Talking things over

Talking Things

Have you ever wished to know and actually feel what your friends feel so you could help them better? Or maybe you have wondered how it is to be one of those celebrities you admire? And how about to become an apple for example? To experience lazy days of hanging on a tree enjoying sunshine and being washed by rains? Or maybe it feels the opposite – a hard life of fighting against worms, decay, a...

Things to Talk About When Talking About Things

This commentary reviews the existing research literature concerning support for talking about objects in mediated communication, drawing three conclusions: (a) speech alone is often sufficient for effective conversations; (b) visual information about work objects is generally more valuable than visual information about work participants; and (c) disjoint visual perspectives can undermine commun...

Talking about Things in Mediated Conversations

Elizabeth Churchill is an applied cognitive psychologist with interests in science and technology studies, sociology and anthropology. She is a Senior Research Scientist at FX Palo Alto Laboratory in Palo Alto, California, designing technologies for mediated communication. Thomas Erickson is an interaction designer with interests in rhetoric, sociology and architecture and urban design; he is a...

Recommender Systems in the Internet of Talking Things (IoTT)

In the Internet of Things, smart devices are connected to collect and to exchange data. In our vision, in the Internet of Talking Things, objects such as intelligent fridges will be able to communicate with humans to set up preferences and profiling options which allow a personalized usage of the object. In this paper, we present a recommender system implemented as a Telegram Bot, that can fit ...

When terrible things happen: a parent's guide to talking with their children.