Researching the economics that mediate co-creative practices in gaming networks. By combining approaches from technical communication, experience design, game design, and Cultural Studies, I am working to uncover the implications of asymmetrical economic relationships on the design of player experiences in these networks.
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With Dr. Liza Potts (ODU)
Research into Twitter and third-party applications such as Brizzly and TweetDeck. Analyzes the construction of context as a necessary element in the experience design of social media applications.
Wireframe of proposed Twitter client
With Dr. Liza Potts (ODU) and SIGDOC ODU Student Organization
Assessing and designing the web presence for ACM SIGDOC. We are reconfiguring information flow by using social media and blogs, wikis, and other social media applications.
With Dr. Kathie Gossett (ODU), Dr. Cheryl Ball (ISU), and Dr. Doug Eyman (GMU)
Redesigning the editorial portal for the Kairos editorial board. The project includes architecting the underlying information structure, as well as designing a social application for inserting editorial comments in web-texts.
With Dr. Liza Potts and Dr. Kathie Gossett (ODU), and Steve Potts (Independent Developer)
Interaction and interface design for iPhone applications that can crowd source information during times of disaster. Includes research into mapping technologies, new user interface (NUI) design, and experience design for crowd sourcing.
