Posted by
shelly on
February 23, 2007
Shelly Farnham's Project History
I have participated in the development
of many social technologies, playing an increasingly
lead role over the years across all phases of projects including
brainstorming,
design, implementation,
and evaluation. I have a strong
quantitative background with an expertise in operationalizing social
constructs from interaction behavior, and many of my prototyping projects at Microsoft Research (MSR)
involved analyzing user behavior from usage data to develop measures of
implicit social groups and social relationships. More recent projects at MSR explored the use of social technologies for social networking
--Wallop -- and
for mobile social
coordination -- Swarm and Slam. My latest work has focused on using social networks as a context for sharing stories, playing games, and going to events.
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RealityAllStarz: Playing the game of life and getting points for it, the context of a social network. People challenge each other to accomplish life adventures, post proof of having completed challenges, and then earn points from their friends' votes. In collaboration with Peter Brown.
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RealityAllStarz |
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Slam: Group
communication and media sharing for the smartphone, with associated
online web sharing and browsing. In collaboration with Scott
Counts and Jordan Schwartz.
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Slam |
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Swarm: Social
coordination through group-based SMS. In collaboration with Pedram
Keyani.
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Swarm |
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Wallop: Sharing media
and building conversations in the context of your implicit social
network. In collaboration with Sean Kelly and Will Portnoy.
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Wallop |
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Point to Point: Showing
overlapping social networks in work environment based on communication
groups. In collaboration with Will Portnoy.
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Point to Point |
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Circle: A sharing and searching centric email client. In collaboration
with Andrzej Turski, Lili Cheng, and Susan Yee.
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Inner Circle |
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Online
Lab: A tool for hosting studies and
questionnaires online.
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Online Lab |
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MSR Connections:
Profiles in context of social network in the work environment, based on
communication groups and projects. In collaboration with Will Portnoy
and Andrzej Turski.
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MSR Connections |
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Personal Map: Inferring
your social network from email behavior. In collaboration with Will
Portnoy.
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Personal Map |
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Shared Browsing:
Explored several user interfaces for improving social presence in shared browsing
tasks. In collaboration with Lili
Cheng.
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Shared
Browsing |
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HutchWorld: Providing
social support through virtual environments. In collaboration with
Melora Zaner Godsey, Lili Cheng, Linda Stone.
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HutchWorld |
