diagrammatic Integration of Abstract Operations into Software Work Contexts. In: Hegarty, Mary, Meyer, Bernd, Narayanan, N. Hari (eds.) Diagrams 2002 - Diagrammatic Representation and Inference - Second International Conference April 18-20, 2002, Callaway Gardens, GA, USA. pp. 191-205. https://link.springer.de/link/service/series/0558/bibs/2317/23170191.htm

Crilly, Nathan, Clarkson, P. John, Blackwell, Alan (2006): Using Research Diagrams for Member Validation in Qualitative Research. In: Barker-Plummer, Dave, Cox, Richard, Swoboda, Nik (eds.) Diagrams 2006 - Diagrammatic Representation and Inference - 4th International Conference June 28-30, 2006, Stanford, CA, USA. pp. 258-262. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11783183_34

Blackwell, Alan, Phaal, Robert, Eppler, Martin J., Crilly, Nathan (2008): Strategy Roadmaps: New Forms, New Practices. In: Stapleton, Gem, Howse, John, Lee, John (eds.) Diagrams 2008 - Diagrammatic Representation and Inference - 5th International Conference September 19-21, 2008, Herrsching, Germany. pp. 127-140. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87730-1_14

Blackwell, Alan (2008): Cognitive Dimensions of Notations: Understanding the Ergonomics of Diagram Use. In: Stapleton, Gem, Howse, John, Lee, John (eds.) Diagrams 2008 - Diagrammatic Representation and Inference - 5th International Conference September 19-21, 2008, Herrsching, Germany. pp. 5-8. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87730-1_4

Bresciani, Sabrina, Blackwell, Alan, Eppler, Martin J. (2008): A Collaborative Dimensions Framework: Understanding the Mediating Role of Conceptual Visua. In: HICSS 2008 - 41st Hawaii International International Conference on Systems Science 7-10 January, 2008, Waikoloa, Big Island, HI, USA. pp. 364. https://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/HICSS.2008.7

Blackwell, Alan, Hague, Rob (2001): AutoHAN: An Architecture for Programming the Home. In: HCC 2001 - IEEE CS International Symposium on Human-Centric Computing Languages and Environments September 5-7, 2001, Stresa, Italy. pp. 150-157. https://csdl.computer.org/comp/proceedings/hcc/2001/0474/00/04740150abs.htm

Blackwell, Alan, Burnett, Margaret M. (2002): Applying Attention Investment to End-User Programming. In: HCC 2002 - IEEE CS International Symposium on Human-Centric Computing Languages and Environments 3-6 September, 2002, Arlington, VA, USA. pp. 28-30. https://csdl.computer.org/comp/proceedings/hcc/2002/1644/00/16440028abs.htm

Blackwell, Alan (2002): First Steps in Programming: A Rationale for Attention Investment Models. In: HCC 2002 - IEEE CS International Symposium on Human-Centric Computing Languages and Environments 3-6 September, 2002, Arlington, VA, USA. pp. 2-10. https://csdl.computer.org/comp/proceedings/hcc/2002/1644/00/16440002abs.htm

Blackwell, Alan, Green, T. R. G. (1999): Does Metaphor Increase Visual Language Usability?. In: VL 1999 , 1999, . pp. 246-253. https://csdl.computer.org/comp/proceedings/vl/1999/0216/00/02160246abs.htm

Blackwell, Alan (1996): Metacognitive Theories of Visual Programming: What do we think we are doing?. In: VL 1996 , 1996, . pp. 240-246.

Blackwell, Alan (2005): Cognitive Dimensions of Notations. In: VL-HCC 2005 - IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing 21-24 September, 2005, Dallas, TX, USA. pp. 3. https://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/VLHCC.2005.26

Blackwell, Alan, Burnett, Margaret M., Jones, Simon L. Peyton (2004): Champagne Prototyping: A Research Technique for Early Evaluation of Complex End-User Progr. In: VL-HCC 2004 - IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing 26-29 September, 2004, Rome, Italy. pp. 47-54. https://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/VLHCC.2004.10

Petre, Marian, Blackwell, Alan (2007): Children as Unwitting End-User Programmers. In: VL-HCC 2007 - IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing 23-27 September, 2007, Coeur dAlene, Idaho, USA. pp. 239-242. https://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/VLHCC.2007.13

Milic-Frayling, Natasa, Jones, Rachel, Rodden, Kerry, Smyth, Gavin, Blackwell, Alan, Sommerer, Ralph (2004): SmartBack: supporting users in back navigation. In: Proceedings of the 2004 International Conference on the World Wide Web , 2004, . pp. 63-71. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/988672.988682

Blythe, Mark, Bardzell, Jeffrey, Bardzell, Shaowen, Blackwell, Alan (2008): Critical Issues in Interaction Design. In: Proceedings of the HCI08 Conference on People and Computers XXII , 2008, . pp. 183-184. https://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.21491

Blackwell, Alan (2014): Visual Representation. In: Lowgren, Jonas, Carroll, John M., Hassenzahl, Marc, Erickson, Thomas, Blackwell, Alan, Overbeeke, Kees, Hummels, Caroline, Spence, Robert, Apperley, Mark, Holtzblatt, Karen, Beyer, Hugh R., Kjeldskov, Jesper, Burnett, Margaret M., Scaffidi, Christopher, Svanaes, Dag, Hook, Kristina, Sutcliffe, Alistair G., Schmidt, Albrecht, Cockton, Gilbert, Kaptelinin, Victor, Christensen, Clayton M., Hippel, Eric von, Tractinsky, Noam, Challis, Ben, Shusterman, Richard, Hudson, William, Mann, Steve, Whitworth, Brian, Ahmad, Adnan, de Souza, Clarisse Sieckenius, Fishwick, Paul A., Grudin, Jonathan, Poltrock, Steven, Gallagher, Shaun, Dix, Alan J., Nielsen, Lene, Randall, Dave, Rouncefield, Mark, Bowman, Doug A., Kock, Ned, Cairns, Paul, Few, Stephen, Dautenhahn, Kerstin, Paterno, Fabio, Cyr, Dianne, Mortier, Richard, Haddadi, Hamed, Henderson, Tristan, McAuley, Derek, Crowcroft, Jon, Crabtree, Andy, Stephanidis, Constantine, Giaccardi, Elisa, Stappers, Pieter, Blandford, Ann, Zimmerman, John, Forlizzi, Jodi (eds). "The Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction, 2nd Ed." The Interaction Design Foundation .

Blythe, Mark, McCarthy, John, Light, Ann, Bardzell, Shaowen, Wright, Peter, Bardzell, Jeffrey, Blackwell, Alan (2010): Critical dialogue: interaction, experience and cultural theory. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2010 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems , 2010, . pp. 4521-4524. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1753846.1754189

Morrison, Cecily, Blackwell, Alan (2009): Hospital user research using new media arts. In: Proceedings of the HCI09 Conference on People and Computers XXIII , 2009, . pp. 345-353. https://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1671011.1671055

Morrison, Cecily, Blackwell, Alan (2009): Observing End-User Customisation of Electronic Patient Records. In: Pipek, Volkmar, Rosson, Mary Beth, Ruyter, Boris E. R. de, Wulf, Volker (eds.) End-User Development - 2nd International Symposium - IS-EUD 2009 March 2-4, 2009, Siegen, Germany. pp. 275-284. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00427-8_16

Blackwell, Alan (2006): Gender in Domestic Programming: from Bricolage to Séances d'Essayage. In: CHI2006 Workshop on End User Software Engineering , 2006, .

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