ContactMap: Integrating Communication and Information Through Visualizing Personal Social Networks

In a few short years, we have witnessed a massive uptake in the use of cell phones, personal digital assistants and hybrid devices that integrate phone, computer and Internet services. These devices communicate with one another and with traditional computers. Along with the Internet, they have transformed our computational environments into communication spaces. The goal of our research is to seamlessly integrate communication with the traditional information functions of computational devices.